It was very unlikely that she was black because her father Ptolemy XII Auletes is Macedonian and mostly like had her with a family member! and even if he did have her with an Egyptian woman she would still not be black because ancient Egyptians were predominantly Caucasian.
It is mostly like she is Mediterranean because she was born to Ptolemy XII Auletes, who is of Macedonian heritage and probably had Cleopatra with his sister, cousin or another family member!
@beRIGHTperson She wasn't black. Some scientist think she had blue eyes and blonde hair from her Macedonian heritage. If not she was at least bronze skinned. Don't we all just love tanned women?
She did not have blonde hair, she had dark hair and olive skin! You want to make her seem as if shes Nordic (like German, English or something) but shes Mediterranean!
A good movie. To think that because of this Fox nearly faced bankruptcy giving out so much money for this project, while trying to get Marilyn Monroe do her Something's Got To Give.. Hey, it's not only Liz who's stunning. Oh well during this time all the eyes were still fixed on the purple-eyed lady too much. Good thing Marilyn successfully 'pushed' her off the cover of LIFE magazine (as what she had said that this is what she wished for) with her posing nude in such flawless, enigmatic body.
How did YOU forget so much you failed to get to College?
How did you get so stupid, you were driven to make accounts with the names of issues that never affected you personally but hurt many? Why r you here, on Youtube when you could be online at an academic site discussing your grand theories to a group of intellectuals you think should listen to you? Why are you so arrogant that you would believe I am interested in the nonsense that comes from your embarrassing drivel?
Egyptian history people tell themself that they were never black. Each country is close to each other it doesn't meant they are all Africans. On Jesus time the Africans were slaves, there is no way, the Egytian and Roman people who lived in Egypt could never let African looking Cleopatra ruling them. Egypt know they history better than Africans
Why are people arguing, let's not forget this is a Hollywood movie so I am not really that surprised Egypt has been white washed. You could say the same about Prince of Persia or Avatar the last air bender. It's perfectly normal lol. At the end of the day everyone knows Cleo was some what coloured (Not by much though because she was in fact partially or full Greek!
@sam3314 what do you mean everyone knows,nobody knows what her mother or grandmother was,nobody,if you do bring proof,you can speculate all you want but there is no proof,never have been and i doubt there ever will be
@boxingwarrior1 History does show that she was a descendant of the Macedonian Greek ruler Ptolemy. So she is half Greek/Macedonian and she could speak Greek. However you're right about her mother/grandmother, we are unsure of their roots. Could be Egyptian could be Macedonian who knows, hence why I stated 'partially' or 'full'. She could be either. Maybe we'll find out someday the evidence may unfold.
@PrinceChris93 Cleopatra was a daughter of king Philip of Macedonia and Queen Olimpias her older brother was prince Alexander. Cleopatra is a Greek name not African and not Egyptian. Egypt was officially the Arab Republic. But it's not Africa it was the muslim country.
@beRIGHTperson Keep this in mind, Arabs are not the indigenous people of Egypt, black African's were. White people are not the indigenous people of America, Indian people were. Ancient Egyptian was a black civilization, the Sphinx represents a black person, as the statue of liberty represents a white person. You are highly ignorant, and misinformed. You can't be oblivious to that, why would Arab's or white people build a Sphinx that represent a Black Men or Women? Wake up
@beRIGHTperson Egypt was not always a Muslim country.Being muslim is a religion...not the people.The Arabic people took over Egypt.The Egyptians where part of the Mediterranean,north of Africa.Yes it might have had many arabic citizens but as well as many greecians since Alexander the great conquered.Remember that Egypt had many trading ports so it was expected to have many people from many places.An ancient egyptian would have probably looked at the Caribbean people (west indies) Own opinion...
@beRIGHTperson I think you need to sort your history out a bit. You are correct in that Egypt was ruled by the Greek Ptolemys since the time of Alexander the Great (c.350 b.c.). However it was not Arab/Muslim until the conquests of the 7th c. A.D. some 600 years after the time of Cleopatra Vll. . Between 4th c. and the 7th c. it was part of the Christian Byzantine Empire (The Eastern Roman Empire)
Were Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980) alive today, he'd surely say the principal function of YouTube in this world is to provide a veneer of legitimacy for what fifty years ago would have been called the most errant damned moronism imaginable, beRIGHTperson. Good grief is the 21st century tiresome! Take your thumb out of your mouth and scratch your head with it.
@beRIGHTperson are u stupiud? her father is Ptolemy XII Auletes. She was a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, a family of Greek origin that ruled Egypt after Alexander the Great's death
@beRIGHTperson LOL, that's a different Cleopatra. The one you mean was wedded to Alexander the Great's father. And there was NO Arab Republic and there was no Muslim religion around before the birth of Christ. The Cleopatra you mean = 340 BC, the Arab republic is like 1800 AD+ and the Muslims were 500AD+
1. Cleopatra VII (the one in the movie) was of Greek Decent since Alexander the Great had annexed Egypt, and practiced Egypt's relgion
2. Islam wasn't founded until 610 CE (after Jesus was killed and the western Roman Empire collasped) and split into a civil war soon after Muhammed's death
3. A united Islamic Empire didn't exist until 758 CE and was conqured by the Mongol Empire in 1258 before the Ottoman Empire rose to prower
I love this movie! It was extravagant (the wardrobe and set design was amazing!) and the acting was brilliant, especially during the emotional scenes between Cleopatra and Ceaser; Cleopatra and Antony! I honestly don't get why some people don't like it. I read that the film had some historical inaccuracies and it almost bankrupt the studio. But that's no reason to just dismiss it. This is one of my favorite films; it's excellent film work.
