Cleopatra
About Cleopatra
After Julius Caesar is murdered, Cleopatra courts Mark Antony, the man likely to follow him. The affair becomes love and a war with Octavius. A messenger brings word of Antony's defeat, and she poisons the bearer. Madeleine Roch plays the queen. Stacia Napierkowska plays the messenger.
Cast & crew
More about Cleopatra
The catalog names Henri Andréani as director. Wikidata lists Andréani and Ferdinand Zecca. AFI credits Zecca and dates the United States release May 11, 1910, at 1,043 feet, through Pathé Frères. The Cinémathèque française lists both directors, puts the film in 1909, and times it at 18 minutes. AFI also lists Jeanne Bérangère's colleagues: Roch as Cleopatra and Napierkowska, of the Opera, as the messenger. The Cinémathèque adds Mademoiselle Rianza as the dancer. AFI lists black-and-white and color among the physical properties. The catalog year is 1910.
Themes
Making
A trade note in April 1910 said Zecca staged the film in the Pathé studios in France, with water views in the scenery.
Reviews
The April 15, 1910 Nickelodeon called the Pathé Cleopatra a large production and said Roch grasped the part of the queen.
Notes
- The April 15, 1910 Nickelodeon column describes the poisoned-messenger scene and calls Napierkowska's work extremely clever.
- AFI spells the queen's player Madaline Roche. The Cinémathèque spells her Madeleine Roch.
- AFI notes that Pathé followed this release with a 1910 sequel, Caesar in Egypt.
- The catalog also bills Jeanne Bérangère.
Scenes
- Cleopatra poisons the messenger who reports Antony's defeat.
Influenced
- Caesar in Egypt (1910)
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-cleopatra)
