Caesar and Cleopatra (film)
| Caesar and Cleopatra | |
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| Directed by | Gabriel Pascal |
| Written by | George Bernard Shaw (play {uncredited}, scenario and dialogue) |
| Produced by | Gabriel Pascal |
| Starring | Vivien Leigh Claude Rains |
| Cinematography | F. A. Young F.R.P.S. Robert Krasker Jack Hildyard Jack Cardiff |
| Edited by | Frederick Wilson Joan Warwick (uncredited) |
| Music by | Georges Auric |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Eagle-Lion Films (UK) United Artists (US) |
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Running time | 128 minutes (UK) 123 minutes (US) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | US$5.2 million or £1.3 million |
| Box office | US$2,250,000 (US rentals) 815,007 admissions (France) £350,000 (US$1.4 million) (UK) |
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.
Upon release, Caesar and Cleopatra failed to earn back its colossal budget. John Bryan was nominated for an Oscar for Best Art Direction.