在这部裘力斯·凯撒传记/历史片中,This is the Italian epic of Julius Caesar from 1914. Much like Cabiria in length and scope and also in expressing the imperial ambitions of Italy at the time (even though the fascists hadn't yet come to power). Apparently this, the international version, was toned down while the Italian version was more agressive.
Dutch intertitles - but the story of Caesar is of course well known (or easy to learn quickly from wikipedia).
Historical article: "Caesar, Cinema, and National Identity in the 1910s" in: Julius Caesar in Western Culture, Maria Wyke ed., (2006).
Before reaching his twentieth birthday, Caesar meets and falls madly in love with pretty Cornelia, daughter of Lucius Cinna. They are soon married despite the advice of their friends, who well know the bitter animosity existing between Sulla, dictator of Rome, and Lucius Cinna. The immediate result of this hasty marriage is an annulment and the banishment from Rome of Caesar. He leaves, vowing that the eternal city shall again hear of him. This does not occur until twenty years later, when he returns at news of Sulla's death and plunges briskly into the campaign for the consulship. In this he is aided by Calpurnia, daughter of the wealthy Piso. Caesar and Calpurnia are married and Caesar is elected to the consulship in the face of strong opposition by Cato, the younger, who fears the growing popularity of the still youthful statesman. To further fortify himself against the attacks of Cato, Caesar forms a political alliance with Pompey. which later grows into the first triumvirate ...
