Vivien Leigh is a young and determined Cleopatra and Claude Rains is Emperor Julius Caesar. Beauty and power collide in this witty, memorably cast and brilliantly designed adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's play.
As Rome invades Egypt, Julius Caesar stumbles across the young princess Cleopatra sheltering in the Sphinx. Impressed by her spirit and intelligence and seduced by her charm he determines to make her Queen.
Part Egyptian adventure and part political thriller, the spectacular Technicolor epic was, at the time, the most expensive film ever produced.