A gripping speech in the opening scene catapults the audience to ancient Rome, bringing it alive through the production design mimicking Roman architecture and language. Audiences are immediately engaged in the film from the very beginning.

Seeing death as inevitable, Brutus kills himself and is pardoned by Octavius as acting, in what he believed, to be the best course of action for Rome. They achieve their goal with Cassius and Titinius (John Parrish) being killed in the war that ensues, leaving only Brutus left alive of the conspirators. Mark Antony (Marlon Brando), who was led away from Caesar on the fateful day under false pretenses, joins with Caesar's adopted son and successor, Octavius (Douglass Watson) to avenge his death. Upon seeing his dear friend Brutus among the murderers, Caesar succumbs to his wounds and dies. Ignoring this second warning, Caesar makes his way to the senate where the conspirators circle him and begin to stab him one by one. Caesar scoffs and goes anyway, being warned by another Soothsayer along the way. On the 15th day of March, Caesar prepares to go to the senate, his wife Calpurnia (Greer Garson) begs him not to go due to a vivid dream she had in which Caesar was murdered. Fueled by lies and anger, a plot is masterminded to murder Caesar. They believe Caesar to be untrustworthy and think he will become a tyrant. Caesar ignores the warning and goes about the celebration unknowing that conversations are taking place regarding his rise to power. During a victory celebration Caesar attends with his most trusted allies Cassius (John Gielgud) and Brutus (James Mason) he is warned by a Soothsayer to beware the Ides of March. Caesar is enjoying more praise than ever when he returns to Rome after defeating Pompey. Julius Caesar, the film, goes down a dark road proving Nietzsche's Will to Power lives within even the most trusted of our allies. With Louis Calhern in the titular role and Marlon Brando as his faithful friend Mark Antony, the film goes into great detail about what gets Caesar killed by associates of his, and even greater detail of the thirst for power after his death. Mankiewicz's 1953 film exploring the life and death of larger than life Julius Caesar wastes no time engaging the audience.

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