The events of Julius Caesar's last years are recounted in abbreviated form, from his return from Gaul to Brutus' death at Phillippi.
It's difficult to award this a very high rating simply because it's the properly the story of an epic, and in 1909, even Pastrone, who would become world renowned for his epics only had a reel of film to tell his story in. It was produced in 1909, after all, and feature-length movies would not begin in Italy until late the following year. Yet clearly, money has been spent on this movie, for costumes and sets and decorations. If the silent acting involves a lot of hand waving, that was the style of the day.
It's difficult to award this a very high rating simply because it's the properly the story of an epic, and in 1909, even Pastrone, who would become world renowned for his epics only had a reel of film to tell his story in. It was produced in 1909, after all, and feature-length movies would not begin in Italy until late the following year. Yet clearly, money has been spent on this movie, for costumes and sets and decorations. If the silent acting involves a lot of hand waving, that was the style of the day.