Claude Rains Historical Drama Full Movie | Caesar and Cleopatra (1945) | Retrospective
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- At the height of the Roman Civil War, Julius Caesar takes control of the city Alexandria in order to resolve a long-running feud between Cleopatra and her brother Ptolemy. As Caesar teaches her how to rule Egypt, the two form a special relationship.
Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)
Studio: Gabriel Pascal Productions
Director: Gabriel Pascal
Writer: George Bernard Shaw
Cast: Claude Rains, Vivien Leigh
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Vivien was such a beautiful woman, I can't stop looking at her. ❤
beautiful lady
Entertaining in many ways because of the great Vivien Leigh. But I find the film's subtle racism / ideological framework a toxic bore...It is the "deployment" of Black extras as slaves and retainers as if to suggest to Modern viewers and academics that this was the Only and "eternal status" of melaninated / sub Sahara Africans even in Ancient times ! Really...? There were absolutely No Dark Skinned bodies of aristocracy or authority in ancient times. You cant take it seriously as a quasi history lesson.
Bad sound. Sounds as though recorded from a dinky TV.
Мне показалось на сьемки порнографического фильма подумалось сейчас начнут раздеваться и приступят к делу
Спектакль со Смоктуновским не смотрели?
I liked her much more than Elizabeth Taylor. ET was a stunner but I found her pretty one dimensional. Not a thing wrong with that but Vivien could be childlike, vixenish, strong and I think she was great in this. Claude Rains great and he & Rex Harrison were equally magnificent I thought.
AMEN!!
Agree. ET was an astonishing beauty, but I think her acting when down the tubes after Burton. She started picking up his abominable vocal inflections. However, she was good in Giant and better in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. The one exception, she was a delight in Taming of the Shrew.
@@valkyriesardo278 Elizabeth was perfection in Whose Afraid of Virginia Wolf
Oh my God excellent comment you could have said it any better God bless Long live those movies they are forever movies hard work no computers to enhance anything except the hard work involved I am so amazed when I watch these movies it just gives me chills God bless...🙏😇...
There was a LOT of Shaw's Ceasar in Rex Harrison's Ceasar. Taylor's Cleopatra might have been more realistic but I love Leigh's
The costumes that Cleopatra wore in this film were just magnificent. I have to say hers may have been better than the Elizabeth Taylor’s Cleopatra costumes. 🐒🧜♀️
Dont forget Miss Colbert 's in the 30s before these movies.All clothes apparently depended on their production period...There was another one in the 50s by Rhonda Fleming , as well...
Taylor's costumes were monstrously inadequate.
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I agree regarding the costumes being magnificent. No one will ever fill them out the way Elizabeth Taylor did.
Absolutely better than Elizabeth Taylor’s performance
The haunting beauty of Leigh transcends all!
she looks like a goddess
Yes but Virna Lisi is betterr🇮🇹👸
She looks very much like Hedy Lamar. ❤
Never saw a comment about Claude's performance in this movie. He did great performing as Caesar! An iconic role for an iconic man like him.
Yeah he’s a great actor and did a damn good job of Caesar
I love this. Cleopatra after Caesar's advice on being a queen "This is not happiness, but it is greatness."
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An absolutely fabulous film; My favorite of the "Cleopatras".
Vivien Leigh IS fantastic!
Same here😊😊😊bcs of Cleopatra movie I cried alot😊😊😊😊😊
She is unforgettable in Gone With the Wind, as is Clark Gable.
Beautiful 1945 Technicolour and great British cast. Setting was a bit like a stage play in terms of dialogue, but I think the relationship between the flirtatious Vivian Leigh still at the height of her beauty and the stately velvet voiced Claude Rains, they managed to make the wordiness enjoyable. Nice costumes and props but the backgrounds were like painted flats; I suppose that is to be expected with the high lighting requirements of technicolour film. Thanks for posting!
It is a stage play.