@PrinceChris93 because back in the day white actors played as people from all over the world, asian, african, they had all the roles the world wasn't very ready for "colored actors".
@PrinceChris93 History my friend. Cleopatra was greek, her ancestor was a great general of Alexander the Great. When Alexander died, his great generals carved up Alexander's land. Just so happens Ptolemy carved up Egypt, and began adopting the traditions of a pharoh. The rest is just history.
@PrinceChris93 Cleopatra was from the Pompey line which were Greeks. She was in the Hellenistic period when a greek lineage ruled Egypt. That is one of the points in the movie that isn't riddled with historical problems.
Production on the film began in 1960, soon after the release of Liz's Academy Award for Best Leading Actress nominated film, ""BUtterfield 8"" (1960). Taylor, won the Academy Award, in 1961. The script to, ""Cleopatra"", was first intended for African-American actress, Dorothy Dandridge, who rose to superstardom, when she starred in the all-black musical, ""Carmen Jones"" (1954), for 20th Century Fox; she was nominated an Academy Award for Best Leading Actress (more info , check out their bios)
Cleopatra might be of greek bloodline but she was was a pharaoh, unlike ptolmies she refused to speak greek and learnt Egyptian and called herself goddess Isis.
It's a good movie. Would have been great if they had done as they had orginally planned and done 2 movies: Caesar and Cleopatra, and Antony and Cleopatra. But the studio, eager to capture on the Liz and Dick mania of the time, compressed it into one film. Maybe someday someone will remake Cleopatra's story into 2 movies. It needs atleast 2 to cover everything about her amazing life.
@phoenix1985 there's been alot of movies made about Cleopatra. And the "Caesar and Cleopatra" and "Antony and Cleopatra" films have already been done; I think it stars Vivien Leigh. There are some other versions too. Check them out.
@chilvari True but very few if any have shown Cleopatra in a positive light. Most have shown her as a greedy chidish slut. When in fact she was a wise and benevolent ruler for whom every decision was made in an effort to benfit Egypt and make Egypt secure. For an excellent read on the matter I highly suggest "The Memoirs of Cleopatra" by Margaret George. An absolutely moving and stunning read about the life and times of thie greatest of women.
@chilvari When writing the story of Cleopatra, all anyone had to go on was what the Romans chose to write about her, which was unflattering to say the least. Shaw's "Caesar & Cleopatra" show Cleopatra as a whiny, self obsessed child who uses sex to reclaim her thrown. Shakespeare's "Antony & Cleoptra" shows her as a horny, oblivous woman who only cares about having sex with Antony. Although she is redeemed in the final scene. Stilll, read the book, tells the story from her perspective.
years after alexander the great most of the middle east was broken up into kindom's by his fellower's which where greek! :) so her and her family where greek
@kennethduncan Um fyi back in that time era Greek were doing a lot of transactions with egypt. Including marriages to Africans. Alexander the Great married into a Royal Ethiopian family to gain knowledge and power because African power was a matrilonial society (power passed down to the women). Cleopatra was lighter skin mixed but her blood runs think with African DNA. Damn why is it so bad for the world to accept the darker skin? Science proves that human race came from Africa. WTF
@Xenu then why were the ancient wall spaintings of egypt have mostly dark skinned people on them? cleopatra was black. the modern Egyptians descended from blacks.
@jmob288 Oh boy. We have a mental case here. Cleopatra was white Greek. Her entire family was Greek. Wall paintings distinguished between red-skinned Egyptian men and black Africans. Egyptian women were always depicted with light skin. Skin color can't change in 2000 years. What a joke.
@Xenu no your the one with the mental problem. her farther Ptolemy left the kingdom for rome. thats how they are light skinned now. wow that was easy. cleopatra was not whie. i can tell you that now.
@Xenu lol thats funny. she was black that's all i have to say. most of the pictures and paintings of the past pharaohs had shadings of dark brown paint.
@jmob288 No they don't. Modern Egyptians and ancient Egyptians look exactly the same. For that to be different you would need an entire genocide of the entire population. You also have the DNA tets on the mummies which prove that modern Egyptians have MORE black African blood than the ancients because of the slave trade. So modern Egyptians are actually BLACKER than ancient Egyptians.
@Xenu i didnt say every egyptian was black. i just said cleopatra was black. the majority of egyptians were black. until you can explain why the paintings and creations like pottery in ancient Egypt used dark paint color then i am done. large paintings of the pharoahs had dark paint. it was obvious that they had dark skin.
@jmob288 They didn't use dark paint color. Men were red; women were yellow. Genetics has proven what is obvious anyway, modern day Egyptians are MORE black than the ancients. And Cleopatra wasn't even Egyptian. She was Greek.
cleopatra was BLACK ... BBC news just had one of the main archeologist working specifically on cleopatra's family ... and he confirms this in the BBC documentary ... SORRY DUDE
@dogons2k12 ::sigh:: This is the nonsense about her pseudo-Arisone, isn't it? Well, that's not her sister and she wasn't black, either. Have you ever looked at a bust of Cleopatra or at her coins? Her entire family was Greek.
@dogons2k12 The mummy isn't Arsinoe. The mummy belongs to a 15 year old while Arsinoe was older. How the hell do you think a black woman would have become queen of the Ptolemies? The Ptolemies married only among themselves. Her coins and busts show a white woman. There is absolutely no evidence that Cleopatra or any of her family members were anything other than pure Greek.
