George Bernard Shaw adapted his own play for the screen in this film version of the romance between Caesar (Claude Rains) and Cleopatra (Vivien Leigh). The story opens when Cleopatra, who hasn't been Queen for very long, meets the much older and segacious Julius Caesar in the shadow of the Sphinx. Beguiled by her innocence and charm Caesar begins to education the young queen in the ways of kingship. Caesar and Cleopatra is slightly uneven in parts but has some superb stand out scenes th find out more...
At the peak of her international career, Maria Enders is asked to perform in a revival of the play that made her famous twenty years ago. But back then she played the role of Sigrid, an alluring young girl who disarms and eventually drives her boss Helena to suicide. Now she is being asked to step into the other role, that of the older Helena. She departs with her assistant to rehearse in Sils Maria; a remote region of the Alps. A young Hollywood starlet with a penchant for scandal is to take find out more...