Caesar and Cleopatra was written by the playwright George Bernard Shaw. It is a play.
THIS MOVIE IS THE SHAKESPEARE TAKE OF JULES AND PATTY!
Yeah most actors had stage skills then seemed more professional no need for 100 takes and cgi to entertain an audience. Scripts performances were more valued I would think then.
Painted Flats would be a good name for a goth band...lol
Playing Cleopatra, Leigh's showing more "hauntedness" in her beauty and her transformation from a very young girl to an increasing sensuous (and murderous) siren. She's superb in the scene of her deceitful defense of her order to have Pothinus killed. What a performance!
Leigh is brilliant, but Shaw's depiction of Cleopatra as an amoral kitten is annoying given how savvy and smart the real woman was, even by the age of 21.
Couldn't have said it better myself. I like Elizabeth Taylor because she always had a strength, maturity, and dignity to her portrayal. :)
I mean, could you imagine if this Cleopatra tried to deal with the battle and aftermath of Actium? She'd be running and crying for Caesar every other second. LOL
This presentation was a showcase for Caesar and Claude Rains. I sincerely doubt Cleopatra ever acted like a (forgive me) brainless bimbo. Cleopatra spoke as many as a dozen languages fluently, was schooled in math, astronomy, geography, philosophy, oratory and diplomacy. She was far from being just some sex kitten. For this reason, I prefer the Taylor portrayal of this influential queen.
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I was thinking this
@@divinerevelations9504 Why do women insist on confuting intelligence with low cunning? Beware of Greeks bearing gifts, ladies!
There are so many awesome and awful things about this movie...
Leigh's dramatic talent was grossly underappreciated. It was her extraordinary beauty that captured imagination and held one spellbound.
I'm not sure it was underappreciated. She got some tremendous roles. This was not a great use of her talent though. It does little credit to her, and none to Cleopatra.
The beauty could catch your attention, but not hold it without the charm that she also possessed.
@@coloraturaElise True. But let's face it - Vivien had a face to die for The 'Cunning Pattern of Excelling Nature' 😺
Claude Rains and Vivien Leigh were superb. Loved this movie.
Sublime Vivian Leigh. 💙💙💙
Omg I couldn’t love Vivian Leigh more …she is the cutest Cleopatra ❤
Vivien’s voice is truly exquisite.
It's a 1945 movie based off a play. Yes it's not the greatest but it is ten times better than the 2019 CATS.
I remember watching this in class when I was in school.
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Vivien Leigh and claude rains acting is superb
much better movie than the one with taylor
Not a bad movie at all...remember, this was 1945...all the sets were either on site, or constructed...no CGI!!
Thank you for the upload!
I like the unreal look of the sets; this isn't about actual Romans and Egyptians, it's British actors dressed up like Romans and Egyptians, speaking witty British dialogue. Plus, that rich color!
Plus, this was just after WW2. People need a change
Not all practical sets. There's extensive use of matte paintings.
This is Theatre on Screen.
We're talking George Bernard Shaw here. As British playwrights go, second to Shakespeare only.
@@zvimur Irish.
THUMBS DOWN . While i do love the players as magnificent members of theater aristocracy the script is so far from reality its broad comedy. The ads every five mins made a one hour film two and a half. Had to stay to see Leigh and Rains but will quickly advise not to bother.
Excellent watch.. Claude Rains is one of my favorite actors of all time...👍🌎😇.....
Claude Rains was the invisible man. Then something went wrong for Fay Wray and King Kong. They got caught in a celluloid jam.
Not true history. She had a son by him
It's a play by George Bernard Shaw.
Ît’s not supposed to be true history. It’s a witty play by George Bernard Shaw.
Thank you and he 🥰 her how could they make a whole movie 🎥 and leave out the most important
Part!,,
@@theblackericacane329 Ericia go on the net and look up "suspension of disbelief" then watch the film again.
