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Marc Antony and Cleopatra (1913)

Marc Antony and Cleopatra (1913)

Drama Romance History
Release Date: 1913, October 18
Directors: Enrico Guazzoni
Countries: Italy
Production: Società Italiana Cines
Cast: Gianna Terribili-Gonzales, Amleto Novelli, Ida Carloni Talli, Ignazio Lupi, Elsa Lenard, Matilde Di Marzio, Ruffo Geri

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.