PG certificateCleopatra is a Film programme that first aired in 1963 and has been classified a PG certificate.

Cleopatra is a 4 star programme

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Cleopatra (1963)

Directed by
Joseph L. Mankiewicz

The legend of Hollywood, Cleopatra made in 1963, featured more drama off-screen than it did on. With a massively over-budget production (from $2m to $44m), Liz Taylor almost dying during filming, the romance between Taylor and Burton (which ruined both their marriages and reached from the Vatican to US Congress), bankrupting 20th Century Fox and led to some involved never working in Hollywood again.

The premise of the film is a love triangle between the Egyptian queen Cleopatra (Elizabeth Taylor), Julius Caesar (Rex Harrison) and Marc Antony (Richard Burton). It is essentially told in two parts; the first being the one to watch in that it traces Cleopatra's dealings with Caesar which ultimately lead to his downfall; the second having no real story but tells of Cleopatra's return to Rome with a monumental procession that is one of the most grandiose pieces of filmmaking produced (there were no computer generated extras in those days).

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Genre: Film

Running Time: 120 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1963

Rating:
4/5 Stars

Classification: PG Certificate

Production Country: UK/USA/Switzerland

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Cast

Image for Elizabeth TaylorElizabeth Taylor...Cleopatra
Image for Richard BurtonRichard Burton...Marc Antony
Image for Rex HarrisonRex Harrison...Julius Caesar
Pamela Brown...High Priestess
Image for George ColeGeorge Cole...Flavius
Hume Cronyn...Sosigenes
Martin Landau...Rufio
Image for Roddy McDowallRoddy McDowall...Caesar Augustus
Cesare Danova...Apollodorus
Kenneth Haigh...Brutus
Andrew Keir...Agrippa
Robert Kellard...Germanicus
Francesca Annis...Eiras
Grégoire Aslan...Pothinus
Martin Benson...Ramos