Antony and Cleopatra
5.8
“Eternity Was in Our Lips and Eyes.”
Adaptation of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, a historical drama that attempts to bring an epic visual style to the Bard's original stage play. The story concerns Marc Antony's attempts to rule Rome while maintaining a relationship with the queen of Egypt (Hildegarde Neil), which began while Antony was still married. Now he is being forced to marry the sister of his Roman co-leader, and soon the conflict leads to war.
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Charlton Heston
Marc Antony
Known for
Planet of the Apes
Ben-Hur
Hildegard Neil
Cleopatra
Known for
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Eric Porter
Enobarbus
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Little Lord Fauntleroy
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John Castle
Octavius Caesar
Known for
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Fernando Rey
Lepidus
Known for
Jesus of Nazareth
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Juan Luis Galiardo
Alexis
Known for
The Call of the Wild
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Carmen Sevilla
Octavia
Known for
King of Kings
Freddie Jones
Pompey
Known for
The Elephant Man
Dune
Peter Arne
Menas
Known for
The Return of the Pink Panther
Straw Dogs
Luis Barboo
Varrius
Known for
Conan the Barbarian
Female Vampire
Fernando Bilbao
Menecrates
Known for
Blackie the Pirate
The Big Gundown
Warren Clarke
Scarus
Known for
A Clockwork Orange
Top Secret!
Charlton Heston Director · William Shakespeare Author John Scott Composer
Budget $1.6M · United States release September 26, 1973 · Produced in Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom
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Budget
$1,600,000
Production
Folio Films
Production
The Rank Organisation
Production
Transac
Production
Ízaro Films
Production
Spain · Switzerland · United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Japan · March 18, 1972
Theatrical
United States · September 26, 1973
Premiere
France
February 16, 2021 · Physical
Germany
December 4, 1984 · TV
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