Rufio — Caesar and Cleopatra Character Profile

About Rufio

Caesar's aide tasked with seizing the Pharos lighthouse. Kills Ftatateeta after discovering her role in Pothinus's assassination. Caesar defends his actions as pragmatic and appoints him governor of the province.

Character Facts

Played by

Basil Sydney

Appears in

Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Rufio — Professional Commander — Julius Caesar (Claude Rains)

  Roman general and his trusted military aide.

• Rufio — Conflict Killer — Ftatateeta (Flora Robson)

  Roman soldier who executes the queen's nurse.

• Rufio — Conflict Accuser — Cleopatra (Vivien Leigh)

  Queen confronting the soldier who killed her nurse.

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More characters from Caesar and Cleopatra

• Julius Caesar (Claude Rains)
• Cleopatra (Vivien Leigh)
• Apollodorus (Stewart Granger)
• Ftatateeta (Flora Robson)
• Ptolemy (Anthony Harvey)
• Pothinus (Francis L. Sullivan)
• 1st. Auxiliary Sentinel (John Laurie)
• Major Domo (Esme Percy)
• 1st Centurion (Michael Rennie)
• Belzanor (Stanley Holloway)
• Britannus (Cecil Parker)
• Bel Affris (Leo Genn)