Antony and Cleopatra (1972)

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Director:

Charlton Heston

Writers:

Federico De Urrutia (writer)
Charlton Heston (writer)

Release Date:

18 March 1972 (Japan)

Genre:

Drama | History

Plot Keywords:

Ancient Rome | Roman | Shakespeare's Antony And Cleopatra | Historical | Epic

Cast

Charlton Heston	...	Marc Antony
Hildegarde Neil	...	Cleopatra
Eric Porter	...	Enobarbus
John Castle	...	Octavius Caesar
Fernando Rey	...	Lepidus
Juan Luis Galiardo	...	Alexas
Carmen Sevilla	...	Octavia
Freddie Jones	...	Pompey
Peter Arne	...	Menas
Luis Barboo	...	Varrius
Fernando Bilbao	...	Menecrates
Warren Clarke	...	Scarus
Roger Delgado	...	Soothsayer
Julian Glover	...	Proculeius
Sancho Gracia	...	Canidius

Also Known As:

Antoine et Cléopatre (Switzerland: French title)
Marco Antonio y Cleopatra (Spain)

Runtime:

138 min | UK:160 min | USA:160 min

Country:

UK | Spain | Switzerland

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono | 70 mm 6-Track

Certification:

UK:AA | Iceland:12

Filming Locations:

Hollywood National Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Folio Films

Trivia:

The last feature film of Roger Delgado.

Movie Connections:

Features Ben-Hur (1959)

Anthony and Cleopatra with Charleston Heston

I vividly remember going to see this film shortly after it was released. I was a rather serious student and thought Heston was not a serious actor, so didn't expect much. However, for me, in the film Heston WAS Anthony - Anthony was a media star with fatal flaws and Heston must have understood that type. He was totally authentic - there may have been the American accent, but again, Romans to Greeks must have been like Americans to the UK - so Heston's portrayal worked. And I remember Hildegarde Neil as a very convincing Cleopatra -not histrionic but someone ruled by emotion. I thought and still think that the Burton Taylor epic wasn't a patch on this. Must get the DVD!!