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Cleopatra
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Cleopatra is a 1934 American biographical, drama and epic film directed and produced by Cecil B. DeMille, from a screenplay by Waldemar Young. Filmed in black-and-white and set in Rome, it stars Claudette Colbert, Warren William, Henry Wilcoxon and Joseph Schildkraut. Victor Milner was director of photography, Anne Bauchens edited the film, Roland Anderson was production designer, and Travis Banton designed the costumes.
Produced by Paramount Pictures, which also distributed it alongside Netflix, the film runs 100 minutes. It was nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing and Best Sound, and won Best Cinematography.
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6.1The queen of Egypt barges the Nile and flirts with Mark Antony and Julius Caesar.
Cast
- Claudette Colbert as Cleopatra
- Warren William as Julius Caesar
- Henry Wilcoxon as Marc Antony
- Joseph Schildkraut as King Herod
- Ian Keith as Octavian
- Gertrude Michael as Calpurnia
Themes
- egypt
- roman empire
- cleopatra
- ancient rome
- pre-code
- ancient egypt
- alexandria egypt
- 1st century bc
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Cecil B. DeMille
- Written by
- Waldemar Young , Vincent Lawrence , Bartlett Cormack (adaptation: historical material)
- Produced by
- Cecil B. DeMille
- Starring
- Claudette Colbert , Warren William , Henry Wilcoxon
- Cinematography
- Victor Milner
- Edited by
- Anne Bauchens (uncredited)
- Music by
- Rudolph G. Kopp , Milan Roder (uncredited)
- Distributed by
- Paramount Pictures
- Release dates
- August 16, 1934 ( 1934-08-16 ) ( New York City , premiere ) October 5, 1934 ( 1934-10-05 ) (US)
- Running time
- 100 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $842,908
- Box office
- $1,929,161
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- epic film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Cecil B. DeMille
- Screenwriter
- Waldemar Young
- Cast member
- Edgar Dearing
- Producer
- Cecil B. DeMille
- Production company
- Paramount Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Victor Milner
- Narrative location
- Rome
- Duration
- 100
- FilmAffinity ID
- 307617
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Cleopatra 3.jpg
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- Commons category
- Cleopatra (1934 film)
- publication date
- 1934-01-01
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Sound
- film editor
- Anne Bauchens
- title
- Cleopatra
- distributed by
- Netflix
- production designer
- Roland Anderson
- color
- black-and-white
- costume designer
- Travis Banton
- different from
- Cleopatra
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 83%
- characters
- Achillas
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Encyclopedic overview
Cleopatra is a 1934 American epic historical drama film produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille and distributed by Paramount Pictures. A retelling of the story of the ancient Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII, 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.
Pre-production began in July 1933 while DeMille was working on another film. A staff of twelve people, headed by screenwriter Jeanie MacPherson, spent eight months doing research. The production used 250,000 square feet of space for the sets and employed more than 5,000 actors, extras, and technicians. Principal photography was completed in two months.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cleopatra” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.