Cleopatra 

Princess Cleopatra becomes Egypt's Queen and has an out-of-wedlock son with the son-less Roman ruler Julius Ceasar. Through two romances, she strives to protect Egypt from the Romans, and make her son the heir to Ceaser's Roman Empire.

Stars:

Nadim Sawalha, Owen Teale, Philip Quast

Nominated for 4 Primetime Emmys. Another 11 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Nadim Sawalha	...	Mardian 2 episodes, 1999
Owen Teale	...	Grattius 2 episodes, 1999
Philip Quast	...	Cornelius 2 episodes, 1999
Daragh O'Malley	...	Ahenobarbus 2 episodes, 1999
Bruce Payne	...	Cassius 2 episodes, 1999
Sean Pertwee	...	Marcus Brutus 2 episodes, 1999
David Schofield	...	Casca 2 episodes, 1999
Kassandra Voyagis	...	Arsinoe 2 episodes, 1999
Indra Ové	...	Charmian 2 episodes, 1999
Josephine Amankwah	...	Iris 2 episodes, 1999
Caroline Langrishe	...	Calpurnia 2 episodes, 1999
Elisabeth Dermot Walsh	...	Octavia 2 episodes, 1999
Ralph Brown	...	Guevarius 2 episodes, 1999
James Cosmo	...	Agrippa 2 episodes, 1999
Denis Quilley	...	Negotiator Senator 2 episodes, 1999
James Saxon	...	Pothinus 2 episodes, 1999
Amina Annabi	...	Jehosheba 2 episodes, 1999
Oded Fehr	...	Egyptian Captain 2 episodes, 1999
Stephen Jenn	...	Nakht 2 episodes, 1999
Ashley L. Clark	...	King Ptolemy - 12 yrs 2 episodes, 1999
Alexandar Francis-Lynch	...	Ptolemy Caesar - 6yrs 2 episodes, 1999
Michael Francis-Lynch	...	Ptolemy Caesar - 3yrs 2 episodes, 1999
Omid Djalili	...	Storemaster 2 episodes, 1999
Andrew Peisley	...	Cavalryman 2 episodes, 1999
Tim Barlow	...	Elderly Senator 2 episodes, 1999
Antony Bunsee	...	Ship's First Mate 2 episodes, 1999
Ace Bhatti	...	Sceptical Citizen 2 episodes, 1999
Stephen Giffin	...	Victor 2 episodes, 1999
Mark Delafield	...	Suetonius 2 episodes, 1999
Mark Hill	...	Dionysios 2 episodes, 1999
Matthew Bartlett	...	Theocritus 2 episodes, 1999
Richard Armitage	...	Epiphanes 2 episodes, 1999
Naim Khan Turk	...	Eos 2 episodes, 1999
Simone Harper	...	Wet Nurse 2 episodes, 1999
Karim Doukkali	...	Egyptian General 2 episodes, 1999
Patrick Gordon	...	Assassin 2 episodes, 1999
Simon De Selva	...	Egyptian Admiral 2 episodes, 1999
Bouchra Ababsa	...	Belly Dancer 2 episodes, 1999
Carlton Headley	...	Nubian Guard 2 episodes, 1999
Trevor Lovell	...	Nubian Guard 2 episodes, 1999
John Bowe	...	Rufio 2 episodes, 1999
Art Malik	...	Olympos 2 episodes, 1999
Timothy Dalton	...	Julius Caesar 2 episodes, 1999
Rupert Graves	...	Octavian 2 episodes, 1999
Leonor Varela	...	Cleopatra 2 episodes, 1999
Billy Zane	...	Marc Antony 2 episodes, 1999

Storyline

Princess Cleopatra becomes Egypt's Queen and has an out-of-wedlock son with the son-less Roman ruler Julius Ceasar. Through two romances, she strives to protect Egypt from the Romans, and make her son the heir to Ceaser's Roman Empire.

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Plot Keywords:

character name as series title | cleopatra character | julius caesar character | marc antony character | cassius character | 

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Taglines:

Passion. Power. History.

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Genres:

Biography | Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Hallmark Entertainment

Country:

Germany USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 May 1999 (USA)

Also Known As:

Cleopatra

Filming Locations:

Agadir, Morocco

Box Office

Budget:

$30,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Babelsberg International Film Produktion, Hallmark Entertainment, RTL2

Technical Specs

Runtime:

177 min 50 min (3 episodes) 155 min (DVD)

Sound Mix:

Dolby (as Dolby Surround)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

It's barely noticeable, but in Part 1, when the Roman who had stolen grain, was brought in front of Cleopatra, she is holding the Crook and Flail. In the close up views she is holding Them correctly, with the open end of the Crook up. In the farther away views, it is held with curved end still Linking up, the opened side is pointing downward.

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Goofs

Cleopatra mentions the Octavian is not Caesar's 'flesh and blood'. Octavian was in fact, Caesar's grandnephew, the son of Caesar's niece Atia (though Caesar introduces him as simply his 'nephew', whether this is a goof or just simplification on Caesar's part is unclear)

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Quotes

Marcus Brutus: Octavian, join us! Aid us in destroying this tyrant!
Octavian: No, I could never betray Caesar...
[Short pause]
Octavian: But I won't stop you either.

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Alternate Versions

The DVD version is uncut and contains a little over 30 minutes of scenes not included on the VHS version.

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Connections

References Ben-Hur (1959)

User Reviews

Terrible

This movie was terrible. The reason I give it such a high score is because the two leads, Timothy Dalton and Billy Zane, were fantastic. Unfortunately, this movie did not keep up with them. Leonor Varela did not deserve to be in this movie. She was acting as if it were a high school play, pouting and stamping her way through the movie. She was extremely uncharismatic and did not have a sixteenth of the depth and class Taylor and Colbert did. I won't criticize the movie too much for its historical inaccuracies. One thing that did put me off was the portrayal of Octavian. He was the main antagonistic force, which he also was in the two previous versions, but in this one history is altered. Octavian was not part of the plot to assassinate Caesar and was not even in Rome when Caesar was killed. The actor who played Octavian in this version of Cleopatra, Rupert Graves, was obviously trying to copy the characterizations that Roddy McDowall, in the 1963 version of Cleopatra, gave to Octavian. He failed miserably. I've read quite a number of reviews saying that the sets and coloring were good. I personally thought that the colors were too lurid and the sets too small. However, for a TV movie budget, it did okay. My final word is that this movie is fun to watch, but don't take it too seriously.