Cleopatra [videorecording] : destiny's queen / produced and directed by Monte Markham and Adam Friedman ; written by Lori Nelson and Lee Fulkerson ; a Perpetual Motion Films production ; a presentation of Non Fiction Films, Inc. in association with A&E Network.
Originally broadcast as a segment of: Biography. Host: Jack Perkins; voice of Plutarch, Monte Markham.
Summary:
Cleopatra was the most powerful woman of the ancient world. Already a temptress at age twelve, she offered herself as a gift to Julius Caesar, then used his influence to capture the Egyptian throne from her brother. Later, when the powerful Marc Anthony summoned her to Tarsus, she arrived on a river barge dressed as the goddess Venus. BIOGRAPHY presents a portrait of the alluring Queen of the Nile, from her noble birth to her legendary suicide.
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