On your knees! Cleopatra cuts the Roman Empire into thirds.

[@tomwiggz]

“I asked it of Julius Caesar. I DEMAND it of you.”

[@captmarvelhero2342]

U will kneel, on your knees!

[@ladytino5715]

Slaps 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@veronical1757]

Cleopetty lol

[@Angel-vg2zf]

That line still slaps today! All hail Ms. Elizabeth Taylor🙌🏾

[@abirbanerjee2543]

So much of power n dominance only Liz cud pull it off

[@y2kjericho86]

"You have NOT BEEN DISMISSED"! "You are now dismissed."

[@sleepingcinderella]

😂LOVE IT ❤️

[@LTAries88]

I would bust out laughing if I was one the extras

[@EngPheniks]

Cleopatra was one ruler Caesar find it hard to handle

[@westyraviz]

She really wanted to humiliate him for the manner in which he’d humiliated her. He was too dumb to realize that Octavian had played him like a fiddle.

[@Kid_Charlemagne76]

Reminds me of some teachers i had in the past 😂

[@sdlock83]

Most media portray Cleopatra with a princess persona. Elizabeth Taylor's Cleopatra is that of a QUEEN.

[@RARA-ek3yp]

True !

[@cortb164]

So true

[@lalayastill610]

yes, it was the best rendition by far

[@lewstone5430]

She was a Queen. Until Octavian cornered her dumbass.

[@serena3673]

Yes, so true and I've watched all three different Cleopatra, the one in 1936, this one and the 2002, which is the worst. It showed an immature Cleopatra who acted on impulse and was a sugar baby to cesar. Taylors version showed the contrast between a male and female ruler and how despite her list of attributes, title and wealth she still wasn't as respected which made the roman men disdain for her much more believable. A beautiful queen who knew her worth and wasn't afraid to use her intelligence. They made it seem as if it was her beauty that bewitched them when truly it was her intelligence and defiance.

[@laurallewien2165]

The way Richard Burton flicks that cape is a thing of cinematic greatness 🤩

[@redblade8160]

@laurallewien2165 You would say the same thing if you saw him sitting on the toilet.

[@mihaelaserdenciuc8833]

Liz Taylor: "On your knees" wow,what a woman.Wonderful!!! 👏👏

[@robertgbarcenasjr9559]

There is absolutely no way a super epic film like this one could be made today. The sheer super nova star power and chemistry of Liz and Dick, the beautiful enormous sets and dazzling costumes, the wide eye-popping cinematography, I mean, this movie is why we want to go the movies.

[@NostalgicGamerRickOShay]

They married and divorced each other twice, I think.

[@DianaOThana]

Watch me

[@podulox]

@@lynnhenson3042 Late Egypt was like that...

[@Procopius464]

Political correctness makes historical accuracy impossible these days.

[@egosumhomovespertilionem]

And the production nearly bankrupted the studio in the process.

[@Ermwhatthesigma-i9q]

"I asked it of Julius Caesar. I DEMAND it of You!!"

[@addiatmeikokusuma8058]

There was no CGI back then...yet the production design was so impressive better than CGI today

[@yvonneplant9434]

Simple answer. The props were all real and made of the finest quality.

[@PowerZtone-yo3ne]

False. CGI is way more impressive than what was shown here

[@PowerZtone-yo3ne]

@@yvonneplant9434Nope. CGI has finest quality and real doesn’t always mean good

[@theendoftheworldasweknowit9894]

I want my house to look like that palace.

[@maggiemae7539]

There was cgi back then. People act like it’s new technology. It’s not

[@lukasmiller486]

"I do NOT grant private audiences to unidentified persons."

[@IrishAnnie]

Richard Burton was embarrassed that his tunic was so short. The Studio wanted to show off his legs. Looking at it now, it does look pretty dumb. Great scene!!

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

Lol agree!

[@bryandejustin]

Disagree. Looks great.

[@mihnma]

He does have some great legs ngl 😖😩😫🥵🔥

[@EngPheniks]

Roman movies today no longer portray Roman soldiers wearing short skirts that bare the legs. It somehow is more accurate. But movies from the 1950s - 1960s were definitely unmatched when it comes to the script and the acting. So far only two movies from the late 20th century and the early 21st century that features Romans made my list. Gladiator and the Eagle.

