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Julius Caesar

December 30, 1994 TV Episode Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

Studio
Christmas Films, Soyuzmultfilm, Sianel 4 Cymru (S4C), British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC Wales), HIT Entertainment PLC, Home Box Office (HBO), Fujisankei, Dave Edwards Studio Cardiff
Animation studio
Soyuzmultfilm
Distributor
British Broadcasting Corporation

Synopsis

Shakespeare's dramatization of the alliances and intrigues that surrounded and finally destroyed the great Roman general is rendered with style and subtlety by superb cel animation. This study of personal power versus the good of the state is still as provoking as ever.

Characters

Caesar, Calphurnia, Brutus, Cassius, Mark Antony, Portia, Casca, Octavius, Soothsayer, Trebonius, Cinna, Decius, Lucius

Credits

Directing

Director
Yuri Kulakov

Producing

Producer
Dave Edwards
Producer (Christmas Films)
Renat Zinnurov
Executive Producers
Elizabeth Babakhina, Christopher Grace
Associate Producer (HIT Entertainment)
Peter Orton
Associate Producer (BBC)
Theresa Plummer-Andrews
Associate Producer (Soyuzmultfilms)
Stanislav Roshkov

Writing

Writer
Leon Garfield (Screenplay)
Based On The Original Plays By
William Shakespeare

Voices

Voice
Joss Ackland (Caesar), Frances Tomelty (Calphurnia), David Robb (Brutus), Hugh Quarshie (Cassius), Jim Carter (Mark Antony), Judith Sharp (Portia), Peter Woodthorpe (Casca), Andrew Wincott (Narrator, Octavius), Dillwyn Owen (Soothsayer, Trebonius), Tony Leader (Cinna, Decius), John Miers (Lucius)

Music

Music
Yuri Novikov

Editing

Editor
Nadezhda Treschyova
Supervising Editor
Elena Mikhailova
Post-Production Editor
Terry Brown

Crew

Production Design
Natalia Demidova, Peter Kotov
Production Managers
Alexander Sokolov, Philip Watkins
Artist
Lyubov Gorelova
Music Recording Directors
Rauf Atamalibekov, Vyacheslav Bednov, Sergei Karpov, Gennadi Papin
Music Editor
Nina Savicheva
Conductor
Algirdas Paulavitchus
Camera Operator
Vadim Prudnikov
Sound Engineer
Martin Gifford
Dubbing Engineer
Billy Mahoney
Stunts
Marc Cass
Interpreters
Inna Basharimova, Natalia Filatova, Natalia Stebletzova, Maria Torchinskaya, Julia Yeryomina
Video Coordinator
Marley Bryan
Production Secretary
Trina Flower
Lighting Designer
Vladimir Gogelgants
Legal Coordinator
Sara Griffiths
Production Coordinators
Huw Walters, Igor Markozyan
Academic Advisor
Dr. Rex Gibson
Educational Advisor
Michael Marland
Literary Advisor
Professor Stanley Wells
Laboratories
Mosfilm, Moscow, United Kingdom
Production Assistants
Vera Lavrik, Anna Roberts, Alina Vlasova
Production Accountant
Margaret Stanley

Companies and other credits

  • Academic Coordinator: Roy Kendall
  • Laboratories: Studio Film Laboratories Ltd
  • Video Facilities: SVC Television (London)
  • Completion Guarantee: Film Finances Limited

Production notes

Cel animation.