Cleopatra (miniseries)

Cleopatra
Based on	The Memoirs of Cleopatra by Margaret George
Teleplay by	Stephen Harrigan Anton Diether
Directed by	Franc Roddam
Starring	Leonor Varela
Music by	Trevor Jones[1][2]
Country of origin	United States Germany
Original language	English
No. of episodes	2
Production
Producers	Robert Halmi Jr. Robert Halmi Sr. Steve Harding Dyson Lovell Steven North
Production company	Hallmark Entertainment
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	May 23 (1999-05-23) – May 24, 1999 (1999-05-24)
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Cleopatra is a 1999 miniseries adaptation of Margaret George's 1997 historical fiction novel The Memoirs of Cleopatra. Produced by Hallmark Entertainment, it stars Leonor Varela as the Egyptian queen Cleopatra, Timothy Dalton as Julius Caesar, Billy Zane as Mark Antony, Rupert Graves as Octavius, Sean Pertwee as Brutus and Bruce Payne as Cassius. Cleopatra was shown first on the ABC television network in two parts on two consecutive evenings in May 1999^[3] and then released on videotape and DVD. Judy Farr, Martin Hitchcock and Frank Walsh were nominated for an Emmy in 1999 for outstanding art direction for a miniseries or a movie for their work on Cleopatra.^{[citation needed]}