Cleopatra (1999)

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Billy Zane	...	Marc Antony
	Timothy Dalton	...	Julius Caesar
	Rupert Graves	...	Octavian
	Leonor Varela	...	Cleopatra
	John Bowe	...	Rufio
	Art Malik	...	Olympos
	Nadim Sawalha	...	Mardian
	Owen Teale	...	Grattius
	Philip Quast	...	Cornelius
	Daragh O'Malley	...	Ahenobarbus
	Bruce Payne	...	Cassius
	Sean Pertwee	...	Marcus Brutus
	David Schofield	...	Casca
	Kassandra Voyagis	...	Arsinoe
	Indra Ové	...	Charmian (as Indra Ove)

Storyline

Cleopatra, the famed Egyptian Queen born in 69 B.C., is shown to have been brought by Roman ruler Julius Caesar at age 18. Caesar becomes sexually obsessed by the 18 year old queen, beds her, and eventually has a son by her. However, his Roman followers and his wife are not pleased by the union. In fact, as Caesar has only a daughter by his wife, he had picked Octavian as his successor. The out-of-wedlock son of Cleopatra is seen to be a threat to his future leadership. Thus Brutus and other Roman legislators plot the assassination of Caesar. Caesar's loyal general, Marc Antony, and Octavian then divide up the Roman empire. Antony takes Egypt and soon takes up the affair with Cleopatra. However, Octavian soon launches an attack on Antony and ultimately defeats and mortally wounds him. Rather than permitting herself to be humiliated by Octavian, Cleopatra sends her son away to India and she commits suicide by permitting the deadly asp to bite her. Written by John Sacksteder <jsackste@bellsouth.net>  

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