Julius Caesar (2012)

5.0/10 150 min Drama

Overview

Film version of the Royal Shakespeare Company's 2012 production of Shakespeare's fast-moving thriller. A vivid story about a struggle for democracy, Julius Caesar is also a love story between two men united by an explosive act of political violence. The setting is a modern African state in which the tyrant Caesar is about to seize power. Cassius persuades Brutus to join the conspirators plotting an assassination. Featuring a distinguished cast of black actors, the film is shot on location and in the RSC's theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon

Cast

Paterson Joseph

Brutus

Jeffery Kissoon

Julius Caesar

Ivanno Jeremiah

Octavius

Cyril Nri

Cassius

Ray Fearon

Mark Anthony

Adjoa Andoh

Portia

Ann Ogbomo

Calpurnia

Simon Manyonda

Lucius

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