Caesar and Cleopatra

(1945)

Biography / Drama

138 minutes

Directed by Gabriel Pascal

Cast:

Claude Rains as Julius Caesar

Vivien Leigh as Cleopatra

Stewart Granger as Apollodorus

Flora Robson as Ftatateeta

Francis L. Sullivan as Pothinus

Basil Sydney as Rufio

Cecil Parker as Britannus

Stanley Holloway as Belzanor

Raymond Lovell as Lucius Septimus

Ernest Thesiger as Theodotus

Anthony Harvey as Ptolemy

Jean Simmons as Harpist

Michael Rennie as Quayside Centurion

Ronald Shiner as Second Porter

Julius Caesar comes to visit Cleopatra after she has not been on the throne for too long.  He becomes attracted to her, for not only is she beautiful, but intelligent as well.   Cleopatra finds their new relationship beneficial since he is the most powerful man in the world. 

Caesar and Cleopatra - Trailer