Cajus Julius Caesar
About Cajus Julius Caesar
Caesar's rise worries his friend Brutus. Cassius talks Brutus into the plot. They kill Caesar and underestimate Mark Antony. Enrico Guazzoni directed. Amleto Novelli plays Caesar. The Italian title is Giulio Cesare. The English article says the film takes only a little from Shakespeare's play and was staged with large Roman sets and more than 20,000 extras, after Quo Vadis.
Cast & crew
More about Cajus Julius Caesar
Guazzoni produced and, with Raffaele Giovagnoli, wrote it. Alessandro Bona and Antonino Cufaro photographed. Cines released it in November 1914. The listed length is 112 minutes. Bruto Castellani and Pina Menichelli are billed. Gianna Terribili-Gonzales, Irene Mattalia, and Augusto Mastripietri are on the cast. A 35mm copy from Eye Filmmuseum has been screened at 100 minutes.
Themes
Look
Alessandro Bona and Antonino Cufaro shot the Roman sets.
Preservation
A 35mm print is held by Eye Filmmuseum.
Notes
- The assassination is the end of the political line, not the opening.
- Antony is the man the plotters misjudge.
- The 20,000 extras figure is the one in the English article.
- The Eye print is shorter than the 112-minute listing.
Scenes
- The conspirators kill Caesar and leave Antony to answer them.
Influenced by
- William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar (1599), used only in part
Also available
- Eye Filmmuseum
