Marcantonio e Cleopatra

Alternative title

Antony and Cleopatra

Synopsis

Feature film loosely based on Shakespeare’s play which was praised for its lavish costumes, spectacular sets, and ambitious special effects.

Country

Italy

Medium

Film

Technical information

Black-and-white / Silent

Year of release

1913

Recording date

Oct 1913

Duration

c88; c8000 feet

Credits

Director

Enrico Guazzoni

Cinematographer

Alessandro Bona

Screenplay

Enrico Guazzoni

Cast

Amleto Novelli	Mark Antony
Gianna Terribili-Gonzales	Cleopatra
Ignaxio Lupi	Octavius Caesar
Elsa Lenard	Octavia
Matilde di Marzio	Charmian

Additional Details

Production type

Fiction Films

Plays

Antony and Cleopatra

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes

The copy in the Library of Congress is a 16mm print at 62 minutes. The copy held by the Folger Shakespeare Library is a VHS copy released by Grapevine Video in 1996 as part of the Classic Collectable Cinema series (now unavailable, 8/2006).

History

Released in Italy in 1913 and released in 1914 by George Kleine in the United States as ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, an eight-reel film.

Reviews

Ball, Robert Hamilton. Shakespeare on Silent Film: A Strange Eventful History. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1968 (pp165-8, 345-6). Ball details the plot but feels the film owes much more to Guazzoni with a little Plutarch. Other writers cite Pietro Cossa’s dramatic poem ‘Cleopatra’ as a main source.

Production Company

Name

Cines

Archive

Name

Folger Shakespeare Library

Email

reference@folger.edu

Web

http://www.folger.edu External site opens in new window

Phone

(202) 544 4600

Fax

(202) 544 4623

Address

201 East Capitol Street, SE
Washington
DC 20003
USA

Name

Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting & Recorded Sound Division

Web

http://catalog.loc.gov/ External site opens in new window

Phone

(20) 707-8572

Fax

(20) 707-237’1

Address

Motion Picture & Television Reading Room
James Madison Building, LM 336
101 Independence Avenue, SE
Washington, D.C.
20540-4690
United States