Marcantonio e Cleopatra 1913

Based loosely on Shakespeare's play, Plutarch's "Life of Antony", and Pietro Cossa's dramatic poem, "Cleopatra", this movie was spectacular for its time. It offers location shots made in Italy and Egypt, large crowd scenes (e.g., the Roman army embarking in Alexandria), lots of emotional drama (Marc Antony & Cleopatra, his wife Octavia, sister of Antony's rival Octavian, unhistorically coming to Alexandria to beg him to return to her, and some mean, mean looks exchanged between Octavia and Cleopatra.

Cast:

Gianna Terribili-Gonzales
Cleopatra 

Amleto Novelli
Marcantonio 

Ignazio Lupi
Augustus Caesar Ottaviano 

Elsa Lenard
Ottavia 

Matilde Di Marzio
La schiava Agar aka Charmian 

Ruffo Geri
Il capo dei congiurati