Cleopatra

Biografi, Drama

Leonor Varela	Cleopatra
Timothy Dalton	Julius Caesar
Billy Zane	Marc Antony
Rupert Graves	Octavian
John Bowe	Ruffio
Art Malik	Olympos
Nadim Sawalha	Mardian
Owen Teale	Grattius
Philip Quast	Cornelius
Daragh O'Malley	Ahenobarbus

Regissör	Franc Roddam
Producent	Dyson Lovell; Robert Halmi Jr.
Manusförfattare	Stephen Harrigan; Margaret George

"Cleopatra" is the classic story of the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra (Leonor Varela) that centers on the idea that Cleopatra was brought to Rome by Julius Caesar (Timothy Dalton) at the age of 18. Caesar bedded Cleopatra after falling in love with her and she bore him a son. However those who control Rome alongside Caesar are not fond of this union and see the unborn child as a threat to the Holy Roman Empire. Especially that of Caesar’s successor, Octavian (Rupert Graves) and this prompts Brutus (Sean Pertwee) and other Roman Senators plan to assassinate Caesar. Now Marc Antony (Billy Zane) and Octavian divide up the Roman Empire with Marc Antony taking Egypt and eventually Cleopatra. Now Octavian plans to betray Marc Antony and they have a final battle in the sands of Egypt with Cleopatra committing suicide but not before she sends her son off to India.