Cleopatra: Portrait of a Killer
2009 · IMDB 6.5 · 68 VOTES · DIR. Paul Elston, Mark Lewis
Overview
Cleopatra - the most famous woman in history. We know her as a great queen, a beautiful lover and a political schemer. For 2,000 years almost all evidence of her has disappeared - until now. In one of the world's most exciting finds, archaeologists believe they have discovered the skeleton of her sister, murdered by Cleopatra and Mark Antony. From Egypt to Turkey, Neil Oliver investigates the story of a ruthless queen who would kill her own siblings for power. This is the portrait of a killer.
Dialogue Timeline - 680 lines
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00:00:12 Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt - the most famous woman in history.
00:03:19 and they resealed the sarcophagus.
00:05:13 I immediately thought we now have at least a skeleton of the owner of this grave chamber.
00:07:31 To find the answers
00:10:24 that the King of Egypt, whose name was Ptolemy
00:12:58 Two pelvics, one from a male and one from a female.
00:15:05 because the carbon dating was consistent with being Arsinoe.
00:17:44 And how she pleaded to the Roman leader - "Mighty Caesar
00:20:06 but there is one big problem.
00:22:09 this belongs to a young female, and so perhaps our Princess Arsinoe.
00:24:33 Troops loyal to her brother and sister took up arms
00:26:56 Caesar described it soaring in height
00:30:13 a light in the top of this little column.
00:32:33 and uncovers the story of the battle for the Pharos lighthouse.
00:35:26 The rebels began to argue among themselves.
00:37:55 she was just a young girl.
00:41:05 Everybody who was anybody came here.
00:44:17 Just two years later, in March 44BC, the man who had spared her life
00:46:40 seated alone on his chair.
00:49:10 And this is astonishing, because it's very unlikely to die in the juvenile age.
00:51:53 and the fact it belonged to someone of high birth, point to one thing.
00:53:55 Well, it was worth bringing then!
00:55:59 first in Julius Caesar, then in Marc Antony
12:07:06 high, supporting a massive roof.
Cast & Characters
Neil Oliver
Self - Presenter
Prudence Jones
Self - Historian
Stanley Burstein
Self - Author of 'The Reign of Cleopatra'
Hilke Thür
Self - Archaeologist, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften
Fabian Kanz
Self - Forensic Anthropologist, Medizinische Universität Wien
Caroline Wilkinson
Self - Anthropologist, University of Dundee
Georg Plattner
Self - Conservator-restorer, Natural History Museum, Vienna
Robert Kalasek
Self - Technische Universität Wien
Sabine Ladstätter
Self - Archaeologist, excavation site director of Ephesos
Christopher Rynn
Self - Anthropologist
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed680
First line00:00:12
Final line12:07:06
Production Record
DirectorPaul Elston, Mark Lewis
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes68