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Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)

Director: Gabriel Pascal

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From Time Out Film Guide

Lavish but frequently dull and theatrical adaptation of Bernard Shaw's play about imperial romance up the Nile. Some of the wit survives despite being swamped by the spectacle, the Technicolor photography (by a number of cameramen) is eye-catching, and Rains turns in his usual sturdy performance. But it's all something of an overwrought folly.

Author: GA

Time Out Film Guide

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Cast & crew

Director: Gabriel Pascal

Producer: Gabriel Pascal

Cast: Claude Rains, Vivien Leigh, Cecil Parker, Stewart Granger, Flora Robson, Francis L Sullivan, Basil Sydney, Ernest Thesiger full cast

Duration: 138 mins


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