Legions of the Nile
Legions of the Nile (Italian: Le legioni di Cleopatra, French: Les légions de Cléopâtre, Spanish: Las legiones de Cleopatra) is an Eastmancolor 1959 Italian-French-Spanish historical epic adventure film written and directed by Vittorio Cottafavi.[1][2]
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| Directed by | Vittorio Cottafavi |
| Produced by | Robert de Nesle Natividad Zaro |
| Written by | Ennio De Concini Vittorio Cottafavi Giorgio Cristallini Arnaldo Marrosu |
| Starring | Linda Cristal Ettore Manni Georges Marchal |
| Music by | Renzo Rossellini |
| Cinematography | Mario Pacheco |
| Edited by | Luciano Cavalieri Julio Peña |
Production company | Alexandra Produzioni Cinematografiche |
| Distributed by | Twentieth Century Fox |
Release date | 1959 |
| Language | Italian |
Plot summary
A traveler from Greece to Alexandria seeks an audience with Cleopatra and employment as a gladiator at the time of the Roman conquest of Egypt.
Cast
- Linda Cristal as Cleopatra aka Berenice
- Ettore Manni as Curridio
- Georges Marchal as Mark Antony
- Conrado San Martín as Gotarze (credited as Corrado Sanmartin)
- María Mahor as Marianne
- Alfredo Mayo as Gaius Octavius
- Daniela Rocca as Teyré
- Mino Doro as Domiziano
- Andrea Aureli as Imotio
- Juan Maján as Vezio
- Tomás Blanco as Ovidio
- Jany Clair as Andemio
- Ángel Álvarez as Slave merchant
References
- Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876055487.
- Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti - Dizionario dei film. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.
External links
- Legions of the Nile on IMDb
- Legions of the Nile at AllMovie
- Legions of the Nile at the TCM Movie Database
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