Antony and Cleopatra (1913 film)

Antony and Cleopatra
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Directed byEnrico Guazzoni
Written byWilliam Shakespeare (play)
Pietro Cossa (poem)
StarringGianna Terribili-Gonzales
Amleto Novelli
Ignazio Lupi
CinematographyAlessandro Bona
Production
company
Distributed bySocietà Italiana Cines
Release dates
  • 14 August 1913 (1913-08-14) (Germany)
  • 5 January 1914 (1914-01-05) (USA)
Running time
11 reels, 120 mins. (edited to 8 reels, 73 mins. in U.S.).
CountryItaly
LanguagesSilent
Italian intertitles

Antony and Cleopatra (Italian: Marc'Antonio e Cleopatra) is a 1913 Italian silent historical film directed by Enrico Guazzoni, starring Gianna Terribili-Gonzales, Amleto Novelli and Ignazio Lupi.

The film nods towards William Shakespeare's play of the same title, with inspiration drawn from Plutarch's Parallel Lives (Demetrius and Antony); the play or dramatic poem Cleopatra (1879), in Italian by Pietro Cossa; and the German novel Cleopatra by Georg Ebers (1893).

The film was distributed in Germany from August 1913 as Die Herrin des Nils—Cleopatra, and in the U.S. by George Kleine as Antony and Cleopatra from January 1914. The film still exists today.

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