Title: Cleopatra
Runtime: 100 Min
Year: 1934
Genres: Drama - History - Romance - War
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Warren William, Henry Wilcoxon, Joseph Schildkraut, Ian Keith, Gertrude Michael, C. Aubrey Smith, Irving Pichel, Arthur Hohl, Edwin Maxwell, Ian Maclaren, Eleanor Phelps, Leonard Mudie, Grace Durkin, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Claudia Dell, Harry Beresford, Jayne Regan
Directed By: Cecil B. DeMille
PLOT
In 48 BC, Cleopatra, facing palace revolt in her kingdom of Egypt, welcomes the arrival of Julius Caesar as a way of solidifying her power under Rome. When Caesar, whom she has led astray, is killed, she transfers her affections to Marc Antony and dazzles him on a barge full of DeMillean splendor. But the trick may not work a third time...
Country: U.S.A.
Language: English
Writers: (adaptation: historical material) Bartlett Cormack - (screenplay) Waldemar Young & Vincent Lawrence
Awards:
1935- Academy Awards, USA (Oscar)
-Best Cinematography - Victor Milner (WON)
-Best Assistant Director - Cullen Tate (NOMINATED)
-Best Film Editing - Anne Bauchens (NOMINATED)
-Best Picture - (Paramount). (NOMINATED)
-Best Sound, Recording - Franklin Hansen (sound director) (Paramount Studio Sound Department). (NOMINATED)
|