[@GoldLeafPress]

Hahahahaha yep….it’s a bit…girlie 😂

[@125ZJK]

Just watched this after many decades. Elizabeth Taylor, man she was gorgeous.

[@yvonneplant9434]

She was 30. At the absolute peak of her beauty. It is quite understandable, at least to me, how Burton couldn't say, "No".

[@cleopatras7488]

Antoninus “you’re asking for 1/3”… Cleopatra “Put it another way, I gave to you 2/3” Love this, so powerful ❤

[@hexmaster6267]

it has nothing to do with reality though. She was a vassal of Rome

[@CharHob30]

No one can carry off Cleopatra like Liz. She had such incredible charisma and audacity.

[@SharkweekFanatic1]

Her words cut like knives 🔪 ❤️

[@alnajjar2726]

Always have white people playing North African and Israelite characters smh

[@lemuellopena1157]

Cleopatra is white, her ancestor is Alexander the great

[@truongtholam8318]

@@lemuellopena1157 no. Cleopatra wasn't white, she was more like light brown or olive

[@Edithmedjdoub]

@@truongtholam8318 greek people are olive and she would probably tan more in Egypt so light brown

[@richardmakasiar5946]

​@@alnajjar2726 aaaa

[@estellefordyce5536]

Me: Trying to watch a cool scene This dude's legs: Hello there (:

[@cyberswiper6317]

Elizabeth Taylor’s beauty is a beauty I have never seen before, she was very pretty in cleopatra for me particularly

[@sleepingcinderella]

I think she's the most beautiful actress of all time.

[@lucialu833]

@@sleepingcinderella :She and Vivien Leight!

[@sleepingcinderella]

@@lucialu833 ❤️❤️🤗Two goddesses, I love Vivien Leigh too

[@magicjohnson2157]

I don't see it. She was whatever.

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

I agree, she was gorgeous till the very end of her life

[@burtturdison4445]

He walked in there a pompous man. He left as a humbled eunuch.

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

Lets not imply that eunuchs are/were some lower class and use this word as an insult.

[@abirbanerjee2543]

Elizabeth Taylor cannot be replaced in the next 100 decades

[@valkyrie4855]

Elizabeth Taylor has beautiful rare eyes as cleopatra i love her as cleopatra.

[@daguroswaldson257]

Especially by JI Jane's Bantuized spin off.

[@sleepingcinderella]

I love this scene so much!!!!! ❤️When she says:"ON YOUR KNEES!" so powerful! A true woman!!!

[@billyjesus5442]

romans would go on to bend over the whole of egypt.

[@yomnaawad3798]

You will find a lot of jealousy and hatred here, Cinderella 😂

[@mckitty4907]

@Girard so what??

[@sdlock83]

Not "powerful." The right words would be SPITEFUL.

[@PowerZtone-yo3ne]

She isn’t a true woman

[@barbarablue2571]

Cleopatra is the boss, Marc!!!

[@YuliaGrushevskaya-bi6he]

On your knees😂😅😊...❤🎉 you have asked for 1/3 of the Roman Empire..😂.... Love it. You have not been dismissed.. you are now dismissed😂❤

[@bisembert]

Absolutely magnificent!!..In that 2 minutes of imperious acting, Liz Taylor blew every other actor/ actress, in Hollywood history, out of the water.

[@PowerZtone-yo3ne]

No she didn’t

[@PowerZtone-yo3ne]

No

[@bisembert]

@@PowerZtone-yo3ne Yes.

[@bisembert]

@QuintinGregory-yo3ne Yes she did.

[@cliff9685]

This one scene is more entertaining than most 2+ hour long cgi crap movies we get today!

[@lgempet2869]

For whatever reason, I absolutely love Elizabeth’s outfit in this scene (the color/design). I always think that women look particularly amazing in more official/formal-type dress like this. When then Queen of England is dressed in her royal robes & crown, she looks incredible as well! There are many examples.

[@PowerZtone-yo3ne]

No

[@GoldLeafPress]

“You will kneel…on your knees” Giving off some hardcore king Joffrey vibes here! 😂

[@falconeshield]

Joffrey said he was King. Cleo IS Queen. No need to say it.

[@IrishAnnie]

Richard Burtons Roman outfit was made short deliberately to show off his legs. It looks pretty dumb and he was embarrassed about it.

[@HolgerRuneFan]

He still looks better in this dumb outfit than any other man ever born looks in an Armani suit.

