Cleopatra (miniseries)
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Cleopatra is a 1999 miniseries adaptation of Margaret George's 1997 historical fiction novel The Memoirs of Cleopatra. Produced by Hallmark Entertainment, it stars Leonor Varela as the Egyptian queen Cleopatra, Timothy Dalton as Julius Caesar, Billy Zane as Mark Antony, Rupert Graves as Octavius, Sean Pertwee as Brutus and Bruce Payne as Cassius. Cleopatra was shown first on the ABC television network in two parts on two consecutive evenings in May 1999[3] and then released on videotape and DVD. Judy Farr, Martin Hitchcock and Frank Walsh were nominated for an Emmy in 1999 for outstanding art direction for a miniseries or a movie for their work on Cleopatra.[citation needed]
Cleopatra | |
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Based on | The Memoirs of Cleopatra by Margaret George |
Written by | Stephen Harrigan (teleplay) Anton Diether (teleplay) |
Directed by | Franc Roddam |
Starring | Leonor Varela |
Music by | Trevor Jones[1][2] |
Country of origin | United States Germany |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 2 |
Production | |
Producers | Robert Halmi Jr. Robert Halmi Sr. Steve Harding Dyson Lovell Steven North |
Production company | Hallmark Entertainment |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | May 23 (1999-05-23) ā May 24, 1999 (1999-05-24) |