History Film / Cleopatra

* DepartureMeansDeath: Ptolemy is overjoyed when Caesar tell him he will be released from custody in Alexandria to rejoin his troops. His advisor quickly admonishes his foolishness, telling him that the army is soon to be destroyed, and then along with it.

* DeathSeeker: After finding his army has deserted him and his most trusted lieutenant has been killed, Antony rides into battle against Octavius’s army alone, intending to die. Not knowing Octavius has ordered him to be captured alive, he strikes at the soldiers and screams at them to fight back as they merely block his blows. In final frustration, he begs for someone to give him a warrior’s death.

* DeathSeeker: After finding his army has deserted him and his most trusted lieutenant has been killed, Antony rides into battle against Octavius’s army alone, intending to die. Not knowing Octavius has ordered him to be captured alive, he strikes at the soldiers and screams at them to fight back as they merely block his blows. I’m final frustration, he begs for someone to give him a warrior’s death.

* DeathSeeker: After finding his army has deserted him and his most trusted lieutenant has been killed, Antony rides into battle against Octavius’s army alone, intending to die. Not knowing Octavius has ordered him to be captured Alice, he strikes at the soldiers and screams at them to fight back as they merely block his blows. I’m final frustration, he begs for someone to give him a warrior’s death.

* NiceHat: It is Ancient Egypt after all.

* TheEmpire: Rome is this even without an emperor yet (though [[UsefulNotes/{{Augustus}} he's on the way]]), expanding all over the Mediterranea, even before it was [[UsefulNotes/TheRomanEmpire labelled as such]].

* YourCheatingHeart: Caesar marries Cleopatra while still married to Calpurnia. Later on, Antony marries Octavia while Cleopatra's lover, and then turns his back on her to officially wed Cleopatra. Neither of these divorces go well.

* SignatureScene: Cleopatra's lavish procession when she arrives in Rome is by far one of the best-known scenes of the film.

* PurpleIsPowerful: Caesar on his return to rome wears the Purple toga, the picta toga during Cleopatra's arrival to Rome. He also wears this in private. Indeed it was Caesar's decision to irregularly wear such outfits that made conspirators believe he wanted to be king.

* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Octavian, perhaps the most successful ruler in Roman history, is portrayed as an [[SissyVillain effeminate wimp]] and a two-faced schemer with delusions of grandeur.

The film had a notoriously TroubledProduction, and despite being the highest grossing film of 1963, nearly [[BoxOfficeBomb killed]] Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox due to its humongous production costs.

''Cleopatra'' is a 1963 American {{epic|movie}} historical film directed by Creator/JosephLMankiewicz, with a screenplay adapted by Mankiewicz, Ranald MacDougall and Sidney Buchman from the 1957 book ''The Life and Times of Cleopatra'' by Carlo Maria Franzero, and from histories by [[Literature/ParallelLives Plutarch]], Suetonius and Appian.

''Cleopatra'' is a 1963 American {{epic|movie}} historical film directed by Creator/JosephLMankiewicz.

It chronicles the tale of the reign of UsefulNotes/CleopatraVII (Creator/ElizabethTaylor), the last Ptolemaic ruler of [[AncientEgypt Egypt]]. In the beginning, she romances UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar (Creator/RexHarrison), and tries to gain her place in the [[UsefulNotes/TheRomanRepublic Roman Republic]]'s growing empire. Unfortunately, the Ides of March happen, and Cleopatra's dreams hit a roadblock. So, she turns her attention to Mark Antony (Creator/RichardBurton), who comes to battle [[UsefulNotes/{{Augustus}} Octavian]] (Creator/RoddyMcDowall) for the control of Rome's empire.

It chronicles the tale of the reign of UsefulNotes/CleopatraVII (Creator/ElizabethTaylor), the last Ptolemaic ruler of [[AncientEgypt Egypt]]. In the beginning, she romances UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar (Creator/RexHarrison), and tries to gain her place in the [[UsefulNotes/TheRomanRepublic Roman Republic's empire]]. Unfortunately, the Ides of March happen, and Cleopatra's dreams hit a roadblock. So, she turns her attention to Mark Antony (Creator/RichardBurton), who comes to battle [[UsefulNotes/{{Augustus}} Octavian]] (Creator/RoddyMcDowall) for the control of Rome's empire.

It chronicles the tale of the reign of UsefulNotes/CleopatraVII (Creator/ElizabethTaylor), the last Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt. In the beginning, she romances UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar (Creator/RexHarrison), and tries to gain her place in the [[UsefulNotes/TheRomanRepublic Roman Republic's empire]]. Unfortunately, the Ides of March happen, and Cleopatra's dreams hit a roadblock. So, she turns her attention to Mark Antony (Creator/RichardBurton), who comes to battle [[UsefulNotes/{{Augustus}} Octavian]] (Creator/RoddyMcDowall) for the control of Rome's empire.