Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy

1908

DramaHistory

Biographical drama, adaptation of Shakespeare's play.

Rating

4.667
6 votes

Popularity

0.0541

Origin & Countries

US | en | United States of America

Production

Vitagraph Company of America

Runtime

12 min.

Status

Released

Release: 12/1/1908

Credits

Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy

William V. RanousDirector

Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy

Charles KentJulius Caesar

Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy

William SheaFirst Citizen

Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy

Maurice Costello

Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy

Florence LawrenceCalpurnia

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Reviews

CinemaSerf

2/7/2024

6 / 10

I dare say Shakespearian purists will be abhorred by the very idea of condensing "Julius Caesar" into fifteen scenes for a run time of twelve minutes, but this is actually quite a decently staged and watchable précis of just what happened to the Dictator of Rome leading up to and following the Ides of March. It's all a bit chaotic and half the time the actors seem still to be rehearsing, but it does venture out of doors towards the end and the ensemble effort does convey some slight semblance of the perilousness of the history - even if it's clearly the same folk walking in and out of shot each time - just in different costumes. The inter-titles on the version I saw were in German, but that made little difference - good or bad - as if you don't know this story by now then the hammy antics of Charles Kent (Caesar) and Earle Williams (Brutus) probably won't encourage you to seek elaboration. This is worth a watch, though.

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