72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Cleopatra

Joseph L. Mankiewicz
USA - United Kingdom - Switzerland
Synopsis

A myth in the history of cinema. Hated by some, loved by others. Even rejected with a mixture of love and hate by her director. Cleopatra is part of a myth. The most expensive to date ($44,000,000), the most controversial, the one with adulterous love, the highest grossing that year in the US and Canada, four Oscars, a tracheotomy for Liz, a wedding, the first from Liz and Richard. The story, you already know what it's about: Caesar, Cleopatra, Mark Antony, the Roman Empire, The Egyptian, loves, wars... anyway! Fights for possessions, amorous and territorial, showiness, apraphernalia, theatricality as they corresponded to the grandiloquence of the historical moment.

Director
Joseph L. Mankiewicz (USA)
Running Time
192 m.
Country
USA - United Kingdom - Switzerland
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