@Xenu The Sphinx represents a black person, as the statue of liberty represent a white person. You can't ignore that, why would Arabs or a white person build a statue that represents Negroids? Ancient Egyptian is a black civilization, Arab's are not the indigenous people of Egypt you in denial bigot. Just like whites are not the indigenous people of America. Ancient Egyptian started to decline when Arab's and whites conquer it, you are very idiotic.
@7Know7Thy7Enemy7 God you're stupid. They've done DNA tests on the mummies. Modern day Egyptians are MORE black than ancient Egyptians because of the slave trade. That's a proven fact. In America there was a genocide of the original inhabitants. There was never a genocide again the ancient Egyptians. It's the same people for thousands of years. Does the Sphinx look negroid to you, moron?
@Xenu Modern day Egyptians are Arabs, Arabs are not the original people of Egypt. They migrated there. You need to look and study Ancient Egypt objectively, stop looking at holly wood movies. America is Indians original land, as Egypt is African Negroids original land. The Sphinx clearly is a black man, as the statue of liberty is a white woman. Ignorance is bliss
@7Know7Thy7Enemy7 What part of DNA evidence do you not understand? Modern Egyptians are MORE black than the Ancient Egyptians because of the slave trade.
@Xenu You can say that until your voice become horse, at the end of the day, Arab's are not the indigenous people of Egypt. Don't mean to shit on your riff, Egypt belong to Africans, like America belong to Indians. See you in 12 hours peace
@Xenu Wrong. Ancient Egyptians and modern Egyptians do not look exactly the same. The Khazars did not invade Egypt until the 8th century, white is where the Middle Eastern Egyptians derive from. Ancient Egyptians consisted of Afro Africans as black as modern day Kenyans. And Egypt was not called Egypt. It was called Kemet.
@AceKing2012 The only ignorant people are people stupid enough to think Cleopatra was black despite all we know about her family history and her portraits.
@Xenu How white people tell themselves lies to up their self esteem is so comical to me. She has no portraits. A portrait is a portrayal of who you are. She has nothing but deceitful devils painting white images of her. She has no European heritage. That is a myth. But then again, you devils do love your myths.
wow, GREAT looking, clear, colorful, and elaborate and beautifully authentically designed movie for only the early 60's! an elaborate spectacl to be had for sure
Basque was spoken in all of Europe as a common language,because almost all the population of Europe had migrated from the Sahara when the formerly productive land became a desert .New cults from Anatolia, all of them promoted male domination. Priests were sent all over Europe with orders to destroy the ancient religion of the Goddess, create nations,and invent new languages for each new nation.Every language had to be based on the basque language because there was no other from which to work
3:17 one of u viewers learned the history about rome that the senators killed Ceaser and stabbed him 23 times. MAN!! THE SENATORS ARE MAD AT HIM BECAUSE THEY TOLD CEASER TO COME BACK TO ROME WITHOUT HIS ARMY, but he did but with his army, so that's why they killed him. very strange!!!!
@HeartShapeGlasses007 thats what most historians claim, but very few women were desxribed as beautiful back then they spent their time discussing men.
The story of Cleopatra is not 100% clear but only the Bible can confirm her story in Genesis12:10-20. What the Scientists/Legend story on stones is NOT 100% clear and interprete but only the Bilble can 10000% confirm her.
Cleopatra is the story of Sarai the wife of Abram mention in Genesis 12:10-20. All story have GOD always famous and live forever. Cleopatra is til today still not 100% but the legend says Cleopatra is a beautiful foreigner woman who married the pharoh, have affair with her lover, destory Egpyt then gone. In Gene12:10-20 is Sarai married the Pharoh, still seen her lover Abram, a bad sickness to Egpyt then Pharoh took them out. WHY WHY Cleopatra is so popular is because is a story of God.
Elizabeth miss you , the ultimate classic actress, just like MJ there will never be another.....my heart sad even after 2 weeks, knew it was coming, i think your heart broken after Michael left....
RIP Elizabeth Taylor...a screen goddess.....sadly missed Thankyou for your talent, entertainment, and presence with us for a while..................... xxx
I will always remember this movie for the ridiculously short skirts Richard Burton had to wear. And for my favourite Ceasar ever. I love Rex Harrison.
Cleopatra was not a flop, it was unjustly judged by snob critics. Josef Mankiewitcz (all about Eve) wrote brliant dialogues . the film was and still is good
It was very unlikely that she was black because her father Ptolemy XII Auletes is Macedonian and mostly like had her with a family member! and even if he did have her with an Egyptian woman she would still not be black because ancient Egyptians were predominantly Caucasian.
Xforeverlove21 1 day ago
It is mostly like she is Mediterranean because she was born to Ptolemy XII Auletes, who is of Macedonian heritage and probably had Cleopatra with his sister, cousin or another family member!
Xforeverlove21 1 day ago
Nice rubber sword guy...LMAO
soyntgo4it 3 days ago
she was ugly compares to nefirteti
111000mido 1 week ago
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titanicpiano14 3 weeks ago
I dont understand.. How could she be so beautiful? The whole family fucked each other. I thought you get bed shaped kids out of a brother sister fuck
jazzzzS1 3 weeks ago
even the trailer is too long
dinggledoser 1 month ago
@beRIGHTperson She wasn't black. Some scientist think she had blue eyes and blonde hair from her Macedonian heritage. If not she was at least bronze skinned. Don't we all just love tanned women?
chinchillacat2008 1 month ago
@chinchillacat2008
She did not have blonde hair, she had dark hair and olive skin! You want to make her seem as if shes Nordic (like German, English or something) but shes Mediterranean!
