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Overview
Release Date:
4 June 1953 (USA) morePlot:
The assassination of the would be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic consequences for the idealist and the republic. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Won Oscar. Another 5 wins & 6 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(3 articles)
Actress Deborah Kerr Dies at 86 (From IMDb News. 18 October 2007)
Marlon Brando Dies at 80 (From IMDb News. 2 July 2004)
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Mankiewicz fills the screen with vitality on the plains of Shakespeare's imagination... moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Marlon Brando | ... | Mark Antony | |
| James Mason | ... | Brutus | |
| John Gielgud | ... | Cassius | |
| Louis Calhern | ... | Julius Caesar | |
| Edmond O'Brien | ... | Casca | |
| Greer Garson | ... | Calpurnia | |
| Deborah Kerr | ... | Portia | |
| George Macready | ... | Marullus | |
| Michael Pate | ... | Flavius | |
| Richard Hale | ... | Soothsayer | |
| Alan Napier | ... | Cicero | |
| John Hoyt | ... | Decius Brutus | |
| Tom Powers | ... | Metellus Cimber | |
| William Cottrell | ... | Cinna | |
| Jack Raine | ... | Trebonius |
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120 minCountry:
USALanguage:
EnglishAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) (1969 UK re-release) | Mono (Western Electric Sound System) (original release)Filming Locations:
Bronson Caves, Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA moreMOVIEmeter: 
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John Gielgud was cast after director Joseph L. Mankiewicz saw him play Cassius in a stage production at Stratford-on-Avon. Mankiewicz was in Stratford to see Paul Scofield, whom he was considering casting as Marc Antony, until Marlon Brando's screen test turned out so well. moreGoofs:
Continuity: Marc Antony's left hand changes between shots when people from the crowd ask him to read Caesar's testament. moreQuotes:
Julius Caesar: Cowards die many times before their deaths; / The valiant never taste of death but once. moreFAQ
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William Shakespeare is widely regarded as the greatest writer of all time... His plays, written in the 16th and early 17th centuries for a small repertory theater, are today performed more often and in more countries than ever before...
"Julius Caesar" is rich in its insights, the struggle for political power, the embellishment of the mind, and the characters of men...
Joseph L. Mankiewicz captures Shakespeare's characters in elegant visuals projecting the beauty of the language, producing civilized entertainment... Its message fills the screen with vitality on the plains of Shakespeare's imagination...
The film is set in Rome 44 B.C. The city is rich with the privileges of its empire, much of it caused by the pretentious Caesar (Louis Calhern) appointing himself dictator... Caesar's greater character flaw, thinking that he is far above others and somehow invincible...
Loyal to Caesar is Mark Antony (Marlon Brando), a brave, intelligent, pleasure-loving cunning man - a character with many hidden traits, misunderstood by all...
Mark Anthony looks at life as a game in which he had a signified part to play... He seems slow to emerge, until he is forced to show his true potential... He is devoted and prefers to be dependent upon Caesar... He wants the crown of emperor to be given to him, so all conflicts could be avoided...
But Brutus (James Mason), an old friend of Caesar, is torn between his personal feelings and his integrity and idealism where the Romans would possess peace, liberty and freedom...
The scrupulous, unselfish Brutus resents Caesar's ambition as absolute ruler... Being very honorable, but very naive, he underestimates Mark Antony, perceiving him as a person who didn't always take life seriously and therefore - he is not a cautious thinker...
The story begins on a festival day as Caesar and his entourage make their way to the stadium... On the way, a blind beggar warns Caesar of 'The Ides of March' (On the middle of the month, the daggers came from every side...) but he is ignored...
In the stadium, the sarcastic Cassius (John Gielgud) sees Brutus as the influential Roman able to unite the nobles in the conspiracy... He implores him to join his cause... For him, Caesar has become too powerful and too popular... He must be removed from power...
Cassius is the most significant character for his ability to perceive the true motives of the characters... He thinks the nobility of Rome is responsible for the government of Rome... Brutus, the back-bone of the plan, agrees to the plot, but refuses Cassius's proposal to slain Mark Antony...
After the conspirators have left, Brutus' wife Portia (Deborah Kerr) asks to know what it is that worries him...
Caesar's wife, Calpurnia (Greer Garson) begs her husband to stay home and not to go to the Senate, for fear of danger... As a superstitious woman she was convinced that some falling meteors are warnings of her husband's death... But Caesar believes his friends have assembled to offer him the crown of emperor... So he moves forward, leaving unopened letter which lists the conspirators...