[@partypiano0729]

Marc Antony use to show off his calves in real life.

[@dougstyles]

His biceps are tiny

[@wheelmanstan]

some dislike it, i love it, it's got all the eye candy, all the emotion, all the great dialogue, powerful historical figures, and possibly history's most interesting story, all that happened in the world during that very small window of time was huge

[@_scabs6669]

The costuming, the set designs... way better than CGI. Film is like sex and cooking - the real thing is always best.

[@josephkofisam7107]

No one then or now can play the part of Cleopatra as Elizabeth Taylor Once a queen always a queen

[@meme-afied7400]

Wow, girl knocked him down low

[@femmefatale4954]

Elizabeth Taylor 💕. 💕. 😍 😍 💕. 💕

[@ashikana21]

This is why Elizabeth is my favorite from this era

[@westyraviz]

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned!

[@valuecalc]

Right. I guess this was after he got married...

[@m4l3l1]

My favorite scene!!! What a queen you were Liz ❤❤

[@lauramLadyAnime]

Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra si badass, beautiful, intelligent, passionaly

[@caribeandude1]

With the exception of the silent Theda Bara movie, I have seen every movie Cleopatra ever made. No one portrayed the Queen of Egypt better than Elizabeth Taylor. This movie is a top notch production in every way and the acting is top notch as well. Any one who thinks differently... well...can kiss me arse.

[@lastmiles]

No argument from me whatsoever. I have no idea if the 1917 silent film even exists anymore. The sheer scale of this 1963 film is difficult to grasp. The size of the sets and the detail is amazing. That word gets used entirely too often but I feel "amazement" is the correct response.

[@jessicatsao92]

There is no film quite as epic and quite painstakingly made as this one in general, if I dare say. Elizabeth Taylor's Cleopatra is the dream of what movies from Hollywood are made of.

[@msmaria5039]

Way better than Netflix's Cleopatra that's for sure.

[@serena3673]

​@@msmaria5039 🤭

[@WildMen4444]

This movie is good but I prefer the 90s one with Leonor Varela and Billy Zane

[@darthstarkiller1912]

Talk about giving your ex hell.

[@27twilkes]

The costume design !!!!!!

[@davidpar2]

Marc Antony, always in the shadow of Julius Caesar Richard Burton, always in the shadow of Mike Todd

[@kevinscott1547]

This is my most favorite scene of the movie!

[@caribeandude1]

This scene is everything.

[@VanTM]

She's gorgeous. I'm mesmerized.

[@juliusphilipligan5975]

She speaks her words like a striking razor-sharp sword... Elizabeth Taylor is astonishing and beautiful as well...

[@Firefly14-c2v]

Cleopatra could speak, read and write, seven different languages. She was brilliant.

[@99fxgtjc]

I love how he throws his cape back

[@Axgoodofdunemaul]

Who are you in your little miniskirt?

[@maxheadshot3287]

'I will what ?' Love it.

[@CarBert-zd4ju]

His face :)

[@terryfowler6090]

I've always thought that Elizabeth Taylor was the most beautiful woman ever.

[@crocobaur5407]

You must be surrounded by the ugliest creatures from the swamp

[@sociosanch3748]

The cinematography is amazing

[@mq1712]

I like the movie, but Egypt never had the least chance again Rome and everyone knew it. But, it wouldn't have been such a good movie if it was more historically accurate. Burton: possibly the best actor of his day which is saying alot.

[@dougstyles]

Wow. That set is amazing.

[@lastmiles]

Did you notice the clever use of CGI and special effects? No? Good. There are none.

[@fionahamilton7231]

@@lastmiles cgi wasn't around in the 60s

[@caronstout354]

But there was Matte paintings...another lost effect due to CGI...

[@dawngilmour4218]

Love this movie. Elizabeth Taylor is awesome beauty and commands the screen in every scene. Richard Burton is magnificent. It's inevitable they should have an affair.

[@simrenbajaj6000]

They were married in real life when they were filming this

[@vincentcerasoli5969]

Best foreplay ever ;)

[@Republikaner1944]

I am sure that night in Rome after finishing of shooting for the day, Richard Burton blasted into Liz's bedroom claiming what was his under God's and human laws.

[@thelightwecarry]

Lol

[@malekiththeeternityking5433]

Mark Antony would not have called it the Roman Empire. It was the Roman Republic.