Xforeverlove21 1 day ago
This makes me think of when Jasmine had to make out with Jafar -_-
kayjaybean 1 month ago
How could ugly black Cleopatra seduced white Roman mans?
beRIGHTperson 1 month ago
@beRIGHTperson
She wasn't black but she sure was ugly (go google her coins)
Xforeverlove21 1 day ago
A pawn??? Marc Anthony was not a pawn!! Cleopatra was deeply in love with him...:(
Catahasbun 1 month ago
@Catahasbun *A-HEM* Unless you were alive around 47-30 BC I think that's a matter of opinion. :) In my mind she was in love with Ceasar. <3
KauKatKay 1 month ago
@Catahasbun (of course I've never seen this movie)
KauKatKay 1 month ago
Cleopatra=Eastern European
policeman7093 1 month ago
@policeman7093
AHAHA you wish! She is not eastern European for sure! she is Mediterranean (Greek or Macedonian)
Xforeverlove21 1 day ago
A good movie. To think that because of this Fox nearly faced bankruptcy giving out so much money for this project, while trying to get Marilyn Monroe do her Something's Got To Give.. Hey, it's not only Liz who's stunning. Oh well during this time all the eyes were still fixed on the purple-eyed lady too much. Good thing Marilyn successfully 'pushed' her off the cover of LIFE magazine (as what she had said that this is what she wished for) with her posing nude in such flawless, enigmatic body.
HoTKayliffeVoX 1 month ago
eo eo eo
alovayea32 1 month ago
@1916JewGasAccusation
How did YOU forget so much you failed to get to College?
How did you get so stupid, you were driven to make accounts with the names of issues that never affected you personally but hurt many? Why r you here, on Youtube when you could be online at an academic site discussing your grand theories to a group of intellectuals you think should listen to you? Why are you so arrogant that you would believe I am interested in the nonsense that comes from your embarrassing drivel?
DEFACTO9 2 months ago
The most breathtaking Cleopatra movie ever!
Cance251 2 months ago
..there is no reason to argue about her skin colour, lol, she was Greek in origin anyway.
VrvraKk700 2 months ago
Egyptian history people tell themself that they were never black. Each country is close to each other it doesn't meant they are all Africans. On Jesus time the Africans were slaves, there is no way, the Egytian and Roman people who lived in Egypt could never let African looking Cleopatra ruling them. Egypt know they history better than Africans
beRIGHTperson 2 months ago
see they think its entertainment
MrFalconford 2 months ago
JuliaTaylor is the best Cleopatra of all time!
geoponce81 2 months ago
her mother was egyptian!!! her father was greek the resourse (national geoghraphic)
elasad18 2 months ago
was cleopatra really evil?
ranka35 3 months ago
this was an impressive movie for the time. i watched and was amazed at all the work they put into this movie without really any technology
misskennedyxo 3 months ago
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NguyenAnhQuoc1980 3 months ago
như cứt
trungtorres 3 months ago
Elizabeth Taylor fucking great beautiful woman in the world
jmjssu96 3 months ago
bộ phim có kinh phí lớn nhất cho đến nay đây sao...hay đấy chứ!!!
o0obtnua 3 months ago
Hhhhhhhhhhh black americans trying to take Greek HISTORY! hhhhhh!!! XAXAXA
Chewychu31 3 months ago
"Cleopatra is not the king of schahba..."
RainerPoppe 4 months ago
Jessica Lowndes actress/singer.
1- shes a new young up coming female star who is actually talented and has a beautiful voice.
2- a new face the public would admire and not associate with other movies/roles.
3- her graceful beauty fits to play a role of a seductress Queen.
4- all she needs is the guidence of a talented director and the support of the people. (and seriously the right make up artist)
IAmTriple333Three 4 months ago
DAMN i thought cleo was supossed to be tan!! she LIVES IN A DAM DESSERT!!
TwinklesMe 4 months ago
@TwinklesMe yea is stupid!!! is like jesus being played by a blond blue eyed guy!!! is like what the hell
ilovebubu28 3 months ago
apparently Cleopatra was intelligent
thereby debunking the myth that she was african
logical deduction.
case closed.
nativeskygirl 4 months ago
Why are people arguing, let's not forget this is a Hollywood movie so I am not really that surprised Egypt has been white washed. You could say the same about Prince of Persia or Avatar the last air bender. It's perfectly normal lol. At the end of the day everyone knows Cleo was some what coloured (Not by much though because she was in fact partially or full Greek!
sam3314 4 months ago
@sam3314 what do you mean everyone knows,nobody knows what her mother or grandmother was,nobody,if you do bring proof,you can speculate all you want but there is no proof,never have been and i doubt there ever will be
boxingwarrior1 4 months ago
@boxingwarrior1 History does show that she was a descendant of the Macedonian Greek ruler Ptolemy. So she is half Greek/Macedonian and she could speak Greek. However you're right about her mother/grandmother, we are unsure of their roots. Could be Egyptian could be Macedonian who knows, hence why I stated 'partially' or 'full'. She could be either. Maybe we'll find out someday the evidence may unfold.
sam3314 4 months ago
I can't find this movie anywhere... Any ideas were to look??? An is it worth buying???
buttercup18girl 4 months ago
I liked the first half of the movie ..when she was with caesar.
