Caesar and Cleopatra (film)

Caesar and Cleopatra is a 1945 British Technicolor film directed by Gabriel Pascal and starring Vivien Leigh and Claude Rains. Some scenes were directed by Brian Desmond Hurst, who took no formal credit. The picture was adapted from the play Caesar and Cleopatra (1901) by George Bernard Shaw, produced by Independent Producers and Pascal Film Productions and distributed by Eagle-Lion Distributors.

Caesar and Cleopatra
theatrical release poster
Directed byGabriel Pascal
Written byGeorge Bernard Shaw
(play {uncredited}, scenario and dialogue)
Produced byGabriel Pascal
StarringVivien Leigh
Claude Rains
CinematographyF. A. Young F.R.P.S.
Robert Krasker
Jack Hildyard
Jack Cardiff
Edited byFrederick Wilson
Joan Warwick (uncredited)
Music byGeorges Auric
Production
company
Distributed byEagle-Lion Films (UK)
United Artists (US)
Release dates
11 December 1945 (London)
6 September 1946 (US)
16 September 1946 (UK)
Running time
128 minutes (UK)
123 minutes (US)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
BudgetUS$5.2 million or £1.3 million
Box officeUS$2,250,000 (US rentals)
815,007 admissions (France)
£350,000 (US$1.4 million) (UK)

Upon release, Caesar and Cleopatra failed to earn back its colossal budget. John Bryan was nominated for an Oscar for Best Art Direction.

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