Adaptation of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, a historical drama that attempts to bring an epic visual style to the Bard's original stage play. The story concerns Marc Antony's attempts to rule Rome while maintaining a relationship with the queen of Egypt (Hildegarde Neil), which began while Antony was still married. Now he is being forced to marry the sister of his Roman co-leader, and soon the conflict leads to war.
- 5.5
- 1972
- Released
- 2h 18m
Charlton Heston
Marc Antony
Hildegard Neil
Cleopatra
Eric Porter
Enobarbus
John Castle
Octavius Caesar
Fernando Rey
Lepidus
Juan Luis Galiardo
Alexis
Carmen Sevilla
Octavia
Freddie Jones
Pompey
Peter Arne
Menas
Luis Barboo
Varrius
Fernando Bilbao
Menecrates
Warren Clarke
Scarus
Roger Delgado
Soothsayer
Julian Glover
Proculeius
Sancho Gracia
Canidius
Garrick Hagon
Eros
John Hallam
Thidias
Jane Lapotaire
Charmian
Joe Melia
The Messenger
Monica Peterson
Iras
Emiliano Redondo
Mardian
Aldo Sambrell
Ventidius
Douglas Wilmer
Agrippa
Manolo Otero
Sentry (uncredited)
José Manuel Martín
Guard (uncredited)
Released
en
$1,600,000.00
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Reviews
Whilst this is a really quite good looking version of the Shakespeare tragedy, it's the overly wordy adaptation that drags it down. What director Charlton Heston and his writing team seem to failed to appreciate is that much of the original text was designed to complement the simplicity of the stage. With an whole gamut of visuals for us to enjoy, much of the original dialogue is rendered superflu