Antony and Cleopatra (1913 film)

Antony and Cleopatra
Movie poster for the 1914 Japanese release
Directed by	Enrico Guazzoni
Written by	William Shakespeare (play) Pietro Cossa (poem)
Starring	Gianna Terribili-Gonzales Amleto Novelli Ignazio Lupi
Cinematography	Alessandro Bona
Production company	Società Italiana Cines
Distributed by	Società Italiana Cines
Release dates	26 September 1913
Country	Italy
Language	Silent Italian intertitles

Antony and Cleopatra (Italian: Marcantonio e Cleopatra) is a 1913 Italian silent historical film directed by Enrico Guazzoni and starring Gianna Terribili-Gonzales, Amleto Novelli and Ignazio Lupi. The film is an adaptation of William Shakespeare's play of the same title, with inspiration also drawn from a poem by Pietro Cossa.

Cast

• Gianna Terribili-Gonzales as Cleopatra
• Amleto Novelli as Marcantonio
• Ignazio Lupi as Augustus Caesar Ottaviano
• Elsa Lenard as Ottavia
• Matilde Di Marzio as La schiava Agar aka Charmian
• Ruffo Geri as Il capo dei congiurati
• Ida Carloni Talli as La strega
• Bruto Castellani
• Giuseppe Piemontesi

References

• Hatchuel, Sarah & Vienne-Guerrin, Nathalie. Shakespeare on Screen: The Roman Plays. Publication Univ Rouen Havre, 2009.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Marcantonio e Cleopatra.

• Antony and Cleopatra at the Internet Movie Database

William Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra
Characters	Mark Antony Octavius Caesar Lepidus Cleopatra Sextus Pompey Domitius Enobarbus Ventidius Canidius Scarus Octavia Maecenas Agrippa Taurus Dolabella Gallus Menas Charmian
Sources	Parallel Lives
Stage adaptations	The False One (c.1620) All for Love (1677)
Opera	Antony and Cleopatra (1966)
On screen	1908 1913 1959 (TV) 1972 1974 (TV) 1981 (TV)
Related	Cultural depictions of Cleopatra Cultural depictions of Augustus Salad days Asp Thomas North Cleopatra (1912) Cleopatra (1917) Roman Tragedies (2007)