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Antony and Cleopatra (Italian: Marcantonio e Cleopatra) is a 1913 Italian silent historical film directed by Enrico Guazzoni, starring Gianna Terribili-Gonzales, Amleto Novelli and Ignazio Lupi. The film is an adaptation of William Shakespeare's play of the same title, with inspiration also drawn from a poem by Pietro Cossa.

Antony and Cleopatra
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Directed by	Enrico Guazzoni
Written by	William Shakespeare (play) Pietro Cossa (poem)
Starring	Gianna Terribili-Gonzales Amleto Novelli Ignazio Lupi
Cinematography	Alessandro Bona
Production company	Società Italiana Cines
Distributed by	Società Italiana Cines
Release date	26 September 1913
Running time	11 reels (edited to 8 reels in U.S.)[1]
Country	Italy
Languages	Silent Italian intertitles

The film was released in the U.S. as Mark Antony and Cleopatra, and in Germany as Die Herrin des Nils. The film still exists today.[2]

Cast

• Gianna Terribili-Gonzales as Cleopatra
• Amleto Novelli as Marcantonio
• Ignazio Lupi as Augustus Caesar Ottaviano
• Elsa Lenard as Ottavia
• Matilde Di Marzio as La schiava Agar aka Charmian
• Ruffo Geri as Il capo dei congiurati
• Ida Carloni Talli as La strega
• Bruto Castellani
• Giuseppe Piemontesi

References

Sources

• Hatchuel, Sarah & Vienne-Guerrin, Nathalie. Shakespeare on Screen: The Roman Plays. Publication Univ Rouen Havre, 2009.

External links

• Antony and Cleopatra at IMDb

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