The actors (and visual richness) make this play-on-film quite enjoyable, with that easy, more contemporary (circa '45) sense of delivery and pacing, ie without the usual overinflated and often pompous style of line delivery and stance. Very amusing in Shaw's satirical musings. And one could certainly go on about Leigh's beauty and talent, as well as Rains' expected lively, nuanced performance. Good spirited cast, all around (though that may be stating the obvious.) Quirky and fun long-overlooked (I think) historical retelling.
A superbly enjoyable film, with Leigh’s acting the equal of her beauty. One of the few films featuring Claude Rains in the title role, but his acting is exceedingly impressive. There are many other actors here, each of which bring nuggets of wonder to their role. The scene is set from the start, when Leo Genn, Stanley Holloway and Alan Wheatley exhibit high diction and authority. But there are many others, such as Michael Rennie, Stuart Granger, Francis Sullivan, Ernest Thesiger, Felix Aylmer, John Laurie, Flora Robson (superb) Kathleen Harrison and Cecil Parker. The scenes often involve hundreds of extras and are generally well constructed. The script is humorous in parts which sits well with the production. In summary, a cinematic gem and underrated film.
Maybe just let us watch the movie without your narration?
@@seymourskinner2533 "...without your narration?"...**WONDERFUL REPLY!!** Everyone could use less UA-cam word-play...lol
This is a farcical history lesson. How much is fact, and how much is fiction? Just enjoy the ride.
“When stupid men are doing something they are ashamed of, they say they are doing their DUTY.” Granger’s line about the Romans. I wonder, this film was made in 1945, what came first, the script to this film or the NUREMBERG TRIALS ???
Most of the script is a direct lift from the 1898 play.
I find this quote in every quote book I've looked through! And many more of his quotes are excellent and true.
love how cleopatra haunts the sphinx in the opening.. this film is brilliant! 😼
Vivien was too white for the role. Elizabeth looked more mediterranean. Sophia was the most beautiful Cleopatra, but her movie was not good quality. Overrall, Elizabeth Taylor was the best Cleopatra.
Wonderful to see this play acted by such a magnificent cast.
This is more a theatre then a movie - but it is beautiful 😁
It’s amazing watching these films 77 years later good old you tube
This is one of the greatest films ever made, and is far superior to the original play.George Bernard Shaw's screenplay is magnificent, and Vivien Leigh and Claude Rains are excellent in the respective roles.Vivien Leigh is lovely and enchanting in her role as Cleopatra,and should have been nominated, and won, an Oscar for Best Actress.The scene where Cleopatra realizes that the man she met at the Sphinx is really Caesar is one of the most memorable moments in Cinema History.
I have to agree. The script is magnificent.
Nah.
Leigh slipped and fell making her lose her child to Olivier during this film. The event began a downward spiral for her.
You could tell it was after the Lighthouse scene. In it she was so young and buoyant. And in the next scene she looked downcast and years older.
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@@melvina628 Thank you.
Such a shame what could be a great drama with great talented actors turned into a comedy
The costumes are great and Vivien is gorgeous but the script is trash.
Agree. She is a joy to watch. I love the blue headdress with her pale skin. She positively glows. She is such a kitten, adorably cute with needle sharp claws.
Alas! The humour and satire of the playwright couldn’t be depicted in theatre.
Not a good movie. It's only for gazing on Vivien Leigh's beauty. She was quite stunning here.
Yes. Vivian Leigh could do a film reading the phonebook. I'd watch.
On the contrary it was a great movie
It’s after a play by George Bernard Shaw
I disagree. It is not meant as a historical drama but as a tongue in cheek comedic nod to the classics, which is exactly what it is....tongue in cheek, over- played and thoroughly enjoyable.
That does put me off a bit, but at least it does somehow stand out than other movies. I like Shaw's wit here.
Horrible depiction of Cleopatra, this actress voice annoying, sounded like a mouse. Considering Cleos strength & Mystique.
