Julius Caesar

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

• Release date
• June 24, 2012
• Runtime
• 150 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Gregory Doran

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