Cleopatra

The film Cleopatra is one of the most expensive and most involved films of all time. It was a major undertaking by Hollywood, and the end result was a classic that is still enjoyed by people today. The film opens with the narrator informing the audience that Julius Caesar is ruler of Rome, after winning the civil war. The opening scene is that of piles of burning Roman bodies, casualties of the Roman civil strife. …

…in, she kills herself. And thus ends the great saga of Cleopatra and her influence over Rome. Although this movie is not based entirely on historic fact, it does provide an interesting look at how people lived in those days. Also, it showed how all the influential figures in Rome were also striving to gain more and more power. This movie is an excellent cinematographic masterpiece, even though it is not the best history lesson.