--- title: 'Cleopatra (1917)' type: 'film' director: 'J. Gordon Edwards' released: '1917-01-01' runtime_minutes: 125 genres: - 'Drama' - 'History' - 'Romance' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/cleopatra-1917' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0007801/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Cleopatra (1917) 1917 · 125 min · Drama, History, Romance · United States ## Synopsis Cleopatra is a 1917 American silent historical drama film based on H. Rider Haggard's 1889 novel Cleopatra, the 1890 play Cleopatre by Émile Moreau and Victorien Sardou, and the play Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare. The film stars Theda Bara in the title role, Fritz Leiber Sr. as Julius Caesar, and Thurston Hall as Mark Antony. ## Credits - **Director:** [J. Gordon Edwards](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-gordon-edwards) - **Screenplay:** [H. Rider Haggard](https://cinepixo.com/people/h-rider-haggard) - **Original Music Composer:** [José Martínez](https://cinepixo.com/people/jose-martinez) - **Producer:** [William Fox](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-fox-2) - **Director of Photography:** [John W. Boyle](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-w-boyle) ## Cast - [Thurston Hall](https://cinepixo.com/people/thurston-hall) as Mark Antony - [Hector Sarno](https://cinepixo.com/people/hector-sarno) as Messenger - [Theda Bara](https://cinepixo.com/people/theda-bara) as Cleopatra - [Fritz Leiber](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-leiber-2) as Julius Caesar - [Alan Roscoe](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-roscoe) as Pharon - [Herschel Mayall](https://cinepixo.com/people/herschel-mayall) as Ventidius - [Art Acord](https://cinepixo.com/people/art-acord) as Kephren - [Genevieve Blinn](https://cinepixo.com/people/genevieve-blinn) as Octavia the Younger - [Henri de Vries](https://cinepixo.com/people/henri-de-vries) as Augustus ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/cleopatra-1917 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1753597); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.