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Cleopatra (1928)

Cleopatra poster
Directed by
Roy William Neill
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
20 min
Rated
NR
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This short silent film from the late 1920s gives a fictionalized account of Cleopatra's life. It uses two-color Technicolor to depict dramatic events from her story.

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What happens

Cleopatra is a 1928 American MGM silent fictionalized film, shot in two-color Technicolor. It was the sixth short produced as part of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's "Great Events" series of short silent films. The film, also known as Three Nights with Cleopatra was produced by Herbert T Kalmus and the film was directed by Roy William Neill. [1]. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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