Pharaoh

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The Pharaoh ( Faraon ) is a Polish peplum directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz , released in 1966 .

This carefully crafted drama, taken from the homonymous novel by Bolesław Prus published in 1897, has an ideological background. The communist power of the time, by financing the film, invited to see a metaphor of its own situation against the powerful Polish Catholic Church.

Synopsis

This film describes the manipulations of conservative priests and high priests against the new monarch Ramses XIII 1 , too progressive in their eyes, and they will eventually eliminate playing popular credulity.

Technical sheet

  • Title: The Pharaoh
  • Original title: Faraon
  • Director: Jerzy Kawalerowicz
  • Scenario: Tadeusz Konwicki , Jerzy Kawalerowicz
  • Original novel by Bolesław Prus
  • Music: Adam Walaciński
  • Photography: Jerzy Wójcik
  • Country of origin: Poland
  • Format: Color
  • Genre: Drama
  • Duration: 140 minutes
  • Release date: 1966

Distribution

  • Jerzy Zelnik (VF: Michael the Royer ) : Ramses XIII
  • Piotr Pawłowski (VF: Jean-Francois Laley) : Herhor
  • Leszek Herdegen (VF: Roland Menard ) : Pentuer
  • Wiesława Mazurkiewicz ( Photo : Claire Guibert ) : Nikotris
  • Krystyna Mikolajewska (VF: Michèle Montel ) : Sarah
  • Leszek Herdegen (VF: Roland Menard ) : Pentuer
  • Stanislaw Milski (VF: Louis Arbessier ) : Mephers
  • Alfred Lodzinski (VF: Serge Nadaud ) : Hiram
  • Andrzej Girtler (VF: Gerard Ferat) : Ramses XII
  • Wiktor Grotowicz (VF: Edmond Bernard ) : Nitager
  • Barbara Brylska : Kama
  • Lucyna Winnicka : Priestess of the mummification of Ramses XII

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Fictional character, the dynasty of Ramses stopping at the XI th

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