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In 1996, audiences were offered two cinematic visions of antiquity: the stoic, Oscar-winning Braveheart and the forgotten debacle that is The Love Nights of Anthony and Cleopatra . Produced by the notorious Italian financier Tonino Ferretti (known for funding spaghetti westerns well past their expiration date), the film was shot entirely on a single soundstage in Cinecittà, using leftover sets from a never-completed biblical epic. The result is a film that feels less like history and more like a feverish hallucination of history—a world where Mark Antony’s Roman armor features LED lights, and Cleopatra’s palace has a mirrored disco ball. The Love Nights of Anthony and Cleopatra -1996-
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. Marketed as a "big budget adult movie spectacular," it leans heavily into the "wine, women, and debauchery" aspect of the famous historical duo. Production & Cast "Then let Rome burn, my general," she replied,