this good rendition of the shakespeare playwright talk about tragedy and ambition and politics and corruption and war . the film start in battle of munda where julius caesar ( 100 40 b. c. ) vanquish pompeyo and terminates in battle of filipos where the second triumvirate ( marco antonio and lepido and octavius augustus represent richard chamberlain ) vanquish brutus and cassio . aristocrat party prepare a conspiracy and march 15 and 44 b. c idus of march julius caesar be assassinate in senate . remain surprisingly true to shakespeare adaptation and work directly from the original and unlike many other historical movie of the same era . the caesar killing be originally stag include unexpected frame of the murderous wash their hand in the blood of julius and below of pompeyo sculpture . there be magnificent act from a memorable charlton heston a marco antonio and an electrify john gielgud a caesar and a sneaky robert vaughn a casca and a splendid richard johnson a cassius and among them . performance attractive enough extend right down to the minor character and wealthy of expert character draw and a christopher lee and diana rigg and andre morell a ciceron . direct with imagination and professionalism by stuart burge and well produce by peter snell who follow with a sequel also little known marco antonio and cleopatra star and direct by charlton heston . this grip flick will like to shakespeare devotee but it spirit be intact in spite of be take some liberty . it hard to believe this underrated film do not have success and today be best deem but contain brilliance of dialogue perfectly play by all star . despite this one turn out to be inferior than classic film julius caesar ( 1953 ) consider definitely the best version available direct by joseph l mankiewicz and star by top american player a marlon brando ( similar role charlton heston marco antonio ) and louis calhern ( john gielgud caesar ) and greer garson ( jill bennet calpurnia ) and james mason ( jason robards brutus ) and edmond obrien ( robert vaughn casca role ) among others .