The absolute worst version ever made. The only thing Leigh contributes to this piece of garbage, is her beauty. Her interpretation of Cleo is downright silly. I stick to the true classic and best version of all; the 1934 Claudette Colbert one.
Not a fan of George Bernard Shaw?
Don't be such an arsehole. Colbert was only worried about which profile the camera shot!!!!
I think she plays a better Cleopatra than Elizabeth Taylor
Oh hell no 😂😂😂😂😂
This was just a disaster! Not sure how people liked this! Prefer the ABC version with Timothy Dalton!
I must confess I'm rather puzzled by the comments on this film! First of all, it's Bernard Shaw, he wrote SATIRICAL plays. That means that this is NOT about Ancient Egypt, or Rome. Or even necessarily Cleopatra. It had more to do with political and economic issues in England at the time of its writing. Likely to do with the British Empire and the state of the government and royalty. Shaw was, after all, a socialist.
Second, I'm quite shocked to read what everyone's saying about the acting. These were the greatest British actors of their day! Many of them were Royal Shakespeare. Yes, the style of acting has changed, thanks to Hollywood. But frankly, I prefer this more classical style to the expletive littered, overwrought, and personality based American method of "building" a character (if you can call it that).
Of course, there's no accounting for taste. I'm sure sooner or later Hollywood will put out another, "historically accurate" Cleopatra film, replete with an "inclusive" cast and script that, of course, reflects EXACTLY what people, motives, and ideas were like at the time of Caesar and Rome. Because Hollywood is always making art now, isn't it?
I had seen bits and pieces of this on TV when I was growing up. How nice to see it from beginning to end with its wonderful humor and inimitable cast: my two favorites, Leigh and Rains (and some may recognize Ernest Thesiger, or Dr. Praetorius, of "The Bride of Frankenstein"). It is puzzling when some viewers don't recognize wit and satire set against history.
You hit the nail right on the head
Exactly!
This movie is good. It made me laugh and had lots of great moments and great acting. Screw modern acting style, this movie was interesting and went fast. It entertained me. It is art. Hollywood can make documentaries for all I care. Only Hollywood and SJWs can turn a British play 150 years old into something shallow.
I'm very happy for you that you're so much better and smarter than the rest of us.
Excellent movie. Amazing use of the English language from 1898. Sophisticated concepts. Wow
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Caesar and Cleopatra hardly had a father and daughter relationship! LOL! Shalom to us only in Christ Yeshua
Hey, don't let history interfere with reality.
Loved this. Very many thanks, Retrospective. But the comments of so many viewers, who do not seem to know what they are watching, are astonishing. They are told at the beginning that it is Shaw's play. It's not Shakespeare directed by Cecil B deMille, thank God!
Este filmes são da minha infância me faz lembrar do passado quando eu vi eu tinha 10 anos. Ja se passarão muito tempo.🤔
She caught consumption (tuberculosis) when she film this in Africa 😢
Wow Vivien was truly stunningly beautiful! 😍😍😍 But the story has changed heaps from how it actually went. Hope no school kids watch this & go off it like a study guide. They'd fail big time! Least the cleo patra with Elisabeth Taylor was more historically accurate. But still dramatised in different ways. 🤔why let the truth get in the way of a good story, I guess!🤔
Flora Robson is amazing in the role of Ftatateeta, the nursemaid and assassin.
Not the fault of the one who posted it. I did not give a thumb down.
This was my second favorite film version compared to Liz Taylor and Burton.
My favorite cleopatra movie with Vivian Leigh
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Claude Rains Skill Still Reins & Vivien Leigh is Beauty, Lovely Eternal!
Ya...I thought I had seen all the movies with Cleopatra...surprise, surprise...thanks
This has always been so good . One of the best films .
