Line #18 Film/CaesarAndCleopatra


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3	''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 Creator/StewartGranger 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.
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5	Julius Caesar takes possession of the Egyptian capital city of Alexandria, and tries to resolve a feud between young Princess Cleopatra and her younger brother, Ptolemy XIII. During the resulting sometimes-murderous court intrigues, Caesar develops a special relationship with Cleopatra, and teaches her how to use her royal power.
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7	!!''Caesar and Cleopatra'' provides examples of:
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9	* ActuallyIAmHim: At the beginning, Cleopatra meets Caesar at Art/TheSphinx, and Caesar doesn't tell her who he is. He reveals himself to her in the next scene, much to her own (delighted) surprise.
10	* AscendedExtra: Apollodorus has a bigger role there than he had in RealLife. His real life counterpart is just known for smuggling the rolled up carpet in which Cleopatra was hiding into Alexandria, whereas the movie character sticks around for much of the remainder of the film after that.
11	* CarpetRolledCorpse: Non-dead version. Cleopatra is smuggled into Alexandria rolled into a carpet, as she was in RealLife according to Plutarch, and like most depictions.
12	* AChildShallLeadThem: King Ptolemy is a child. He died at age 14 in RealLife.
13	* CombatPragmatist: Apollodorus is a very good fighter and doesn't hesitate to use kicks and punches when his gladius-wielding adversaries expect it the least.
14	* CoolCrown: Cleopatra's royal headgears are [[http://dameelizabethtaylor.com/blog1/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/leigh_Cleopatra.png quite]] [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ed/19/19/ed191905ab2c751826074d8173e1a513.jpg elaborate]].
15	* DeadpanSnarker: Cleopatra is prone to the occasional snark.
16	-->''[after putting Caesar's helmet on his head]'' Oh, nice! You look only about fifty in it!
17	* TheGhost: UsefulNotes/MarkAntony is mentioned quite a few times, but doesn't appear.
18	* 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 short shorts.
19	* PrematurelyBald: Caesar, much to Cleopatra's amusement.
20	* TheQueensLatin: A prime example of this, with accents and britishisms all over the place. It was adapted straight from a George Bernard Shaw play, after all.
21	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Caesar gives one to Cleopatra as she [[AintTooProudToBeg begs him on his knees]] to defend her against the [[TorchesAndPitchforks angry mob]] trying to storm her palace.
22	* 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 right.

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