Project Detail

A Short Epic About Love

Synopsis

The story of the other love affair on the set of Hollywood's most expensive film of its day. Against the backdrop of 'La Scandale', the famous love affair of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, a young woman finds romance in the backstage world of the 1963 epic Cleopatra.

Details

Year
2013
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
20 mins
Format
35mm
Director
Josephine Halbert
Producer
Josephine Halbert
Co-Producer
Jack Tarling
Editor
Karoline Moser
Screenwriter
Josephine Halbert
Director of Photography
Taina Galis
Production Designer
Lisa O'Grady
Sound
Michele Woods
Composer
Sarah Llewellyn
Principal cast
Rhodri Miles, Charlotte Quita Jones, Cesare Taurasi, Aiste Gramantaite

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Told In Pictures

Contact: Josephine Halbert

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