Cleopatra: Portrait of a Killer

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.

Directed by Mark Lewis, Paul Elston

Top cast

Neil Oliver

Narrator (voice)

Prudence Jones

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Stanley Burstein

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Hilke Thür

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Fabian Kanz

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Caroline Wilkinson

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Georg Plattner

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Robert Kalasek

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Sabine Ladstätter

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Christopher Rynn

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Camelia Ben Sakour

Cleopatra

Karima Gouit

Arsinoe

Ian McNeice

Cassius Dio

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Daniel Pellean

Julius Caesar

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Youness Bounani

Ptolemy XIV

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Habib Yassine Adjou

Ptolemy XIII

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