The1cristi 4 months ago
'my breast filled with love' O_O
EmiliaSulaiman 4 months ago
@PrinceChris93 Cleopatra was a daughter of king Philip of Macedonia and Queen Olimpias her older brother was prince Alexander. Cleopatra is a Greek name not African and not Egyptian. Egypt was officially the Arab Republic. But it's not Africa it was the muslim country.
beRIGHTperson 5 months ago 5
@beRIGHTperson Keep this in mind, Arabs are not the indigenous people of Egypt, black African's were. White people are not the indigenous people of America, Indian people were. Ancient Egyptian was a black civilization, the Sphinx represents a black person, as the statue of liberty represents a white person. You are highly ignorant, and misinformed. You can't be oblivious to that, why would Arab's or white people build a Sphinx that represent a Black Men or Women? Wake up
7Know7Thy7Enemy7 4 months ago
@beRIGHTperson Egypt was not always a Muslim country.Being muslim is a religion...not the people.The Arabic people took over Egypt.The Egyptians where part of the Mediterranean,north of Africa.Yes it might have had many arabic citizens but as well as many greecians since Alexander the great conquered.Remember that Egypt had many trading ports so it was expected to have many people from many places.An ancient egyptian would have probably looked at the Caribbean people (west indies) Own opinion...
MillyPopa 3 months ago
@beRIGHTperson well actually Hispanic people as well as Caribbean people
MillyPopa 3 months ago
@beRIGHTperson I think you need to sort your history out a bit. You are correct in that Egypt was ruled by the Greek Ptolemys since the time of Alexander the Great (c.350 b.c.). However it was not Arab/Muslim until the conquests of the 7th c. A.D. some 600 years after the time of Cleopatra Vll. . Between 4th c. and the 7th c. it was part of the Christian Byzantine Empire (The Eastern Roman Empire)
TheVaughan5 3 months ago 8
"Arab Republic"? "The muslim"?
Were Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980) alive today, he'd surely say the principal function of YouTube in this world is to provide a veneer of legitimacy for what fifty years ago would have been called the most errant damned moronism imaginable, beRIGHTperson. Good grief is the 21st century tiresome! Take your thumb out of your mouth and scratch your head with it.
bangfarang 2 months ago
@beRIGHTperson are u stupiud? her father is Ptolemy XII Auletes. She was a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, a family of Greek origin that ruled Egypt after Alexander the Great's death
christinebecruel 2 months ago
@beRIGHTperson LOL, that's a different Cleopatra. The one you mean was wedded to Alexander the Great's father. And there was NO Arab Republic and there was no Muslim religion around before the birth of Christ. The Cleopatra you mean = 340 BC, the Arab republic is like 1800 AD+ and the Muslims were 500AD+
BIG FAIL
Deceased1000 2 months ago
@beRIGHTperson
Uh you might want to double check your facts.
1. Cleopatra VII (the one in the movie) was of Greek Decent since Alexander the Great had annexed Egypt, and practiced Egypt's relgion
2. Islam wasn't founded until 610 CE (after Jesus was killed and the western Roman Empire collasped) and split into a civil war soon after Muhammed's death
3. A united Islamic Empire didn't exist until 758 CE and was conqured by the Mongol Empire in 1258 before the Ottoman Empire rose to prower
snakes3425 2 months ago
@beRIGHTperson
The Cleopatra featured in this movie is Cleopatra the 7th and is the daughter of Ptolemy XII Auletes so get your facts right!
Xforeverlove21 1 day ago
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beRIGHTperson 5 months ago 3
Cleopatra was one of the powerful woman in the world. She ruled Egypt after Alexander.
beRIGHTperson 5 months ago
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TheCleopatralove 5 months ago
I love this movie! It was extravagant (the wardrobe and set design was amazing!) and the acting was brilliant, especially during the emotional scenes between Cleopatra and Ceaser; Cleopatra and Antony! I honestly don't get why some people don't like it. I read that the film had some historical inaccuracies and it almost bankrupt the studio. But that's no reason to just dismiss it. This is one of my favorite films; it's excellent film work.
chilvari 5 months ago
So she was the ultimate seducer? The queen siren?
PrinceTian 5 months ago
her parents were greek and related to each other.
cfinoh1 5 months ago
чо за нахуй !!!!!
Vladon131 5 months ago
i thought she was greek origin!! she is mixed !
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titanicpiano14 5 months ago
damn, gotta watcöh this movie right now, google helps finding a stream :D
z1pfL 5 months ago
If Egypt is in africa why did a white woman play an african?
PrinceChris93 5 months ago 3
@PrinceChris93 well, you should go to egypt and ask the egyptians why are they white
Haydutin 5 months ago
@PrinceChris93 because back in the day white actors played as people from all over the world, asian, african, they had all the roles the world wasn't very ready for "colored actors".
Iheartdolls4ever 5 months ago
@PrinceChris93 well at least as the leads in the film.
Iheartdolls4ever 5 months ago
@Iheartdolls4ever I'm just glad things are a bit better now
PrinceChris93 5 months ago
@PrinceChris93 History my friend. Cleopatra was greek, her ancestor was a great general of Alexander the Great. When Alexander died, his great generals carved up Alexander's land. Just so happens Ptolemy carved up Egypt, and began adopting the traditions of a pharoh. The rest is just history.
RefractoryCyanide 5 months ago
@PrinceChris93 Actually, Cleopatra was a Greek!
bookfancy 5 months ago
@PrinceChris93 Cleopatra was from the Pompey line which were Greeks. She was in the Hellenistic period when a greek lineage ruled Egypt. That is one of the points in the movie that isn't riddled with historical problems.
moaosen 5 months ago 2
@PrinceChris93 Because Cleopatra was white. Common knowledge. Why would they get a black person to play the role of a Greek women?
Ravensteinzh 5 months ago
@PrinceChris93
what color she should be in your opinion? She was an Egyptian.
JANFILLA 4 months ago
@PrinceChris93 most of the people in Egypt are white.
