Julius Caesar (1953 film)

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black-and-white film drama film film historical drama film

Julius Caesar (1953 film) is a black-and-white adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy, renowned for its classical performances—especially Marlon Brando’s Mark Antony—and its faithful, dialogue-driven staging of the play.

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Label Occurrences
Julius Caesar (1953 film) canonical 3
William Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf black-and-white film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
historical drama film ⓘ
award Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Art Direction – Black-and-White
basedOn Julius Caesar (play) ⓘ
basedOnWorkBy William Shakespeare ⓘ
castMember Deborah Kerr ⓘ
Edmond O'Brien ⓘ
surface form: Edmond O’Brien

George Macready ⓘ
Greer Garson ⓘ
James Mason ⓘ
John Gielgud ⓘ
Louis Calhern ⓘ
Marlon Brando ⓘ
Michael Pate ⓘ
characterPortrayed Deborah Kerr as Portia ⓘ
Greer Garson as Calpurnia ⓘ
James Mason as Brutus ⓘ
John Gielgud as Cassius ⓘ
Louis Calhern as Julius Caesar ⓘ
Marlon Brando ⓘ
surface form: Marlon Brando as Mark Antony
cinematographer Joseph Ruttenberg ⓘ
colorProcess black-and-white ⓘ
composer Miklós Rózsa ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Joseph L. Mankiewicz ⓘ
distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
editor John D. Dunning ⓘ
filmingProcess 35 mm ⓘ
format black-and-white ⓘ
genre tragedy ⓘ
leadActor James Mason ⓘ
John Gielgud ⓘ
Marlon Brando ⓘ
narrativeLocation Philippi ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Actor (Marlon Brando)

Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Cinematography – Black-and-White

Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
notableFor Marlon Brando’s performance as Mark Antony ⓘ
faithful adaptation of Shakespearean dialogue ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer John Houseman ⓘ
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
releaseDate 1953-06-04 ⓘ
releaseYear 1953 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 121 ⓘ
screenwriter Joseph L. Mankiewicz ⓘ
settingPeriod ancient Rome ⓘ

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Joseph L. Mankiewicz → directed → Julius Caesar (1953 film) ⓘ
Julius Caesar → inspiredWork → Julius Caesar (1953 film) ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar
Joseph Ruttenberg → notableWork → Julius Caesar (1953 film) ⓘ
Joseph Ruttenberg → workedOn → Julius Caesar (1953 film) ⓘ