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Cleopatra is a 1963 American epic historical drama film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, who co-wrote the screenplay with Ranald MacDougall and Sidney Buchman, adapted from the 1957 book The Life and Times of Cleopatra by Carlo Maria Franzero, and from histories by Plutarch, Suetonius, and Appian. The film stars Elizabeth Taylor in the eponymous role, along with Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Roddy McDowall and Martin Landau. It chronicles the struggles of the young queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt to resist the imperial ambitions of Rome.
- Director
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Writer
- Ranald MacDougall · Sidney Buchman · Ben Hecht · Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Who made it 12
- Director
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Writer
- Ranald MacDougall · Sidney Buchman · Ben Hecht · Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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- Release date
- 1963 · Released
- Runtime
- 241 min
- Country of origin
- United States, United Kingdom, Switzerland
- Languages
- English
- Genres
- Drama · Romance · Epic · Historical · Biographical · War
- Also known as
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- Français
- Cléopâtre
- 日本語
- クレオパトラ
- 한국어
- 클레오파트라
- Polski
- Kleopatra
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