Cleopatra (1963)


Cleopatra
Release Date12 June 1963
Budget$44,000,000
US Box Office$58,000,000
TaglineThe motion picture the world has been waiting for!
GenreBiography, Drama, History, Romance
CountryUK
USA
Switzerland
Filming LocationsAlmería, Andalucía, Spain
LanguageEnglish
Sound Mix70 mm 6-Track, 4-Track Stereo, Stereo
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassHistorical Epic, Romantic Epic, Biopic [feature]
Niche GenreEpic, Historical Film
MoodIn the Mood for Love
ThemesCrowned Heads, Heroic Mission, Love Triangles, Star-Crossed Lovers, Out For Revenge
TonesLavish, Sweeping, Passionate, Rousing, Sentimental, Slick, Stylized
TagsBetrayal, Death, Forbidden Love, History, Love, Queen [royalty], Romance, Seduction, Suicide, Tragic Love
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Cleopatra is a 1963 film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. The screenplay was adapted by Sidney Buchman, Ben Hecht, Ranald MacDougall, and Joseph L. Mankiewicz from a book by Carlo Maria Franzero. The film starred Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Roddy McDowall and Martin Landau. The music score was by Alex North. It was photographed in 70 mm Todd-AO by Leon Shamroy and Jack Hildyard.


Cast and Crew


Rex Harrison
Caesar

Pamela Brown
High Priestess

George Cole
Flavius

Hume Cronyn
Sosigenes

Cesare Danova
Apollodorus

Kenneth Haigh
Brutus

Andrew Keir
Agrippa

Roddy McDowall
Octavian - Caesar Augustus

Robert Stephens
Germanicus

Francesca Annis
Eiras, Cleopatra's handmaiden

Grégoire Aslan
Pothinus

Herbert Berghof
Theodotos

John Cairney
Phoebus

Jacqui Chan
Lotos, royal taster

Isabel Cooley
Charmian

John Doucette
Achillas

Andrew Faulds
Canidius

Michael Gwynn
Cimber

John Hoyt
Cassius

Marne Maitland
Euphranor

Richard O'Sullivan
Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII

Gwen Watford
Calpurnia

Douglas Wilmer
Decimus

Elisabeth Welch
Children's nurse

John Alderton
1st Officer

Ronald Allen
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John Alvar
Valvus

Audrey Anderson
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María Badmajew
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Michèle Bailly
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Marina Berti
Queen at Tarsus

Salvatore Billa
Egyptian Slave, Centurion

Bruna Caruso
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Rod Dana
One of Caesar's entourage

Marie Devereux
Bacchanal reveler

Peter Forster
2nd Officer

John Frederick
Captain Palace Guard

María Luz Galicia
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John Gayford
Guard

Peter Grant
Palace guard

Rosalba Grottesi
Cleopatra's servant

Rupert John
Bit Part

John Karlsen
High Priest

Jeremy Kemp
Agitator

Maureen Lane
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Calvin Lockhart
Bit Role

Loris Loddi
Caesarion at Age 4

Jean Marsh
Octavia

Kathy Martin
-

Luigi Martocci
Marcellus

Gesa Meiken
-

Furio Meniconi
Mithridates

Simon Mizrahi
-

Violeta Montenegro
Dancer

Boris Nacinovic
Gladiator

Laurence Naismith
Arachesilaus

Kenneth Nash
Caesarion at Age 12

John Pepper
Caesarion

Paola Pitagora
Cleopatra's servant

Michela Roc
Cleopatra's servant

Del Russel
Caesarion at Age 7

Sandra Scarnati
Cleopatra's servant

Mike Steen
Undetermined Role

Jack Taylor
Bit Part

Meri Welles
Cleopatra's Handmaiden

Ben Wright
Narrator

Ranald MacDougall

Sidney Buchman

Plutarch

Suetonius

Appian

Carlo Mario Franzero

Ben Hecht
uncredited

Producer

Walter Wanger
producer

Peter Levathes
executive producer

Original Music

Alex North
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Cinematographer

Leon Shamroy

Jack Hildyard
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Editor

Dorothy Spencer
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Production Designer

John DeCuir

Art Director

Herman A. Blumenthal

Hilyard M. Brown

Boris Juraga
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Maurice Pelling
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Jack Martin Smith
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Elven Webb
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Set Decorator

Paul S. Fox
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Ray Moyer
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Walter M. Scott
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Costume Designer

Vittorio Nino Novarese

Renié

Makeup Department

Alberto De Rossi
makeup artist

Vivienne Walker
hair stylist: Miss Taylor

Robert J. Schiffer
makeup artist

Production Manager

C.O. Erickson
production manager

Forrest E. Johnston
production manager

Saul Wurtzel
production manager: second unit

Francisco Ariza
production manager

Edward Joseph
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Ray Kellogg
second unit director

Andrew Marton
second unit director

Fred R. Simpson
assistant director

Art Department

José Algueró
assistant set decorator: Spain

Ferdinand Bellan
scenic artist

Bill Dennison
chief draughtsman: exteriors

Harold Michelson
storyboard artist

Giovanni Natalucci
set designer

Don Picton
assistant art director

Italo Tomassi
scene painter

Sound Department

James Corcoran
sound recording supervisor

Bernard Freericks
sound recordist

Fred Hynes
sound recording supervisor

Murray Spivack
sound recordist

Special Effects

L.B. Abbott
special photographic effects

Emil Kosa Jr.
special photographic effects

Herbert Cheek
miniatures supervisor

William F. Mittlestedt
mechanical effects

Stunts

Ken Buckle
stunts

Jack Cooper
stunts

Alberto Dell'Acqua
stunts

Joe Powell
stunts

Nosher Powell
stunts

John Sullivan
stunt double: Richard Burton

Camera and Electrical Department

Piero Portalupi
photographer: second unit

Claude Renoir
photographer: second unit

Bernie Abramson
publicity photographer

Sherman Kunkel
assistant camera

Bob Penn
still photographer

Casting Department

Stuart Lyons
casting consultant

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Irene Sharaff
costumes: Elizabeth Taylor

Editorial Department

Leonard Doss
color consultant

Music Department

Lionel Newman
associate conductor

Alex North
conductor

Henry Brant
orchestrator

Herbert W. Spencer
orchestrator

David Tamkin
orchestrator

Other Crew

Hermes Pan
choreographer

Bill Batchelor
publicist

Marie Devereux
stand-in: Elizabeth Taylor

Geoff Freeman
unit publicist

Ralph M. Leo
production accountant

Lucie Lichtig
continuity

Elaine Schreyeck
script supervisor

Production Company

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

MCL Films S.A.
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Walwa Films S.A.
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Distributor

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
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Fox Films

P.P. Film Polski

American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

CBSFox Video

CBS/Fox

20th Century Fox de Argentina

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Abril Vídeo

Fox Video

Gativideo
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Miscellaneous

American Optical Company
development of Todd-AO

Magna Corporation
development of Todd-AO