Shakespeare's backstabbing drama where the stabbing is VERY literal.
After Pompey's defeat at the Battle of Farsalia, Julius Caesar becomes the beacon of the Roman Republic and the master of its destiny; but many patricians want to avoid the birth of a tyranny and plot to assassinate him…
Acting
Ismael Merlo's Caesar: arrogant, magnetic, doomed.
Writing
Shakespeare's dialogue survives even Spanish TV budgets.
Director
Pedro Amalio López
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This 1965 Spanish TV adaptation was shot on minimal sets with a cast more accustomed to theatre than screen acting.
The Ides of March (March 15) became shorthand for betrayal after Shakespeare, not actual Roman historians who barely noted the date.
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