Cleopatra (1917)

Directed by

J. Gordon Edwards

Genre

drama film, silent film, biographical film, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 05m

Rating

4.2 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This silent film tells the story of Cleopatra, the queen of Egypt, and her relationships with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. It is based on several literary sources and stars Theda Bara as the title character.

silenthistoricalopulentmelodramaticarchaicfragmentarystately

What happens

Cleopatra is a 1917 American silent historical drama film based on H. Rider Haggard's 1889 novel Cleopatra, the 1890 play Cleopatre by Émile Moreau and Victorien Sardou, and the play Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare. The film stars Theda Bara in the title role, Fritz Leiber Sr. as Julius Caesar, and Thurston Hall as Mark Antony. The film is considered partially lost; only a minute of footage is known to survive. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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