Plot
Charleton Heston directed, wrote, and starred in this 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.
Genre(s):
Drama,Epic and Historical
Themes:
Star-Crossed Lovers
Tone:
Downbeat,Elegiac,Literate,Tense
Keywords:
betrayal,forbidden-love,jealousy,killing,rival,tragic-love