---
title: 'Cleopatra (1963)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Joseph L. Mankiewicz'
released: '1963-06-12'
runtime_minutes: 241
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'History'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'Switzerland'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/cleopatra-1963'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056937/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Cleopatra (1963)

1963 · 241 min · Drama, War, Adventure, History, Romance · United Kingdom, Switzerland, United States


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Joseph L. Mankiewicz](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-l-mankiewicz)
- **Screenplay:** [Joseph L. Mankiewicz](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-l-mankiewicz), [Ben Hecht](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-hecht), [Sidney Buchman](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-buchman), [Ranald MacDougall](https://cinepixo.com/people/ranald-macdougall)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Alex North](https://cinepixo.com/people/alex-north)
- **Producer:** [Walter Wanger](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-wanger)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jack Hildyard](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-hildyard), [Leon Shamroy](https://cinepixo.com/people/leon-shamroy)
- **Editor:** [Dorothy Spencer](https://cinepixo.com/people/dorothy-spencer)

## Cast

- [Carroll O'Connor](https://cinepixo.com/people/carroll-o-connor) as Publius Servilius Casca
- [Richard O'Sullivan](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-o-sullivan) as Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator
- [Herbert Berghof](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-berghof) as Theodotus of Chios
- [Pamela Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/pamela-brown) as the High Priestess
- [Ben Wright](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-wright)
- [Francesca Annis](https://cinepixo.com/people/francesca-annis) as Eiras
- [John Alderton](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-alderton)
- [Jacqui Chan](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacqui-chan) as Lotos
- [Rex Harrison](https://cinepixo.com/people/rex-harrison) as Julius Caesar
- [Laurence Naismith](https://cinepixo.com/people/laurence-naismith)
- [Gwen Watford](https://cinepixo.com/people/gwen-watford) as Calpurnia
- [Desmond Llewelyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/desmond-llewelyn)
- [Martin Benson](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-benson) as Ramos
- [Roddy McDowall](https://cinepixo.com/people/roddy-mcdowall) as Augustus
- [Loris Loddi](https://cinepixo.com/people/loris-loddi)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/cleopatra-1963
Film facts: Wikidata (Q4430); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.