Marc Antony and Cleopatra

Marc Antony and Cleopatra (1913)

Marc'Antonio e Cleopatra

Based loosely on Shakespeare's play, Plutarch's "Life of Antony", and Pietro Cossa's dramatic poem, "Cleopatra", this movie was spectacular for its time. It offers location shots made in Italy and Egypt, large crowd scenes (e.g., the Roman army embarking in Alexandria), lots of emotional drama (Marc Antony & Cleopatra, his wife Octavia, sister of Antony's rival Octavian, unhistorically coming to Alexandria to beg him to return to her, and some mean, mean looks exchanged between Octavia and Cleopatra.

Date of release
1913-10-18
TMDB
4.8 / 10 (8)
Runtime
1h 14m
Genres
Drama, History, Romance
Director
Enrico Guazzoni

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Antony and Cleopatra

Antony and Cleopatra is a 1913 Italian silent historical film directed by Enrico Guazzoni, starring Gianna Terribili-Gonzales, Amleto Novelli and Ignazio Lupi.

Production

The opening credits of the US version state that the film was staged in Italy and Egypt. The cinematographer, Alessandro Bona, was previously behind the camera for Quo Vadis, also directed by Guazzoni.

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