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MOVIE · 1963

Cleopatra

DramaRomance251 min

Determined to keep her throne as Rome presses in, Cleopatra binds Egypt’s future to the men fighting for control of the republic. Elizabeth Taylor is the queen of Egypt, navigating court politics, public spectacle, and a dangerous alliance with Julius Caesar before power shifts toward Richard Burton’s Marc Antony. Moving between Alexandria and Rome, the film follows Cleopatra as strategy and romance become inseparable, and every political partnership threatens to redraw the fate of both empires.

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