Cleopatra (1963 film) Fourth Star of Cleopatra". Cleopatra (1963 film) Cleopatra is a 1963 American epic historical drama film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, with a screenplay adapted by Mankiewicz, Ranald MacDougall and Sidney Buchman from the book "The Life and Times of Cleopatra" by Carlo Maria Franzero, and from histories by Plutarch, Suetonius, and Appian. It stars Elizabeth Taylor in the eponymous role. Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Roddy McDowall, and Martin Landau are featured in supporting roles. It chronicles the struggles of Cleopatra, the young Queen of Egypt, to resist the imperial ambitions of Rome. The film achieved notoriety during its production
Julius Caesar (1970 film) several other DVD reviewers also disparaged the film. John Gielgud played Cassius in the 1953 film version of "Julius Caesar", directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Charlton Heston had played Mark Antony once before, in an earlier film version of "Julius Caesar", made in Chicago in 1950. He would do so yet again, in a 1972 film version of Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra", which Heston directed. Julius Caesar (1970 film) Julius Caesar is a 1970 British independent film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play of the same name, directed by Stuart Burge from a screenplay by Robert Furnival. The film stars Charlton