5noos 4 months ago
Production on the film began in 1960, soon after the release of Liz's Academy Award for Best Leading Actress nominated film, ""BUtterfield 8"" (1960). Taylor, won the Academy Award, in 1961. The script to, ""Cleopatra"", was first intended for African-American actress, Dorothy Dandridge, who rose to superstardom, when she starred in the all-black musical, ""Carmen Jones"" (1954), for 20th Century Fox; she was nominated an Academy Award for Best Leading Actress (more info , check out their bios)
1967mansfield 6 months ago
DID EVERY ONE NOTICE HOW the ONLY BLACKS were DANCERS?!?!
LMAOF ... What a joke
dogons2k12 6 months ago 3
Cleopatra might be of greek bloodline but she was was a pharaoh, unlike ptolmies she refused to speak greek and learnt Egyptian and called herself goddess Isis.
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jaimicotontico 6 months ago
It's a good movie. Would have been great if they had done as they had orginally planned and done 2 movies: Caesar and Cleopatra, and Antony and Cleopatra. But the studio, eager to capture on the Liz and Dick mania of the time, compressed it into one film. Maybe someday someone will remake Cleopatra's story into 2 movies. It needs atleast 2 to cover everything about her amazing life.
phoenix1985 6 months ago
@phoenix1985 there's been alot of movies made about Cleopatra. And the "Caesar and Cleopatra" and "Antony and Cleopatra" films have already been done; I think it stars Vivien Leigh. There are some other versions too. Check them out.
chilvari 5 months ago
@chilvari True but very few if any have shown Cleopatra in a positive light. Most have shown her as a greedy chidish slut. When in fact she was a wise and benevolent ruler for whom every decision was made in an effort to benfit Egypt and make Egypt secure. For an excellent read on the matter I highly suggest "The Memoirs of Cleopatra" by Margaret George. An absolutely moving and stunning read about the life and times of thie greatest of women.
phoenix1985 5 months ago
@phoenix1985 wow I never noticed that; I'll be sure to read up on Cleopatra thanx :)
chilvari 5 months ago
@chilvari When writing the story of Cleopatra, all anyone had to go on was what the Romans chose to write about her, which was unflattering to say the least. Shaw's "Caesar & Cleopatra" show Cleopatra as a whiny, self obsessed child who uses sex to reclaim her thrown. Shakespeare's "Antony & Cleoptra" shows her as a horny, oblivous woman who only cares about having sex with Antony. Although she is redeemed in the final scene. Stilll, read the book, tells the story from her perspective.
phoenix1985 5 months ago
What a beautiful Egyptian
Pasguiroq 6 months ago
she was greek and eygitian she was decended from one of alexander the greats general's that had conqued the middle east 300 years pre-her :)
goldbronzetanboy 6 months ago
years after alexander the great most of the middle east was broken up into kindom's by his fellower's which where greek! :) so her and her family where greek
goldbronzetanboy 6 months ago
Its a boring 8 hour movie fyi
IRockatGuitarHero31 7 months ago
SHE WAS BLACK NOT WHITE
nigadje 7 months ago
@nigadje cleoptara comes from a greek family
kennethduncan 6 months ago
@kennethduncan Um fyi back in that time era Greek were doing a lot of transactions with egypt. Including marriages to Africans. Alexander the Great married into a Royal Ethiopian family to gain knowledge and power because African power was a matrilonial society (power passed down to the women). Cleopatra was lighter skin mixed but her blood runs think with African DNA. Damn why is it so bad for the world to accept the darker skin? Science proves that human race came from Africa. WTF
Negraindiacubana 5 months ago
@nigadje Cleopatra was definitely white. Her entire family was Greek.
Xenu 6 months ago
@Xenu WHITE AFRICAN
nigadje 6 months ago
People in Cleopatra's time thought she was smart.
paladindragoongirl18 7 months ago
my breasts are filled with love and light.... *cue chessy music*
miyou800 7 months ago
@miyou800 Love and life even.
Neropatti 7 months ago
why am i seeing white egyptians
tricks1991 7 months ago
@tricks1991 lol i know.. egyptians were black
jmob288 7 months ago
@jmob288 Ancient Egyptians and modern Egyptians look exactly the same.
Xenu 6 months ago
@Xenu then why were the ancient wall spaintings of egypt have mostly dark skinned people on them? cleopatra was black. the modern Egyptians descended from blacks.
jmob288 6 months ago
@jmob288 Oh boy. We have a mental case here. Cleopatra was white Greek. Her entire family was Greek. Wall paintings distinguished between red-skinned Egyptian men and black Africans. Egyptian women were always depicted with light skin. Skin color can't change in 2000 years. What a joke.
Xenu 6 months ago
@Xenu no your the one with the mental problem. her farther Ptolemy left the kingdom for rome. thats how they are light skinned now. wow that was easy. cleopatra was not whie. i can tell you that now.
jmob288 6 months ago
@jmob288 The Italian weather turned him white. Interesting theory. Cleopatra was as white as white can be.
Xenu 6 months ago
@Xenu lol thats funny. she was black that's all i have to say. most of the pictures and paintings of the past pharaohs had shadings of dark brown paint.
jmob288 6 months ago
@jmob288 No they don't. Modern Egyptians and ancient Egyptians look exactly the same. For that to be different you would need an entire genocide of the entire population. You also have the DNA tets on the mummies which prove that modern Egyptians have MORE black African blood than the ancients because of the slave trade. So modern Egyptians are actually BLACKER than ancient Egyptians.
