The most famous Cleopatra film was released in 1963 and starred Elizabeth Taylor. The film was hugely expensive for the time — Taylor was reportedly the first actress to get paid $1 million for ...

The film covers the 18 turbulent ... As Caesar observes to Cleopatra, early on: ‘You have a way of mixing politics and passion’. So does Mankiewicz. 1963: Best Color Cinematography, Color ...

The epic 1963 movie also concludes with Cleopatra holding an asp on her breast, which bites her, leading to her death. Browder says this is "fiction," as there's very little evidence of how ...