History Film / CaesarAndCleopatra

* ActuallyIAmHim: At the beginning, Cleopatra meets Caesar at the Sphinx, and Caesar doesn't tell her who he is. He reveals himself to her in the next scene, much to her own (delighted) surprise.

''Caesar and Cleopatra'' is a 1945 British Technicolor SwordAndSandal film directed by Gabriel Pascal and starring Creator/ClaudeRains as UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar, Creator/VivienLeigh as UsefulNotes/CleopatraVII and Stewart Granger as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollodorus_the_Sicilian Apollodorus the Sicilian]]. Some scenes were directed by Brian Desmond Hurst, who remained uncredited. It is an adaptation of the play ''Caesar and Cleopatra'' by Creator/GeorgeBernardShaw, who collaborated closely with the production.

* MrFanservice: Apollodorus. The movie surely makes some good use of Stewart Granger's good looks. The outfit he wears at the end of the film even borders on [[WhoWearsShortShorts short shorts]].

* TheGhost: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Antony Mark Antony]] is mentioned quite a few times, but doesn't appear.

* TheUnpronounceable: Ftatateeta, although pretty much everyone manages to pronounce her name actually. Shaw {{invoked|trope}} the trope in the original play, in which she is the only one who can pronounce it.

* SpiritedYoungLady: Cleopatra gives off this vibe, but as the story goes it's more and more clear it's part of her own ploys.

* AscendedExtra: Apollodorus has a bigger role there than he had in RealLife, he sticks around for much of the remainder of the film while his real life counterpart is just known for smuggling the rolled up carpet in which Cleopatra was hiding into Alexandria.

* ActuallyIAmHim: At the beginning, Cleopatra runs into Caesar, who doesn't tell her who he is. He reveals himself to her in the next scene, much to her own (delighted) surprise.

* TheUnpronounceable: Ftatateeta, although pretty much everyone manages to pronounce her name actually. Shaw {{invoked|trope}} the trope in the original play, where she is the only one who can pronounce it.

* TheUnpronounceable: Ftatateeta. Shaw {{invoked|trope}} the trope in the original play.

* CarpetRolledCorpse: Non-dead version. Cleopatra is smuggled into Alexandria rolled into a carpet, as she was in RealLife according to Plutarch and most depictions.

''Caesar and Cleopatra'' is a 1945 British Technicolor SwordAndSandal film directed by Gabriel Pascal and starring Creator/ClaudeRains as UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar, Creator/VivienLeigh as UsefulNotes/CleopatraVII and Stewart Granger as Apollodorus. Some scenes were directed by Brian Desmond Hurst, who remained uncredited. It is an adaptation of the play ''Caesar and Cleopatra'' by Creator/GeorgeBernardShaw, who collaborated closely with the production.

* CarpetRolledCorpse: Non-dead version. Cleopatra is smuggled into Alexandria rolled into a carpet, as she was in RealLife and most depictions.