Xenu 6 months ago
@Xenu i didnt say every egyptian was black. i just said cleopatra was black. the majority of egyptians were black. until you can explain why the paintings and creations like pottery in ancient Egypt used dark paint color then i am done. large paintings of the pharoahs had dark paint. it was obvious that they had dark skin.
jmob288 6 months ago
@jmob288 They didn't use dark paint color. Men were red; women were yellow. Genetics has proven what is obvious anyway, modern day Egyptians are MORE black than the ancients. And Cleopatra wasn't even Egyptian. She was Greek.
Xenu 6 months ago
@jmob288 We also have two coins with Cleopatra's face and one bust. All three are obviously of a white woman.
Xenu 6 months ago
@mob288 you were ABSOLUTELY right!!! she was as black as obama, alicia keys or T. I.
@Xenu HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA
KEEP DREAMING!!!!!!
cleopatra was BLACK ... BBC news just had one of the main archeologist working specifically on cleopatra's family ... and he confirms this in the BBC documentary ... SORRY DUDE
WATCH BELOW
watch?v=SDyilFGNm_Y
dogons2k12 6 months ago
@dogons2k12 ::sigh:: This is the nonsense about her pseudo-Arisone, isn't it? Well, that's not her sister and she wasn't black, either. Have you ever looked at a bust of Cleopatra or at her coins? Her entire family was Greek.
Xenu 6 months ago
@Xenu "Well, that's not her sister and she wasn't black, either."
oops do I sense a DESPERADO trying to cling onto ANCIENT EGYPT ?!?!?
this evidence is quite RECENT buddy
WHERE IS your most recent evidence?!?! LMAOF
spread FACTS not HATE
watch?v=SDyilFGNm_Y
dogons2k12 6 months ago
@dogons2k12 The mummy isn't Arsinoe. The mummy belongs to a 15 year old while Arsinoe was older. How the hell do you think a black woman would have become queen of the Ptolemies? The Ptolemies married only among themselves. Her coins and busts show a white woman. There is absolutely no evidence that Cleopatra or any of her family members were anything other than pure Greek.
Xenu 6 months ago
@dogons2k12
BBC? seriously... and I think greeks weren't black. Besides she likes Egypt more than ptolmeys and she even called herself goddess Isis. o.O
supermiro07 6 months ago
@supermiro07 did you watch my video and done research on the new findings or you are just talking and assuming out of your ass?!!?!?
BBC and a TV1 (a french channel) are currently working on a new documentary to finally put this issue at rest!!!!! Do you follow current events?
watch?v=SDyilFGNm_Y
dogons2k12 6 months ago
@Xenu The Sphinx represents a black person, as the statue of liberty represent a white person. You can't ignore that, why would Arabs or a white person build a statue that represents Negroids? Ancient Egyptian is a black civilization, Arab's are not the indigenous people of Egypt you in denial bigot. Just like whites are not the indigenous people of America. Ancient Egyptian started to decline when Arab's and whites conquer it, you are very idiotic.
7Know7Thy7Enemy7 4 months ago
@7Know7Thy7Enemy7 God you're stupid. They've done DNA tests on the mummies. Modern day Egyptians are MORE black than ancient Egyptians because of the slave trade. That's a proven fact. In America there was a genocide of the original inhabitants. There was never a genocide again the ancient Egyptians. It's the same people for thousands of years. Does the Sphinx look negroid to you, moron?
Xenu 4 months ago
@Xenu Modern day Egyptians are Arabs, Arabs are not the original people of Egypt. They migrated there. You need to look and study Ancient Egypt objectively, stop looking at holly wood movies. America is Indians original land, as Egypt is African Negroids original land. The Sphinx clearly is a black man, as the statue of liberty is a white woman. Ignorance is bliss
7Know7Thy7Enemy7 4 months ago
@7Know7Thy7Enemy7 What part of DNA evidence do you not understand? Modern Egyptians are MORE black than the Ancient Egyptians because of the slave trade.
Xenu 4 months ago
@Xenu You can say that until your voice become horse, at the end of the day, Arab's are not the indigenous people of Egypt. Don't mean to shit on your riff, Egypt belong to Africans, like America belong to Indians. See you in 12 hours peace
7Know7Thy7Enemy7 4 months ago
@Xenu Wrong. Ancient Egyptians and modern Egyptians do not look exactly the same. The Khazars did not invade Egypt until the 8th century, white is where the Middle Eastern Egyptians derive from. Ancient Egyptians consisted of Afro Africans as black as modern day Kenyans. And Egypt was not called Egypt. It was called Kemet.
AceKing2012 5 months ago
@AceKing2012 Yawn.
Xenu 5 months ago
@Xenu Ignorant people like to sleep on truth.
AceKing2012 5 months ago
@AceKing2012 The only ignorant people are people stupid enough to think Cleopatra was black despite all we know about her family history and her portraits.
Xenu 5 months ago
@Xenu How white people tell themselves lies to up their self esteem is so comical to me. She has no portraits. A portrait is a portrayal of who you are. She has nothing but deceitful devils painting white images of her. She has no European heritage. That is a myth. But then again, you devils do love your myths.
AceKing2012 5 months ago
@AceKing2012 You don't sound like a mental case at all.
Xenu 5 months ago
ON YOUR KNEES! I demand it of you!
