Marc Antony and Cleopatra

Release Date: 1913-10-18

Overview: 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.

Rating: 4.4 / 10

Cast

Gianna Terribili-Gonzales

as Cleopatra

Amleto Novelli

as Marcantonio

Ignazio Lupi

as Augustus Caesar Ottaviano

Elsa Lenard

as Ottavia

Matilde Di Marzio

as La schiava Agar aka Charmian