Cleopatra is still a young teenager, the daughter of the Pharoah, and living a privileged life in her father's elegant palace in Egypt. When attempts against her father's life are made, he must go into hiding. Cleopatra joins him, and together the two sail for Rome, where Cleopatra finds herself a stranger in a strange land. She cannot understand the different customs of the Romans, but she must learn to if she is to persuade them to help restore her father to the throne and earn the right to become ruler of Egypt some day. Based on the children's book, "The Royal Diaries: Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile-57 B.C.".
Costume
Egyptian-Roman fusion looks that screamed 2000 mall fashion.
Acting
Elisa Moolecherry's dramatic teen queen commitment is unhinged.
Production
Shot in Toronto pretending to be Rome pretending to matter.
Director
Randy Bradshaw
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of a Scholastic book-to-screen pipeline that also spawned Anne Frank and Elizabeth I versions. The 2000s were wild for YA historical content.
This aired on HBO Family, which explains why teen Cleopatra's political scheming feels oddly sanitized yet melodramatic. The 27-minute runtime was designed for classroom attention spans.
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