Caesar and Cleopatra

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"Caesar and Cleopatra" is a 1945 British historical drama film adaptation of George Bernard Shaw’s play, starring Vivien Leigh as Cleopatra alongside Claude Rains as Julius Caesar.

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Caesar and Cleopatra canonical 5
Caesar and Cleopatra (play) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British film
film
historical drama film
adaptationOfGenre stage play
artDirectionBy John Bryan
basedOn Caesar and Cleopatra self-linksurface differs
surface form: Caesar and Cleopatra (play)
basedOnWorkBy George Bernard Shaw
character Cleopatra VII
surface form: Cleopatra

Julius Caesar
cinematographyBy Jack Hildyard
colorProcess Technicolor
costumeDesignBy Marcel Vertès
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
director Gabriel Pascal
distributor General Film Distributors
United Artists
editedBy David Lean
filmingLocation Denham Film Studios
genre drama film
historical drama film
hasSourceMedium theatre
leadActorAsCharacter Claude Rains as Julius Caesar
Vivien Leigh
surface form: Vivien Leigh as Cleopatra
musicBy Georges Auric
notableFor one of the most expensive British films made during World War II
originalLanguage English
playPremiereYearOfSource 1901
portrays Cleopatra VII
Julius Caesar
portraysHistoricalEvent Caesar’s involvement in the Egyptian Civil War
portraysHistoricalFigure Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator
surface form: Ptolemy XIII

Rufio
producer Gabriel Pascal
productionCompany Gabriel Pascal Productions
releaseDateUK 1946
releaseYear 1945
runtimeMinutes 128
screenplayLanguage English
screenwriter George Bernard Shaw
setInCentury 1st century BC
setInPeriod Pharaonic Egypt
surface form: Ancient Egypt
settingLocation Alexandria
stars Claude Rains
Flora Robson
Francis L. Sullivan
Stewart Granger
Vivien Leigh
subjectMatter relationship between Julius Caesar and Cleopatra VII
title Caesar and Cleopatra self-link

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Vivien Leigh notableWork Caesar and Cleopatra
Leo Genn notableWork Caesar and Cleopatra
Alec Clunes notableWork Caesar and Cleopatra
Caesar and Cleopatra basedOn Caesar and Cleopatra self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Caesar and Cleopatra (play)
Caesar and Cleopatra title Caesar and Cleopatra self-link
Vivian Mary Hartley notableWork Caesar and Cleopatra
subject surface form: Vivien Leigh