Julius Caesar (Claude Rains) arrives in Egypt and takes a young princess Cleopatra (Vivien Leigh) under his wing. Egypt is ruled jointly between Cleopatra and her younger brother Ptolemy under the sway of his advisor Pothinus. Caesar takes control of the capital city of Alexandria and puts Cleopatra on the throne. He allows Ptolemy and the rest of the Egyptian nobility to leave. In turn, they raise a revolt against the Romans. Caesar orders Cleopatra to stay in the palace but she manages to escape wrapped in a carpet.
Caesar is presented as lenient, relaxed, and assured. Cleopatra is a childish teenager. Neither seem quite right. One expects Caesar to smile less and Cleopatra to be less of a valley girl. It's a take. It wants to be a comedy. It's adapted from the George Bernard Shaw play. I don't think it works but it is intriguing.
Caesar is presented as lenient, relaxed, and assured. Cleopatra is a childish teenager. Neither seem quite right. One expects Caesar to smile less and Cleopatra to be less of a valley girl. It's a take. It wants to be a comedy. It's adapted from the George Bernard Shaw play. I don't think it works but it is intriguing.