Id rather watch this any day than the Liz and Burton version ... this is at least good in acting technique/making Shakespeare enjoyable.. which is hardly done often tolerably/that's why Claude got the part HE's its ruler and no doubt Marlowespeare wouldv cast him as his major orator of the deeds controlling plot characters to get the message memorable eternal. The costumes are impeccable and with the reasonable idea of the times enough. Don't ya think though Shakespeare not being there at the time lol that this just isn't history hmmm ya so why does hollyweird even go there but of course to get you to learn and onward learn the Reality.. history being meddled with even by of course churches that who knows.. probably Patricia and Jules NEver even met let alone talked to each other candidly ... doesn't hurt anything this way or that, just so people know we might not ever really know But at least we have Good moral stories that OFTEN Do HELP the world Proceed instead of be ruined. ! . So good on this movie !! and all its efforts being Positivity! The way it went w Hollywouldn't is that you get past 1950 and you get depressed watching Everything , so seen in the skankism of Liz Taylor vx Viv here in 1945 which is by all Realistic results of actual facts found Viv's Patty is more reality than Liz's Patty.. I remember watching either version alll throughout my life, and honestly , this one was much Easier, and Liz and Dick's BORING // snorrrrre zzzzz because it was controlling and paced so they could do lines as helpless on whatev they were goofin with at the time not doing acting serious as Claude and this bunch ... so much for 50's onward celebrities zzzzzz. glaring then slapping each other or malice and blasting music while camera and splicing did what it could to get them by ! LOL! Really you[ll be happier watching the Original Hollycould script plots of pre50s films ... there[s enough FREE on here! WHICH IS ANOTHER DING ABOUT UA-cam///// WHY ARE WE NOT ALLOWED OUR EDUCATIONAL HISTORY FINDING FLINGS FOR FREE WITH THE LIKES OF 'GRAPES OF WRATH' FOR FREE BUT THEY LET US HISTORY W SHAKESPEARE W HUMORWOOD OF THIS JULIUS CEASAR ???/// WHY KEEP THE [IF IT IS ] MORE VITAL FILM FROM OUR LEARNING / OUR CIVILIZATION'S GOOD JUST SO MONEY MONGERING CAN CONTINUE WHEN THE WORLD WONT HAVE WITHOUT THOSE LESSONS AND MOTIVATIONALS TO KEEP MONEY AVAILABLE TO THIS SUCH MONGERDOM .... UA-cam YOU SHOOT YOUR WALLET WITH YOUR OWN GREEDINESS!!!!/PREVENTING ACCESS IS LIMITING INVENTORY AND LIMITS THEREFORE YOUR PATRONAGE! NO WAY DO I CARE TO GIVE MONEY TO BAD ENTERTAINMENT / CRAPPPPPP LIKE CONTEMPORARILY IS ..DISNEY YOU SUBSCRIBE THEN WANT $30 FOR A FEW HOURS for your KIDS MOVIE[1]!!!= THE ONLY FILMS DISNEY EVER MADE ANYBODY JUST HAD TO HAVE;/OWN IS THOSE PRINCESS ONES , AND DURING THE ISOLATING OR HOME LOSING THEY DO THE GREEDIEST POSSIBLE THING TO THEIR #1 PAYEES // DAMN THEM AND ALL THEIR CRAPPPPP AND ALLL THE HORRIBLE THINGS THEY'VE SPREAD THROUGHOUT... SAME FOR WHATS INVENTORY OF MANY FILM;/SHOW SITES CONTEMPORARILY TOO!! CAN'T WATCH ANYTHING NEWISH ANY AT ALL!
Loved this movie. If onlu the companies of today and people would be as proud of the jobs and themselves. 😊
It was just a desecrating Shaw's play that minimizes the role of Cleopatra riduced to a childish girl and Caesar to undignified person. Vivien Leigh very insignificant, little voice, little spirited, only pretty, far for being the great beauty she was elsewhere.
