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1962 French film

A Queen for Caesar
Directed by Piero Pierotti Victor Tourjansky
Written by Fulvio Gicca Palli Arrigo Montanari
Produced by Giorgio Venturini Alberto Chimenz Pier Ludovico Pavoni
Starring Pascale Petit George Ardisson Rik Battaglia
Cinematography Angelo Lotti Pier Ludovico Pavoni
Edited by Luciano Cavalieri
Music by Michel Michelet
Productioncompanies C.F.P.C. Filmes Cinematografica
Release date 22 December 1962 (1962-12-22)
Running time 100 minutes
Countries France Italy
Language Italian

A Queen for Caesar (Italian: Una regina per Cesare, French: Cléopâtre une reine pour César) is a 1962 Italian-French historical drama film directed by Piero Pierotti and Victor Tourjansky and starring Pascale Petit, George Ardisson and Rik Battaglia. It is set in Egypt in 48 BC. Unlike other films about Caesar and Cleopatra, this film focuses entirely on the dynastic struggle within Egypt leading up to the arrival of Caesar, and in fact, we only see him in the closing scene of the film when he arrives at the Ptolemaic Palace in Alexandria.

This film was shot at the Incir De Paolis Studios in Rome. 20th Century Fox bought the rights for the film to keep it out of release lest it compete with their own Elizabeth Taylor Cleopatra.[1]

  1. ^ p.173 Hatchuel, Sarah Shakespeare and the Cleopatra/Caesar Intertext: Sequel, Conflation, Remake Rowman & Littlefield, 16/07/2011