Batman: Knightfall Part 1: Knightfall
2026 · Animation · Action
← Back to discoveries
Film / 2018
National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar
Directed by
Tony Grech-Smith
Caesar returns in triumph to Rome and the people pour out of their homes to celebrate. Alarmed by the autocrat’s popularity, the educated élite conspire to bring him down. After his assassination, civil war erupts on the streets of the capital. Nicholas Hytner’s production will thrust the audience into the street party that greets Caesar’s return, the congress that witnesses his murder, the rally that assembles for his funeral and the chaos that explodes in …
The story
Caesar returns in triumph to Rome and the people pour out of their homes to celebrate. Alarmed by the autocrat’s popularity, the educated élite conspire to bring him down. After his assassination, civil war erupts on the streets of the capital. Nicholas Hytner’s production will thrust the audience into the street party that greets Caesar’s return, the congress that witnesses his murder, the rally that assembles for his funeral and the chaos that explodes in its wake.
Cast
David CalderJulius Caesar
Michelle FairleyCaius Cassius
David MorrisseyMark Antony
Ben WhishawMarcus Brutus
Wendy KwehCalpurnia / Varro
Leaphia DarkoPortia
Fred FergusLucius / Cinna the Poet / Street Band
Kit YoungOctavius Caesar / Street Band
Mark PenfoldLepidus / Caius Ligarius / Soothsayer
Adjoa AndohCasca
Nick SampsonCinna
Leila FarzadDecius Brutus
More to discover
The Shawshank Redemption
1994 · Drama · Crime
The Godfather
1972 · Drama · Crime
Interstellar
2014 · Adventure · Drama
Michael
2026 · Music · Drama
The Shadow's Edge
2025 · Action · Crime