Learning on ScreenGiulio Cesare
- Alternative title
- Brutus Julius Caesar
- Synopsis
- An abbreviated version of the play. Ball finds the picture disappointing, commenting on the poorly handled crowd scenes, unnecessary invented action, and primitive photography and acting.
- Country
- Italy
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Silent
- Year of release
- 1909
- Duration
- 10 mins; 875 feet
Credits
- Director
- Giovanni Pastrone
- Producer
- Louis Albert
Additional Details
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Plays
- Julius Caesar
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- The copy in the BFI National Archive is incomplete at 875ft and has English titles. Ball (op cit) details the ten scenes. The copy in Cineteca Del Comune Di Bologna has French titles.
- Reviews
- Ball, Robert Hamilton. Shakespeare on Silent Film: A Strange Eventful History. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1968 (p. 98-101, 327).
Production Company
- Name
Itala
Archive
- Name
BFI National Archive
- Web
- http://www.bfi.org.uk/archive-collections/searching-access-collections/research-viewing-services External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
- 020 7436 0165
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN
- Name
Cineteca Del Comune Di Bologna
- cinetecasegretaria@comune.bologna.it
- Web
- http://www.cinetecadibologna.it External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 39-051 219 4820
- Fax
- 39-051 219 4821
- Address
- Via Riva Di Reno 72
40122
Bologna
Italy
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