Marc Antony and Cleopatra (1913)

Name: Marc Antony and Cleopatra
Genre: Romance, Drama, History
Released: 1913-10-18

1h 14m

Running Time

Plot.

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.

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Cast & Crew.

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

Bruto Castellani

Giuseppe Piemontesi

Enrico Guazzoni

Director

William Shakespeare

Writer

Media.

Details.

Release Date
October 18, 1913

Original Name
Marc'Antonio e Cleopatra

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 14m

Genres
Romance Drama History

Last updated: 2025-02-12

Wiki.

Antony and Cleopatra (Italian: Marcantonio e Cleopatra) is a 1913 Italian silent historical film directed by Enrico Guazzoni, starring Gianna Terribili-Gonzales, Amleto Novelli and Ignazio Lupi. The film is an adaptation of William Shakespeare's play of the same title, with inspiration also drawn from a poem by Pietro Cossa.

The film was released in the U.S. as Mark Antony and Cleopatra, and in Germany as Die Herrin des Nils. The film still exists today.