Had to see this when I noted who was in the cast - terrific character actors & Leigh couldn't look lovelier. Especially enjoyed watching actors well known from other films like Thesiger, Rennie, Sullivan, Genn, Robson. The boy who played Ptolemy went on to direct "The Lion in Winter" (Anthony Harvey). My fave thing is Claude Rains in his wedgies to make him a bit taller. Thanks for the memories.
I read that this was a difficult and unhappy movie to shoot for Ms. Leigh. She suffered a miscarriage during it, and had many other grueling difficulties.
I always loved this movie 🎥 cleopatra even the one with Elizabeth Taylor I liked the way they looked both actors were very good 😌 actors
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This does not compare at all to any of the other Cleopatras... Leigh is a joke pretty but too school girlish. Far from a Queen. No confidence just silly whining....xoxo
Don't be so bloody stupid. This is not Shakespear's Cleopatra but GBS-George Bernard Shaw's version. A kittenish young Cleopatra who develops in to a Queen as Vivien Leigh portrays.
V L was awesomely superb as Cleo!
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Claude Rains, I love you.
That's..... visible. 😉
The opening speech if Cesaer to the Sphinx in the desert night was brilliant in explaining the Roman and Egyptian philosophies if the times then, as well as futuristic in explaining what we have since uncovered about the building of those civilizations and the various theories that did not exist at the time this version of the movie was made in 1947!! It was totally awesome!!! I never noticed it before, but, as I am much older and have been exposed to the newer theories on the ancient wonders like the Sphinx n the Nile River and the question of their inceptions!!! Applause to Claude Rains!!!
This eloquence here is exactly why you were chosen for the 1963 version, Liz.
This looks like a joke
I like these old epics. Leigh and Rains were both good actors. But I forgot this one was made in 1945. I was done as soon as she started beating the black slave, who was portrayed as ignorant and cowardly. Some things, like this movie, are better left in the past.
I agree but black people getting roles at all was rare especially in a major film. I think he was there for comic relief and did his job well. But the whipping scene was cringe worthy.
@@suziecreamcheese211 True, Blacks getting any role was rare back then. As far as comedic relief, what's funny to one man is another man's centuries-long insult.
Consider how the Hebrew slaves played by white actors in The Ten Commandments were largely portrayed as noble or heroic. At the very least, they were acknowledged as victims. Besides, did the slave in this picture have to be black? Or was rhat just what felt comfortable to the white American public at the time?
Still, there has been great progress since this movie was made. From being a cowardly, adle-brained slave back then to being the Superhero King of Wakanda! :)
It was that very scene where she fell and had her miscarriage.
Stewart Granger has never looked so yummy! His thighs are so big and strong! He towers over everyone! He looks like a giant while everyone a dwarf in his presence!
IT IS A ROMAN NOSE!
AHHH! 😱
An excellent performance.
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,, per piacermi : diva meravigliosa. Indimenticabile, tutti i suoi film stupendi, indimenticabile interprete e immortale:
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Lovely movie beautiful characterization
Compare to the 1963 version, i liked this one alot better. Don't get me wrong the 1963 version has alot of amazing scenes but this one has better srorytelling also helps its based on a good play.
Quello con Rhonda Fleming, è il peggior film su Cleopatra: brutte scenografie, brutti costumi. Nulla che ricordi l'Egitto ellenistico...
I cannot get over how great Claude was! I really cannot. This movie was amazing, the actors were perfect for their roles.
Very entertaining, quite comical.
It is not accurate historiccally. But it was written once by George Bernard Shaw..
Vivien Leigh is Magical! Claude Rains has alwAys impresse me. So you hAve to decide a history that 100% truth or beauty from every picture.
Both the play AND this screenplay were written by GBS. And he knew his history perfectly well, and also how to get his points across.
I read GBS every year because he is one of the greats. Hollywood, in 1945, the end of the ww2 makes Cleopatra something that fits the time and has nothing to do with being right. I saw the movie because it had Claude rains and vivien Leigh playing the lead.GBS came as a wonderful surprise, afterwards
Roman style bldg mixed with Egyptian?
