CLEOPATRA.
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Julius Caesar (Rex Harrison) has defeated Pompey the Great in a brutal civil war for control of the Roman Republic. Pompey flees to Egypt, hoping to enlist the support of the young Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII (Richard O'Sullivan) and his sister Cleopatra (Elizabeth Taylor) Caesar follows him to Egypt under the pretext of being named the executor of the will of their father. He is intrigued with her beauty and warm personality, and she convinces him to restore her throne. She begins to develop megalomaniacal dreams of ruling the world with Caesar.
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- Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Roddy McDowall, Martin Landau, Carroll O'Connor, Hume Cronyn
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CLEOPATRA. Presented by Adolph Zukor. 1934. 11 reels, sd. Credits: Director, Cecil B. De Mille; screenplay, Waldemar Young, Vincent Lawrence; adaptation, Bartlett Cormack; music, Rudolph Kopp. Paramount Productions, Inc.; 5Oct34; LP4995.
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