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Julius Caesar

- No grander Caesar... No greater cast!

All-star cast glamorizes this lavish 1970 remake of the classic William Shakespeare play, which portrays the assassination of Julius Caesar on the Ides of March, and the resulting war between the faction led by the assassins and the faction led by Mark Anthony.

Release Date : 1970-06-04

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Commonwealth United Entertainment

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Marc Antony

Original Name : Charlton Heston

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marcus Brutus

Original Name : Jason Robards

Gender : Male

Character Name : Julius Caesar

Original Name : John Gielgud

Gender : Male

Character Name : Servilius Casca

Original Name : Robert Vaughn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Octavius Caesar / Augustus

Original Name : Richard Chamberlain

Gender : Male

Character Name : Artemidorus

Original Name : Christopher Lee

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cassius

Original Name : Richard Johnson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Portia

Original Name : Diana Rigg

Gender : Female

Character Name : Metellus Cimber

Original Name : Michael Gough

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cinna the Poet

Original Name : Peter Eyre

Gender : Male

Character Name : Messala

Original Name : Paul Hardwick

Gender : Male

Character Name : Calpurnia

Original Name : Jill Bennett

Gender : Female

Character Name : Popilius Lena

Original Name : John Moffatt

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cinna the Conspirator

Original Name : David Neal

Gender : Male

Character Name : Titinius

Original Name : Norman Bowler

Gender : Male

Character Name : Clitus

Original Name : John Tate

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pindarus

Original Name : Damien Thomas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Strato

Original Name : Ewan Hooper

Gender : Male

Character Name : Flavius

Original Name : Thomas Heathcote

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cicero

Original Name : André Morell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Plebian

Original Name : David Leland

Gender : Male

Character Name : Plebian

Original Name : Yvette Rees

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lepidus

Original Name : David Dodimead

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-06-03

I recall seeing Charlton Heston on stage at the height of his "Man For All Seasons" theatrical pomp, and he wasn't half bad. In this, however, made much earlier - he is still very much honing his theatrical skills. He portrays Mark Anthony, and the rest of an admittedly acclaimed cast stick pretty closely to the narrative of the bard's telling of the rise and fall of Caesar. That role falls to Sir John Gielgud, the only established thespian amongst this rather odd assembly of talent that deliver, with varying degrees of conviction, some of the best lines in English literature. Jason Robards makes a decent fist of Brutus as does Diana Rigg (Portia) but Richard Chamberlain (Octavius), Robert Vaughn (Casca) and Richard Johnson (Cassius) really fall well short of the mark with their over-dramatised emphasis on the language and the gestures. The costumes and photography in general look fine, but somehow that seems to add to this effort's problems - it lacks the intensity and intimacy of a stage performance. Indeed, I wonder if the same cast were to have done this in a theatre, might it not have been more distinguished? It is certainly worth a watch, there is a suitably rousing score from Michael J. Lewis, but I think the end product is not equal to the sum of it's parts.