Marlon Brando as Mark Antony

Marlon Brando in Julius Caesar (1953), dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz


I remember
The first time ever Caesar put it on;
'Twas on a summer's evening, in his tent,
That day he overcame the Nervii:
Look, in this place ran Cassius' dagger through:
See what a rent the envious Casca made:
Through this the well-beloved Brutus stabb'd;
And as he pluck'd his cursed steel away,
Mark how the blood of Caesar follow'd it,
As rushing out of doors, to be resolved
If Brutus so unkindly knock'd, or no;
For Brutus, as you know, was Caesar's angel:
Judge, O you gods, how dearly Caesar loved him!
This was the most unkindest cut of all;
For when the noble Caesar saw him stab,
Ingratitude, more strong than traitors' arms,
Quite vanquish'd him: then burst his mighty heart;
And, in his mantle muffling up his face,
Even at the base of Pompey's statua,
Which all the while ran blood, great Caesar fell.
O, what a fall was there, my countrymen!
Then I, and you, and all of us fell down,
Whilst bloody treason flourish'd over us.



Now let it work. Mischief, thou art afoot,
Take thou what course thou wilt!


(Shakespeare)

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• Mankiewicz
• Marlon Brando
• Julius Caesar

[AmberEyedRose]

how brilliantly performed...

[davidboyce1]

Unbelievable actor. Man!! I miss Brando.

[AnimeStargrl15]

He makes a sexy Mark Antony ;D

[mAwesome334]

Brando was fucking awesome.

[trajan75]

Brando has another great moment just before this scene when, alone with Caesar's body, he vents his true feelings about the men who killed him.

[catherinefan32]

Amazing acting by an amazing actor

[OnkelMickwald]

I just expect him to shout "STELLAAAA" any second... :/

Horrible what first impressions can do to you, lol

[anandodasgupta]

@TheAstonishingJosh poor ceasar? :| seriously he was anything but poor , he got pwned for his travesties.

[TheAstonishingJosh]

Amazing actor, but poor Caesar *sobs*

[cpthurme]

Thanks for adding the lines!