Cleopatra
Cleopatra is a 1934 American epic film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and distributed by Paramount Pictures. A retelling of the story of Cleopatra VII of Egypt, the screenplay was written by Waldemar Young and Vincent Lawrence and was based on Bartlett Cormack's adaptation of historical material. Claudette Colbert stars as Cleopatra, Warren William as Julius Caesar, and Henry Wilcoxon as Mark Antony.
Plot
In 48 BC, Cleopatra vies with her brother Ptolemy for control of Egypt. Pothinos (Leonard Mudie) kidnaps her and Apollodorus (Irving Pichel) and strands them in the desert. When Pothinos informs Julius Caesar that the queen has fled the country, Caesar is ready to sign an agreement with Ptolemy when Apollodorus appears, bearing a gift carpet for the Roman. When Apollodorus unrolls it, Cleopatra emerges, much to Pothinos' surprise. He tries to deny who she is.
Awards
Cast
- Arthur Hohl
- Bryant Washburn
- C. Aubrey Smith
- Charles W. Morris
- Claudette Colbert
- Claudia Dell
- David Niven
- Edgar Dearing
- Edmund Burns
- Edwin Maxwell
- Eleanor Phelps
- Ferdinand Gottschalk
- Florence Roberts
- George Walsh
- Gertrude Michael
- Harry Beresford
- Henry Wilcoxon
- Ian Keith
- Ian Maclaren
- Irving Pichel
- Jack Rutherford
- Jayne Regan
- John Carradine
- Joseph Schildkraut
- Julanne Johnston
- Leonard Mudie
- Lionel Belmore
- Mary MacLaren
- Phillips Smalley
- Richard Alexander
- Robert Warwick
- Warren William
- Wedgwood Nowell
- Wilfred Lucas
- William Farnum
- William V. Mong