Cleopatra

United Kingdom, 1938

Film
Please note

Sorry, we don't have images or video for this item.

Episode number 2 of Series “Famous women of the past”.
A narrated account of Cleopatra’s war against her younger brother, Ptolemy, and her later influence on Julius Caesar. The film uses paints of historical events and classical music adds dramatic effect.

Content notification

Our collection comprises over 40,000 moving image works, acquired and catalogued between the 1940s and early 2000s. As a result, some items may reflect outdated, offensive and possibly harmful views and opinions. ACMI is working to identify and redress such usages.

Learn more about our collection and our collection policy here. If you come across harmful content on our website that you would like to report, let us know.

How to watch

This work has not been digitised and is currently unavailable to view online. It may be possible for approved reseachers to view onsite at ACMI.

Learn more about accessing our collection

Collection

In ACMI's collection

Credits

producer/director

Horace Shepherd

production company

Inspiration Pictures (GB)

Duration

00:10:00:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1938

Appears in

Famous women of the past

Group of items

Famous women of the past

Explore

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

311470

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

History → Caesar, Julius

History → Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, d. 30 B.C.

History → History

History → History, Ancient

History → Ptolemy, 2nd cent.

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Ptolemy, 2nd cent.

People → Caesar, Julius

People → Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, d. 30 B.C.

People → Ptolemy, 2nd cent.

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

Please note: this archive is an ongoing body of work. Sometimes the credit information (director, year etc) isn’t available so these fields may be left blank; we are progressively filling these in with further research.

Cite this work on Wikipedia

If you would like to cite this item, please use the following template: {{cite web |url=https://acmi.net.au/works/88854--cleopatra/ |title=Cleopatra |author=Australian Centre for the Moving Image |access-date=4 May 2025 |publisher=Australian Centre for the Moving Image}}