Film record

Cleopatra

1963Feature film241 minVerification: Verified

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Production countries
United States · United Kingdom · Switzerland
Languages
English
Genres
drama film · romance film · historical film · epic film · sword-and-sandal film · war film · biographical film

Credits

Direction

Joseph L. Mankiewicz — Directing

Cast

Elizabeth Taylor — Acting (Cleopatra)
Richard Burton — Acting (Mark Antony)
Rex Harrison — Acting (Julius Caesar)
Roddy McDowall — Acting (Octavian)
Martin Landau — Acting (Rufio)
Hume Cronyn — Acting (Sosigenes)
George Cole — Acting (Flavius)
Cesare Danova — Acting (Apollodorus)
Robert Stephens — Acting (Germanicus)
Francesca Annis — Acting (Eiras)
Pamela Brown — Acting (the High Priestess)
Michael Hordern — Acting (Cicero)
Carroll O'Connor — Acting (Servilius Casca)
Jean Marsh — Acting (Octavie)
John Karlsen — Acting
Loris Loddi — Acting
Grégoire Aslan — Acting (Pothinus)
Andrew Keir — Acting (Agrippa)
Gwen Watford — Acting (Calpurnia)
Douglas Wilmer — Acting (Decimus)
Finlay Currie — Acting
Desmond Llewelyn — Acting
Ben Wright — Acting
John Doucette — Acting (Achillas)
John Hoyt — Acting (Cassius)
Laurence Naismith — Acting
Marina Berti — Acting
Marne Maitland — Acting (Euphranor)
Martin Benson — Acting (Ramos)
Richard O'Sullivan — Acting (Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII)
Kenneth Haigh — Acting (Brutus)
Jack Taylor — Acting
Margaret Lee — Acting
Paola Pitagora — Acting
Michela Roc — Acting
Salvatore Billa — Acting
Furio Meniconi — Acting
Michael Gwynn — Acting (Cimber)
Herbert Berghof — Acting (Theodotus of Chios)
John Alderson — Acting
John Cairney — Acting (Phoebus)
Calvin Lockhart — Acting
John Alderton — Acting
Rod Dana — Acting
Ronald Allen — Acting
Peter Forster — Acting
John Frederick — Acting
Jacqui Chan — Acting (Lotos)
Andrew Faulds — Acting (Canidius)

Writing

Ranald MacDougall — Screenwriting
Sidney Buchman — Screenwriting
Ben Hecht — Screenwriting
Joseph L. Mankiewicz — Screenwriting

Production

Walter Wanger — Production

Music

Alex North — Music composition

Cinematography

Leon Shamroy — Cinematography
Jack Hildyard — Cinematography

Editing

Dorothy Spencer — Editing

Art department

Herman A. Blumenthal — Production design

Costume

Vittorio Nino Novarese — Costume design
Documented participation

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Distribution

Netflix

International
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Distribution

Disney+

International
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Versions and cuts

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Releases by territory

United States · Original release
12 Jun 1963Checked 14 Sep 2026
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