Mort de Jules Cêsar, La
- Alternative title
- Shakespeare Writing Julius Caesar
- Synopsis
- Fiction short which shows Shakespeare suffering from writer’s block while planning the assassination scene in Julius Caesar. He falls asleep in his study and dreams of the scene he is to write. Shakespeare wakes up and is delighted, stabbing a loaf of bread which his servant brings him to illustrate the scene he has just dreamt into being.
- Country
- France
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Silent
- Year of release
- 1907
- Duration
- 3 mins; 344 feet
- Availability
- Presumed to be a lost film.
Credits
- Director
- Georges Méliès
- Cast
Georges Méliès William Shakespeare
Additional Details
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Historical period
- Ancient Rome
- Plays
- Julius Caesar
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- General
- This was Méliès final Shakespeare film.
- Reviews
- Ball, Robert Hamilton. Shakespeare on Silent Film: A Strange Eventful History. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1968 (p. 36-7). Ball cites the ‘Star Catalogue’ description in full.
Production Company
- Name
Star-Film
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Mort de Jules Cêsar, La". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av68581 (Accessed 21 Sep 2024)