Pharaoh (film)

Pharaoh Polish Faraon is a 1966 Polish film directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz and adapted from the eponymous novel by the Polish writer Bolesaw Prus. In 1967 it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It was also entered into the 1966 Cannes Film Festival.

Kawalerowiczs coauthor of the scenario, Tadeusz Konwicki, commented Its not a historical novel in the full sense of the word, its above all a penetrating analysis of a system of power.... The story of Ramses XIII is a typical example of the actions of a young person who enters upon life with a faith and need for renewal. He does not yet know anything about higher reasons of state, he has no interest in the laws governing the complex apparatus of power. It seems to him that he is the person to change the existing order of things.Pharaoh s production took three years, beginning in the fall of 1962 with the setting up of a studio in d which did indepth studies of the costumes and realia of life in ancient Egypt. Filming took place in Europe, Asia and Africa. Most of the indoor scenes of the pharaohs palace, the temples and the Labyrinth were shot at the d studio. The Warsaw River Shipyard built an Egyptian ship according to drawings from 4,000 years ago. An artificial island was created on Lake Kirsajty, near Giycko, Poland, and planted with palms and lotus for the scene involving Ramses row on the Nile with Sara. ........

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