Learning on ScreenCleopatra
- Alternative title
- Antony and Cleopatra
- Synopsis
- Fiction short. `...as fine an example of the producer’s skill as we have seen. The management of the riotous crowds, the costly splendour of the costumes, and the perfectly artistic spirit in which the whole is carried out, are worthy of the finest productions of the "legitimate" stage’. Moving Picture World (March 26th).
- Country
- France
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Silent
- Year of release
- 1910
- Duration
- 13 mins; 1170 feet
Credits
Additional Details
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Plays
- Antony and Cleopatra
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- The copy held by the BFI National Archive has German titles and is 819ft (9 mins).
- General
- The narrative owes much to Shakespeare but Shakespeare is not mentioned in contemporary reviews or Pathe’s publicity. There has been much debate on the provenance of the film, particularly as to whether the Pathe film of the same name released 1913 was a re-issue - details given in Ball, pp. 330-1.
- History
- Released May 11 1910 in the USA.
- Reviews
- Ball, Robert Hamilton. Shakespeare on Silent Film: A Strange Eventful History. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1968 (pp112-4, 330-1).
Production Company
- Name
Pathé Frères
Archive
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