Caesar and Cleopatra
Year:
1945
Production Country:
Great Britain
Caesar and Cleopatra is a reasonably direct transcript from Shaw's play written in 1898.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Cleopatra Vivien Leigh
- Julius Caesar Claude Rains
- Apollodorus Stewart Granger
- Ftatateeta Flora Robson
- Pothinus Francis L. Sullivan
- Rufio Basil Sydney
- Britannus Cecil Parker
- Theodotus Ernest Thesiger
- 1st centurion Michael Rennie
- Achillas Anthony Eustrel
- Nubian slave Robert Adams
- Lucius Septimius Raymond Lovell
- Charmian, Cleopatra's lady attendant Olga Edwardes
- Belzanor Stanley Holloway
- major domo Esmé Percy
- the Persian Alan Wheatley
- Bel Affris Leo Genn
- Ptolemy Anthony Harvey
- Cleopatra's lady attendant Harda Swanhilde
- 2nd centurion James Mckechnie
- boatman Antony Holles
- 1st porter Charles Victor
- 2nd porter Ronald Shiner
- quayside sentinel John Bryning
- 1st auxiliary sentinel John Laurie
- 2nd auxiliary sentinel Charles Rolfe
- 1st nobleman Felix Aylmer
- 2nd nobleman Ivor Barnard
- 1st guardsman Valentine Dyall
- 2nd guardsman Charles Deane
- [A.D.C. to Achillas] Shaun Noble
- [Roman tax officer] Gerald Case
- [high priest] Gibb McLaughlin
- [special Roman centurion] Peter Lord
- [special Roman officer] Billy Holland
- [special Roman officer] Don Stannard
- [special Roman officer] Ronald Davidson
- [special Roman officer] Peter Lilley
- [special Roman officer] Gordon Gantry
- [lady-in-waiting] Anne Davis
- [lady-in-waiting] Ingrid Puxon
- [lady-in-waiting] Virginia Keiley
- [lady-in-waiting] Mary Midwinter
- [lady-in-waiting] Mary Boyle
- [lady-in-waiting] Daphne Day
- [lady-in-waiting] Zena Marshall
- [lady-in-waiting] Agnes Bernelle
- [lady-in-waiting] Joan Richards
- [lady-in-waiting] June Black
- [lady-in-waiting] Jill Carpenter
- [lady-in-waiting] Jeanee Williams
- [lady-in-waiting] Alice Calvert
- [lady-in-waiting] Lilla Erulkar
- [lady-in-waiting] Joan Hulley
- ['palace steps' lady/lady councillor] Princess Roshanara
- ['palace steps' lady/lady councillor] Margaret Fernald
- ['palace steps' lady/lady councillor] Mary Macklin
- ['palace steps' lady/lady councillor] Louise Nolan
- ['palace steps' lady/lady councillor] Rita Lancaster
- ['palace steps' lady/lady councillor] Dorothy Bramhall
- ['palace steps' lady/lady councillor] Jackie Daniels
- ['palace steps' lady/lady councillor] Toni Gable
- ['palace steps' lady/lady councillor] Babette Griffin
- ['palace steps' lady/lady councillor] Margaret Harvey
- ['palace steps' lady/lady councillor] Moya Iles
- ['palace steps' lady/lady councillor] Kay Kendall
- ['palace steps' lady/lady councillor] Hilda Lawrence
- ['palace steps' lady/lady councillor] Anne Sassoon
- ['palace steps' lady/lady councillor] Renee Gilbert
- ['palace steps' lady/lady councillor] Olwen Brookes
- ['palace steps' lady/lady councillor] Anne Moore
- [Egyptian lady] Cathleen Nesbitt
- [Egyptian lady] Ena Burrill
- [Egyptian lady] Marie Ault
- [councillor] Cyril Jervis Walter
- [councillor] Roy Ellett
- [councillor] Michael Martin-harvey
- [councillor] Cecil Calvert
- [councillor] Harry Lane
- [councillor] Mackenzie Ward
- [councillor] Barry Meaton
- [councillor] Paul Croft
- [councillor] Michael Cacoyannis
- [councillor] Roy Russell
- [councillor] Wilfred Walter
- [councillor] Alan Lewis
- [councillor] Charles Paton
- [councillor] George Luck
- [councillor] H.F. Maltby
- [councillor] Hylton Allen
- [palace official] Leonard Llewellyn
- [palace official] Louis De Wohl
- [assistant palace official] Bernard De Gautier
- [harpist] Jean Simmons
- [harpist's master] Russell Thorndyke
- [Mithridates] Basil Jayson
