Marc Antony and Cleopatra 1913 Directed by Enrico Guazzoni Marc'Antonio e Cleopatra
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.
Language
Italian
Spoken Language
No Language
Production Company
Società Italiana Cines
Release Date 18 October 1913
74 mins
Cast
Gianna Terribili-Gonzales
Cleopatra
Amleto Novelli
Marcantonio
Ignazio Lupi
Augustus Caesar Ottaviano
Elsa Lenard
Ottavia
Matilde Di Marzio
La schiava Agar aka Charmian
Ruffo Geri
Il capo dei congiurati
Ida Carloni Talli
La strega
