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Cleopatra (1934)

100 min · Melodrama, Monumental Film, biographical film, drama film, epic film

Popularity4.5/5
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4.2k02025-09: 3,190 views2025-10: 2,923 views2025-11: 3,135 views2025-12: 3,664 views2026-01: 4,204 views2026-02: 3,247 views2026-03: 3,726 views2026-04: 3,782 views2026-05: 3,101 views2026-06: 2,671 views2026-07: 3,473 views2026-08: 3,274 views
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2025-09 to 2026-08

Directors

Cecil B. DeMille

Cast

Claudette Colbert, Warren William, Henry Wilcoxon, Joseph Schildkraut, Ian Keith, Gertrude Michael, C. Aubrey Smith, William Farnum, Irving Pichel, Arthur Hohl, Edwin Maxwell, Ian Maclaren, Eleanor Phelps, Claudia Dell, Grace Durkin, Jayne Regan, Florence Roberts, Lionel Belmore

The story

200px|thumb|left|"It was quite difficult to be rolled into a rug and breathe and come out looking pleased with yourself," Colbert remembered. "We only had to do that scene once." In 48 BC, Cleopatra vies with her brother Ptolemy for control of Egypt. Pothinos kidnaps her and Apollodorus and strands them in the desert.

Catalogue themes and tags

Ancient Egypt, Armee, Cleopatra, Egypt, Gefecht, Julius Caesar, Roman Empire, Biography, Costume drama, Epic, Black-and-white, Pre-Code, Drama, Romantic drama, Romance Film

Genres

Melodrama, Monumental Film, biographical film, drama film, epic film

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