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23 people wouldnt kneel
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titanicpiano14 7 months ago
wow, GREAT looking, clear, colorful, and elaborate and beautifully authentically designed movie for only the early 60's! an elaborate spectacl to be had for sure
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TheBasqueLand 8 months ago
3:17 one of u viewers learned the history about rome that the senators killed Ceaser and stabbed him 23 times. MAN!! THE SENATORS ARE MAD AT HIM BECAUSE THEY TOLD CEASER TO COME BACK TO ROME WITHOUT HIS ARMY, but he did but with his army, so that's why they killed him. very strange!!!!
commando414 8 months ago
i wonder if the greeks meet the egyptains
commando414 8 months ago
it's cleopatra, not niggapatra
Gonzoidz 8 months ago
@Gonzoidz Dude don't even go there!
peymaania 8 months ago
@Gonzoidz O.O how did you know?
LaurenAshleyism 8 months ago
@Gonzoidz lol thats funny....its true as well.
mrtundra45 7 months ago
cleopatra was of greek origin.she wasn't an egyptian as most people think
ralia30 9 months ago
it's funny because cleopatra was actually quite unattractive
HeartShapeGlasses007 9 months ago 2
@HeartShapeGlasses007 thats what most historians claim, but very few women were desxribed as beautiful back then they spent their time discussing men.
etrax2000 8 months ago
@HeartShapeGlasses007 By today's standards lol... but back then, it's different hehe.
paladindragoongirl18 7 months ago
@paladindragoongirl18 agreed, though there were some very beautiful men and women of the time (even by today's standards (: )
HeartShapeGlasses007 7 months ago
looks cool, the kisses look all fake tho
MsMclovin20 9 months ago
With inflation this film cost $320,000,000 to make.
MoldytoasterMedia 9 months ago
The story of Cleopatra is not 100% clear but only the Bible can confirm her story in Genesis12:10-20. What the Scientists/Legend story on stones is NOT 100% clear and interprete but only the Bilble can 10000% confirm her.
SARAI is CLEOPATRA...
iviliamu 9 months ago
Cleopatra is the story of Sarai the wife of Abram mention in Genesis 12:10-20. All story have GOD always famous and live forever. Cleopatra is til today still not 100% but the legend says Cleopatra is a beautiful foreigner woman who married the pharoh, have affair with her lover, destory Egpyt then gone. In Gene12:10-20 is Sarai married the Pharoh, still seen her lover Abram, a bad sickness to Egpyt then Pharoh took them out. WHY WHY Cleopatra is so popular is because is a story of God.
iviliamu 9 months ago
@iviliamu
Cleopatra try to save Egypt (by marriage and make union with rome )
beacuse egypt haven't any chance against rome and Rome already make his empire before 30 bc and congeries all countries in Mediterranean sea
beside this egypt was in war with parthia before Rome
haithamsalah1 9 months ago
i miss her so much.she was such a good person.and she lived a good strong life.rip dame Eliza we all miss you. :'(
invincible410 9 months ago
Elizabeth miss you , the ultimate classic actress, just like MJ there will never be another.....my heart sad even after 2 weeks, knew it was coming, i think your heart broken after Michael left....
butterflycomb 9 months ago
Just watched this... Wow that's four hours, I'll never get back (;
-Great movie though, rest in peace Elizabeth <3
Avalon1929 10 months ago
r.i.p beautiful goddes elizabeth taylor u will never be forgotten <3 u :(
rolen123 10 months ago
RIP Elizabeth Taylor...a screen goddess.....sadly missed Thankyou for your talent, entertainment, and presence with us for a while..................... xxx
1956mermaid 10 months ago 2
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MrCinemaKingg 10 months ago
very old
MrCinemaKingg 10 months ago
God is finally in good company
juliojcsi 10 months ago
I heard they are going to do a 3D remake of this with Angelina Jolie--what a BOMB if they do
GlossyShoes 10 months ago
i love you liz taylor !!! miss you !!
SuperYisley 10 months ago
Great film. Greater FLOP.
officialpickle 10 months ago
Jesus, what a lousy trailer
FractalBolt 10 months ago
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love this movie
yves9616 10 months ago
1:56 is the best shot of those legendary violet eyes!
quietthunder 10 months ago 2
R.I.P. Liz, you were a great artist! And now you're a legend. You're always going to be in my heart. ♥
Herem07 10 months ago
I will always remember this movie for the ridiculously short skirts Richard Burton had to wear. And for my favourite Ceasar ever. I love Rex Harrison.
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titanicpiano14 10 months ago
this trailer is annoying as shit
ewhite3746 10 months ago
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jazzyzenbaby 10 months ago
I think Hollywood should remake Cleopatra and make it more realistic. Raunchy if necessary to make it more accurate.
kc768 10 months ago
THANK YOU ELIZABETH FOR ENTERTAINING US ALL,WE WILL MISS YOU,
R.I.P.ELIZABETH TAYLOR 1932-2011.
DIVASElizabethTaylor 10 months ago
Cleopatra was not a flop, it was unjustly judged by snob critics. Josef Mankiewitcz (all about Eve) wrote brliant dialogues . the film was and still is good
boazsenator 10 months ago
R.I.P., You will be remembered for ages Elizabeth
colorzebra689 10 months ago
I know elizabeth Taylor died but how?
Disneyacwwfan 10 months ago
@Disneyacwwfan because of congestive heart failure
leonyteves 10 months ago
(Lauder64) R.I.P Mademoiselle Elizabeth Taylor... c(:´(
From: Caracas, Venezuela.
lauder64 10 months ago
@lauder64 because of congestive heart failure
leonyteves 10 months ago
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SHE WAS JUST A TOTAL PROSTITUTE, THAT IS HOW SHE BECAME FAMOUS!!!!!
thewolf011 10 months ago
@thewolf011 Please provide us proof.
Cance251 9 months ago
@angelfallenoutie is the same thing ¬¬!
KDigidestined120 10 months ago