Pharaoh
Faraon
Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Nice centuries before Christ, young Ramses XIII sits on the throne but has no power, the true power being held by the high priest Herhor. Ramses is unable to turn his ideas into political action, and a strategic struggle begins with the priests, masters of treachery and intrigue...
With : George Zelnik, Piotr Pawlowski, Leszek Herdegen, Wieslawa Mazurkiewicz
Screenplay : Jerzy Kawalerowicz d'après le roman Boleslaw Prus
Image : Jerzy Wojcik
Music : Adam Walacinski
Screenplay : Jerzy Kawalerowicz d'après le roman Boleslaw Prus
Image : Jerzy Wojcik
Music : Adam Walacinski
Production : KADR
Distribution: Jeck Films
Distribution: Jeck Films
Produced with a considerable budget, Pharaoh nevertheless aspires to be more than simply a poor copy of a Western super-production. Kawalerowicz insists, "I wasn't trying to make a blockbuster, with epic battles and thousands of extras. I read Prus' novel with the eyes of a contemporary man, and it contained living, contemporary problems." By valorising youthful romanticism, he found himself sharing the ideal of the Polish School: romantic effort in defeat. "Pharaoh is an epic film that incorporates an intellectual and aesthetic meditation on power, the function of the State, the sacrifices it demands and the ideology it represents" (B. Michalek).