Gorgeous movie!
Michael Rennie as 1st Centurion - who went on to greater things!
CLEO=kata kunci...PATRA= AMARTA=Air MAta Rindu Tercerahkan Akhlak...penyemangat kehidupan...
Very nice movie thanks for posting
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It's amazing how these Romans, who spoke Italian, (and occasionally Latin), in NO WAY sound like British snobbery.
Romans just spoke latin. Italian came way after that, thanks to the vulgar and the tuscan dialect.
@@mermaid3n ITS THE FUNWOOD OF HOLLYWOULDN'T , WHICH WOULD DO ALL SORTS OF SILLY THINGS TO 'STORIES'.. AT LEAST ITS NOT LIKE CONTEMPORARY CRAPP ALWAYS MAKING PEOPLE MISERABLE NOT ENTERTAINED REALLY.
Well Rome occupied Britain at one time, so....
The British have a very bad case of Stockholm syndrome when it comes to the Romans.
:) I’ve been looking for this film since seeing it on TCM in the 80’s ❤ Thank you!
All the actors voice sounds very good prounounciation pause speaking in one breath is very good of the highest class
Hollywood really wants cleopatra to be white lol
Well she wasn’t Egyptian.
Cause she was Grec, Macedonian.
No shit Sherlock. That's because she was Greek.
@@fabianhale845Cleopatra was Egyptian by birth.
ok i saw it
thought I was watching one of Mel Brooks Spoof movies of the 70's too funny and Vivien is over the top
Me too. I watched it without the sound...deaf...with subtitles, and it is absurd.
This is a better production than I first thought. Very interesting the way Claude Reins as Ceaser teaches Celopatra how to be a queen.
Very good movie and not perfect. Movie
Thank 🙏💞
17:17 He never did light the lamps.
Executive Indecision.
She should have played Alice, in wonderland.
What a woman
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Thank you kindly for sharing this epic film. 💚💜 Love + Light beautiful souls xx 🧜🏻🌻🐈
George Bernard Shaw the most overated dramatist of the 20 c, this risible film only interest lies in the beauty of the cinematography (Jack Cardif )the set design and ravishing Technicolor. The stagey acting ,lame script makes it impossible to stay the distance.
Damn you, moron Bernard Shaw
I couldn’t agree less, sorry.
Unbelievable. What a script. I couldn’t bear a fraction of it.
IT WAS MANUFACTURED TO MEET THE STANDARDS OF TEENAGE MOVIE GOERS THAT SUFFERED WITH SHAKESPEARE DURING THEIR SCHOOL DAY HOURS, AND IT DID AT LEAST HELP GET THEM INTERESTED TO TRY TO READ THE OLD 'REAL' STUFF !LOL! THINK UNIVERSALLY AS THE FILMAKERS WERE TRYING TO WITH THIS.. INSTEAD OF HOW IN DECADES SINCE STUFF THAT IS NOTHING BUT MISERY IS SHOVELED AT US /IM NOT SAYING BE GRATEFUL , NOOOOO, NOR LAUDE THIS NECESSARILY, BUT JUST LET IT BE ENTERTAINING UNSCARING BY COMPARISON!
D'Lou: I must agree with you. It's very old Hollywood...terribly silly. I can never get myself to admire these old movies (although they are certainly admirable).....I say "the emperor has no clothes".
More of a comedic farce than any kind of historical treatment. I found Leigh's Cleopatra childish and silly, bearing little to no resemblance to the historical accounts of the Queen. As the victors, the Romans talked quite a bit of smack about Her Maj that has survived to this day: she was in reality quite a woman, a capable and shrewd ruler, literate, multi-lingual, and reputedly the first in the Ptolemaic line in many generations who even bothered to learn the Egyptian language! The costumes and sets are nice, though, and I very much like that the odd person may become irreversibly bitten by the history bug.