Movie · 1972
Antony and Cleopatra
“Eternity Was in Our Lips and Eyes.”
Released 18 March 1972 138 min Drama / History More from 1972 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
Adaptation of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, a historical drama that attempts to bring an epic visual style to the Bard's original stage play. The story concerns Marc Antony's attempts to rule Rome while maintaining a relationship with the queen of Egypt (Hildegarde Neil), which began while Antony was still married. Now he is being forced to marry the sister of his Roman co-leader, and soon the conflict leads to war.
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How old were they?
Fernando Rey
as Lepidus
Roger Delgado
as Soothsayer
Douglas Wilmer
as Agrippa
Peter Arne
as Menas
Charlton Heston
as Marc Antony
Freddie Jones
as Pompey
Luis Barboo
as Varrius
Eric Porter
as Enobarbus
Carmen Sevilla
as Octavia
Julian Glover
as Proculeius
Sancho Gracia
as Canidius
Emiliano Redondo
as Mardian
Hildegard Neil
as Cleopatra
John Castle
as Octavius Caesar
Juan Luis Galiardo
as Alexis
Garrick Hagon
as Eros
John Hallam
as Thidias
Jane Lapotaire
as Charmian
Warren Clarke
as Scarus
Fernando Bilbao
as Menecrates
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The numbers
30years between the oldest and youngest billed
54Fernando Rey — oldest on the call sheet
24Warren Clarke — youngest billed
39average age of the credited cast