Skip to content
Cleopatra

Poster from TMDB

EntityQ1753597· pop 27· linked from 125 articles

1917 film by J. Gordon Edwards

OverviewAI-generated

Cleopatra is a 1917 American silent biographical drama film directed by J. Gordon Edwards and produced by William Fox for the Fox Film Corporation. The screenplay was written by H. Rider Haggard, with production and costume design by George Hopkins and cinematography by John W. Boyle. The cast includes Theda Bara, Fritz Leiber, Thurston Hall, and Art Acord.

Filmed in California, the movie is set in Ancient Rome and features characters such as Cleopatra, Julius Caesar, Mark Antony, and Augustus. It is a black-and-white film with a runtime of 125 minutes. The work is currently in the public domain and is categorized as a partially lost film or fragment.

Synthesized by Vinony from 32 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, TMDb, IMDb. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Film · TMDB

4.2

The story of Cleopatra, the fabulous queen of Egypt, and the epic romances between her and the greatest men of Rome, Julius Caesar and Antony. Only a small fragment of this film survives.

Released: 1917-10-14125 minDir: J. Gordon EdwardsDrama, History

Cast

  • Theda Bara as Cleopatra
  • Fritz Leiber as Caesar
  • Thurston Hall as Antony
  • Alan Roscoe as Pharon (as Albert Roscoe)
  • Herschel Mayall as Ventidius
  • Dorothy Drake as Charmian

Themes

  • partially lost film
  • fragment

This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.

Ratings

IMDb

6.6/10

415 votes

Year
1917
Runtime
125 min
Genres
Biography, Drama, History

via IMDb

Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Country of origin
United States
Screenwriter
H. Rider Haggard
Cast member
Genevieve Blinn
Producer
William Fox
Production company
Fox Film Corporation
Cinematographer
John W. Boyle
Narrative location
Ancient Rome
Filming location
California
Duration
125
FilmAffinity ID
421222
Image
Cleopatra1917.jpg
Show 10 more facts
Commons category
Cleopatra (1917 film)
publication date
1917-01-01
title
Cleopatra
production designer
George Hopkins
distributed by
Fox Film Corporation
costume designer
George Hopkins
copyright status
public domain
different from
Kleopatra
Sources (2)

via Wikidata · CC0

Gallery (6)