[@malekiththeeternityking5433]

And Egypt was a vassal of Rome so Cleopatra really comes off as stupid here

[@agentepolaris4914]

@@malekiththeeternityking5433 Mark Antony was a Simp

[@Medusa0999]

To be fair the director was writing the script between takes. So...😂

[@MrSqurk]

@@malekiththeeternityking5433 I don't really mind the "Roman Empire" comment. As we do refer to Octavian as the first emperor which isnt exactly true. But a vassal making those kinds of demands is pretty ridiculous.

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

@@malekiththeeternityking5433 Who comes stupid is the script writer and those who expect accuracy from the fiction...

[@pkb2891]

Can Netflix beat this!??😄

[@AskMeHistoryStuff]

His white outfit looks like a figure skating costume.

[@HoTrEtArDeDcHiXx]

Now, that, was hot

[@Kaboomboo]

Man, seeing this in the theaters when it first came out must've been an EVENT. The length, the sets, the costumes, the acting! They don't make them like that used to.

[@yvonneplant9434]

It was. I saw it when it was new in 1963.

[@NoName-yw1pt]

And they don't blackwash it, most importantly

[@PowerZtone-yo3ne]

Yes they do

[@PowerZtone-yo3ne]

@@NoName-yw1ptmo

[@PowerZtone-yo3ne]

@@yvonneplant9434no

[@quezcatol]

People literally kept calling out this cleopatra for years, especially lefties, when we know that she was a greek woman and addressed and described as a "inbred greek woman" and not egyptian, by the romans when she visited. yet now they wanna push a "BLACK" cleopatra? and a black egyptian court? when it was a greek-macedonia colony in which alexandria itself was named to honor their greek demi god, alexander the great, in which cleopatras ancestor was a general for.

[@TransoceanicOutreach]

'My grandmother told me, no matter what they tell you, cleopatra was BLACK!'. So was Isaac Newton, apparently. My great grandfathers second-cousin said so, while on crack.

[@PlanetIscandar]

@@TransoceanicOutreach Yeah, the old people knew the truth, unlike today. That is why most Greeks in Macedonia, especially in its capital (Thessalonica) are black even today.

[@mckitty4907]

He sure is cocky for a man wearing a miniskirt!

[@bregieirofernandes]

I forgot how badass ERT was in this movie

[@e.jenima7263]

you have to give Cleopatra some credit, she might have been many things but she was trying to revive and preserve the independence and glory of Egypt the Egyptian Empire , she failed miserably but still.

[@UWSPPhysicsFineArt]

Burton sounds like a hairdryer with dry bearings

[@jucamovi1992]

I remember my grandmother called Netflix saying to me: I don't care what they tell you on school, Cleopatra was black.

[@lastmiles]

At the very least she was clearly not pale white. Whatever.

[@thumperpaul155]

well except she wasnt.

[@jasonh6207]

@@lastmiles Race is not skin color. Skin color is a generally reliable identifying marker, but not entirely so

[@gabriele3665]

Augustus: Hoppity hoppity your kingdom is now my property

[@kingposeidon8888]

I love to see Elizabeth act 😊

[@galleryteneuesartnouveau9353]

She conquered Roman leaders Thier egos & Thier balls smh indeed such a powerful woman leader no unequal woman leader to date comparable to her she's one of a kind

[@deadend4425]

literally commited suicide fearing her life for a roman man

[@serena3673]

​@@deadend4425 Not her life but her legacy. She would have been stripped and paraded to be embarrassed in rome. Not to mention her children except her daughter were killed.

[@theendoftheworldasweknowit9894]

I love this scene so much!

[@kenlau457]

Hence lies Cleopatra's downfall....her obvious anger was because Antony married Octavia under Roman pressure hence making her his "harlot". It would appears her emotional ties to both Caesar and Antony clouded her judgment which lead to Egypt becoming just a mere part of the Roman Empire.

[@BloodMoonASMR]

What a diva!

[@SniffyPoo]

dang she aint messin round

[@torbergman6977]

Learn girls! ALWAYS treat men like this!!

[@viciouspoodle5543]

I wish they could locate and restore all the original footage. The movie, which should have been in two parts, was brutally cut. What happened to the lost footage?

[@thegrandline1890]

He should said "Republic" and not "Empire", Rome was not yet an empire during that time

[@lastmiles]

I do not think historical accuracy is an important concern here. The artistry is greater interest.

