Cleopatra - Joseph L. Mankiewicz's legendary movie with Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison

«Клеопа́тра» (англ. Cleopatra) — пеплум, драма режиссёра Джозефа Манкевича. Одна из вершин жанра и наиболее известных работ актёрского дуэта Элизабет Тейлор и Ричарда Бёртона. Картина повествует о событиях 48—30 годов до н. э., рассказывая историю жизни и смерти Клеопатры, её отношений с Юлием Цезарем и Марком Антонием. Съёмки фильма прошли в Италии, Испании и Англии. Производство заняло более четырёх лет, и на съёмки было потрачено около 44 миллионов долларов (290 миллионов в ценах 2006 года). Элизабет Тейлор потребовала в качестве гонорара свыше 1 миллиона долларов и всего получила за участие в съёмках, по некоторым оценкам, до 7 миллионов. https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Клеопатра_(фильм,_1963) Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison in Cleopatra (1963) In 48 B.C., Caesar pursues Pompey from Pharsalia to Egypt. Ptolemy, now supreme ruler after deposing his older sister, Cleopatra, attempts to gain favor with Caesar by presenting the conquerer with the head of Pompey, borne by his governors, Pothinos and Achillas. To win Caesar's support from her brother, Cleopatra hides herself in a rug, which Apollodorus, her servant, presents to Caesar. The Roman is immediately infatuated; banishing Ptolemy, he declares Cleopatra Egypt's sole ruler and takes her as his mistress. A son, Caesarion, is born of their union. Caesar, however, must return to Italy. Although he is briefly reunited with Cleopatra during a magnificent reception for the queen in Rome, Caesar is assassinated shortly thereafter, and Cleopatra returns to Egypt. When Mark Antony, Caesar's protégé, beholds Cleopatra aboard her elaborate barge at Tarsus some years later, he is smitten and becomes both her lover and military ally. Their liaison notwithstanding, Antony, to consolidate his position in Rome, marries Octavia, sister of the ambitious Octavian. The marriage satisfies no one. Cleopatra is infuriated, and Antony, tiring of his Roman wife, returns to Egypt. There he flaunts his liaison by marrying Cleopatra in a public ceremony. Sensing Antony's weakness, Octavian attacks and defeats his forces at Actium. Alarmed, Cleopatra withdraws her fleet and seeks refuge in her tomb. More: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056937/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056937/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056937/plotsummary?ref_=tt_stry_pl https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056937/trivia?ref_=tt_trv_trv https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056937/goofs/?tab=gf&ref_=tt_trv_gf https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056937/quotes/?tab=qt&ref_=tt_trv_qu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleopatra_(1963_film)