- [A.D.C. to Mithridates] Peter Bayliss
- [Cleopatra's attendant] Abdul Wahab
- [major domo's attendant] Chick Alexander
- [angry boatman] Gerhardt Kempinski
- [boatman 2] Harold Franklyn
- [boatman 3] Charles Minor
- [boatman 4] Andre Belhomme
- [singing boatman] Don Kenito
- [Roman sentinel 3] Hamilton Humphries
- [coloured fan girl] Eve Smith
- [coloured fan girl] Nantando De Villiers
- [coloured fan girl] Roma Miller
- [Ethiopian prince] Bernard Bright
- [Ethiopian prince] B.Q. Alakija
- [Bucinator] Bob Cameron
- [.] Ras Prince Monolulu
- [extra as spear carrier] Roger Moore
- [stand-in for Claude Rains] Adrian Brunel
Credits
Direction
- Directed by Gabriel Pascal
- [Director for some Vivien Leigh scenes] Brian Desmond Hurst
- [Assistant Director (1st)] Bluey Hill
- [Assistant Director (2nd)] Philip Shipway
- [Assistant Director (3rd)] Pat Kelly
- [Assistant Director (3rd)] Bernard Lambert
- [Assistant Director (3rd)] John Oldknow
- [Assistant Director (3rd)] Lawrence G. Knight
- [Continuity] Maggie Unsworth
- [Continuity] Yvonne Axworthy
Production
- [Production Company] Independent Producers
- [Production Company] Pascal Film Productions
- opening logo Eagle-Lion Distributors
- Produced by Gabriel Pascal
- General Manager of Production Tom White
- [Production Manager] John F. Green
- [Production Manager] Robert Foord
- [Production Manager] Raymond Anzarut
- [Production Secretary] Renée Glynne
- logo D&P Studios
Writing
- Script Editor Marjorie Deans
- Scenario and Dialogue by George Bernard Shaw
- [Screenplay] W.P. Lipscomb
- Above the Title Credit [for Novel] George Bernard Shaw
Photography
- Photography Freddie Young
- Photography Robert Krasker
- Photography Jack Hildyard
- Photography Jack Cardiff
- Chief of Colour Control Department Natalie Kalmus
- [Assistant Colour Consultant] Joan Bridge
- [Camera] Operator Ted Scaife
- [Focus Puller] H. Petty
- [Focus Puller] Frank Kingston
- [Technicolor Camera Technician] George Minassian
- [Clapper Loader] Mike Brandt
Stills
- [Stills] Wilfrid Newton
Special Effects
- Matt[e] Shots W. Percy Day
- [Models] Douglas Woolsey
- [Models] Henry Harris
- [Models] George Blackwell
- [Models] Bill Warrington
Editing
- Editor Frederick Wilson
- [Editor] Louis Loeffler
- [Editor] Joan Warwick
- [Assistant Editor] Pauline Gain
- [Assistant Editor] Ron Brown
- [Assistant Editor] Pamela Heinz
Design
- Art Director John Bryan
- [Assistant Art Director] William Hutchinson
- [Draughtsman] Elven Webb
- [Draughtsman] Don Picton
- [Draughtsman] John Elphick
- [Draughtsman] Herbert Westbrook
- [Construction Supervisor] Harold Batchelor
Costumes
- Decor and Costumes by Oliver Messel
- [Miss Leigh's Costumes] Matilda Etches
- [Wardrobe] Margaret Furse
- [Wardrobe] Eleanor Abbey
- [Wardrobe] Dorothy Edwards
Make-up
- [Make-up] George Blackler
- [Assistant Make-Up] Ernie Gasser
- [Hairdresser] Barbara Barnard
- [Wig Maker] Florence Williams
- [Miss Leigh's Head-dresses] Hugh Skillan
Music
- Music Composed by Georges Auric
- [Music Played] With National Symphony Orchestra
- [Music] Conducted by Muir Mathieson
Sound
- Sound Recording John Dennis
- [Sound Camera Operator] Peter T. Davies
- Sound System Western Electric
- [Boom Operator] Stanley Lambourne
- [Boom Operator] Dennis Soutzos
- [Boom Operator] Eric Clennell
- [Boom Assistant] George Paternoster
- [Boom Assistant] Peter Martingale
- [Sound Maintenance Engineer] Wally Day
- [Sound Assistant] Donald Bloxham
- [Dubbing Crew] Gordon K. McCallum
- [Dubbing Crew] G. Crowl
- [Dubbing Crew] N. Gurney
- [Dubbing Crew] Ken Rawkins
- [Dubbing Crew] T. Kay
- [Dubbing Editor] Kitty Spreckley
- Dubbing Desmond Dew