[@zainmudassir2964]

Me:Yes my Queen. * kneel *

[@daveshoe4574]

Never sees dialogue like this anymore. It’s always over the top and brash mix in with violences. They only need words and dammit they’re powerful words

[@MarburyMarket]

Notice how Elizabeth Taylor never blink her eyes in this scene. I wonder if that was intentional?

[@delverneseaman8074]

The beauty of Elizabeth Taylor and her performance.

[@sirupsee4698]

I think I know where GOT got that kneeling scene from

[@empresspalpatine8792]

Lol

[@itseilis7176]

omg at 2:26 thats my teacher

[@Alusnovalotus]

Good

[@balin1920]

Cleopatra had little to say by that point about Egypt.

[@alexandrejantroy6770]

Cléopâtra beautiful

[@edoardomonti4255]

A scene that every fan of femdom should have seen at least once in his life :)

[@s.r.t.5123]

Taylor and Burton were outstanding in these roles.

[@eliseereclus3475]

ELIZABETH TAYLOR... Impossible to be more beautiful than her...

[@willthetrill4849]

Imagine remaking this with the ancient Egyptian language?

[@jarek_426]

But Cleopatra was Greek so she probably did not speak fluent egyptian

[@martinliebig8677]

It sounds so banal. I demand, I say, I dont dismiss etc. Not a very convincting acting

[@NiNGamingNetwork]

Cleopatra is EGYPTIAN WITH EGYPTIAN BLOOD. I suggest you go read before posting that rubbish on here. No Greek can show or have that power. Only Egyptians can!

[@simrenbajaj6000]

It’s Coptic which is still spoken today

[@utizzle44]

@@NiNGamingNetwork you cleopatra was of Macedonian decent. Her dynasty was started by Ptolemy, one of Alexander the Great’s generals. Her bloodline was Macedonian for the most part with some Persian somewhere in there. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleopatra

[@Tawadeb]

Theres some chemistry there!!

[@JamesPortoraro]

Cleopatra died before the birth of the Roman Empire

[@faustusliviuspraetextatus6773]

Well the Romans did not have an official name for itself. The term "SPQR" did not have the same meaning as our current format, "The Republic of _____". But, they understand that the term "Imperium Romanum" referred to the entire territory that was held under the dominion of Rome. And Imperium Romanum translated to the Roman Empire, although its entire meaning might not be totally equivalent to our understanding of "empire".

[@biloz2988]

No wonder she was famous and beloved

[@Sakristan-Anth]

1:02 - 1:03 - Mark Antony: "I will... WHAT?!"

[@martinluthor762]

She said, "on your knees", he gets on one knee.... so he still didn't take any notice.

[@Cool_Guy_86_Ja]

"On your knees" she said but the way she handled him, she might well have said "bend over" instead 🤣

[@ombreross]

They say several times “Roman Empire”. At the time of Cleopatra and Antony there wasn’t any Roman Empire, Rome was still a republic.

[@Bobaklives]

0:34 You can really see Elizabeth Taylor’s tracheotomy scar in this scene - it was part of the reason her costumes included so many big necklaces. The tracheotomy was the result of a bout with pneumonia that left her gasping for air - it was a minor incision, and she later had surgery to remove the scar.

[@lastmiles]

Thank you for a comment that contributes something. It is somewhat disheartening to read the "comment" section on KZbin only to see proof that a million monkeys with typewriters do NOT create Hamlet.

[@thedot3814]

Mom loved this movie. I loved watching it with her.

[@vjrei]

What a gorgeous woman. She was 34.... perfect.

[@DamianOchramowicz]

Am I only miss the times, when in movies adults talked to each other like adults, and not like constantly offended children?

[@Wurzelknecht]

Anthony seemed pretty offended to me, and Cleo acted rather childish in her petty determination to humiliate him. So I don't know what you're getting at.

[@deborahbarbour2241]

She's wearing a red crown & dark blue robe with white stars. 4th of July? 😂🎉

[@TheRoyalBavarian]

Like being under the thumb of the old Catholic nun I had in sixth grade. Couldn't get away with nothing.

[@dave_goldcrest]

Very dramatic, but he would never have kneeled.

[@evil_chuck]

Mark Antony was in love with Cleopatra. He would have knelt and asked her forgiveness by kissing her foot if she had granted him a private audience with her. I assure you that.