![]() ![]() #Julius cesar movie#This gripping movie will appeal to Shakespeare devotees but its spirit is intact, despite being taken brief liberties in its adaptation. Efficiently produced by actor John Houseman and directed with professionalism and imagination by Joseph L Mankiewicz. Deservedly won Academy Award for art direction and production design by Cedric Gibbons. Caesar assassination is well staged and a spectacular final regarding the battle of Philippi was added by film production, though Mankiewicz to be opposed because he wished a movie completely theatrical. Remains surprisingly faithful to Shakespeare playwright and writing directly from original, unlike many other historic movies at the time. Acting enjoyable enough spread correctly to the secondaries roles as Ian Wolfe, George McReady ,Michael Pate, Edmund Purdom, Douglas Drumbull and Alain Napier as Cicero. And, of course, an electrifying Marlon Brando as Mark Anthony, who makes a terrific acting using Stanislawski method and extraordinary soliloquy over Caesar's body. Julius Caesar(1953) displays outstanding performances from James Mason as Brutus, Louis Calhern as unforgettable Caesar, Deborah Kerr as Brutus's wife, and Greer Garson as Calpurnia, Caesar's first wife, the second one was Cleopatra who is left out of the action entirely. MGM's acclaimed production of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar !. The filming developed an intent at historic realism, retelling various facts, finishing in the battle of Philippi, where the second triumvirate (Marc Anthony, Lepido and Octavius Augustus: Caesar's grandnephew and his heir) defeated Caesar's assassins and subsequently splitting the Empire among them. Idus of March- and they murdered Caesar. Then the aristocratic party, including Brutus (James Mason), supposedly Caesar's illegitimate son, and Cassius (John Gielgud) prepare a conspiracy at March 15, 44 B. C.) goes back to Rome and crosses the river Rubicon with attempt to do himself sole governor of the empire, a purpose resented by those who still had hopes of retaining the centuries-old Republican form of ruling. The picture happens after battles of Munda and Farsalia when Pompeyo is defeated by Julius Caesar (Louis Calhern) and once having conquered Gaul. This excellent and stagy adaptation of the Shakespeare play concerns greedy fighting power and epic-historical treatment in ancient Roman empire. ![]()
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