Marc Antony and 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.

Director: Enrico Guazzoni

Cast: Gianna Terribili-Gonzales, Amleto Novelli, Ignazio Lupi, Elsa Lenard, Matilde Di Marzio, Ruffo Geri, Ida Carloni Talli, Bruto Castellani

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.