Released:
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.

Director:
Enrico Guazzoni

Runtime:
1h 14min

Genre:
Drama, History, Romance

• 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