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Land of the Pharaohs (1955)
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24 June 1955 (USA) moreTagline:
HER BLOOD STAINED EVERY STONE OF THE PYRAMID morePlot:
A captured architect designs an ingenious plan to insure the impregnability of tomb of a self-absorbed Pharaoh, obsessed with the security of his next life. full summary | full synopsisNewsDesk:
24 Hours of Avant-Garde: The Good Hours, Part II(From The Auteurs. 29 October 2009, 6:58 AM, PDT)
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Actually better than most desert sands of ancient Egypt sagas. more (46 total)Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Jack Hawkins | ... | Pharaoh Khufu | |
| Joan Collins | ... | Princess Nellifer | |
| Dewey Martin | ... | Senta | |
| Alex Minotis | ... | Hamar (as Alexis Minotis) | |
| James Robertson Justice | ... | Vashtar | |
| Luisella Boni | ... | Kyra (as Luisa Boni) | |
| Sydney Chaplin | ... | Treneh | |
| James Hayter | ... | Mikka, Vashtar's servant | |
| Kerima | ... | Nailla | |
| Piero Giagnoni | ... | Xenon (Pharaoh's Son) |
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Canada:144 min | UK:105 minCountry:
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2.55 : 1 moreCertification:
UK:U (cut) | Australia:G | West Germany:12 | USA:Approved (certificate #16995) | Finland:K-16 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15Fun Stuff
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Although the ancient Egyptians did indeed have a close relationship with the Nile Crocodile (which is believed to have included sacrifices and mummification), the reptiles in the film are actually American Alligators. moreGoofs:
Anachronisms: In the opening scene the pharaoh is described as a descendant of the sun god Amon / Amun. But during the Old Kingdom the the sun god was Ra. Amun only rose to prominence, and merged with Ra, as Amun-Ra, during the Middle Kingdom, some thousand years later. moreQuotes:
[first lines]Hamar: I, Hamar, Lord High Priest of Egypt, am preparing a chronicle of the reign of Khufu, ruler of Egypt. Word has come that again he has been victorious in the war against our enemies and now Egypt has taken its place as the greatest of all nations in the world! Today, Pharaoh and his armies return.
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While this may be a somewhat Readers Digest-level glimpse of 'pharaonic' Egypt - at the height of pyramid building, it has both high production values (-for the 50s-) as well as making an earnest attempt at accurately depicting what we then knew of ancient Egyptian life. Jack Hawkins - as Pharaoh, gives a better than journeyman's portrayal of a kindly autocratic leader, his beliefs, strivings and motivations - all conveyed believably. A youthful (very) Joan Collins - and maybe a bit on the chubby side, does rather well with a weakly written and somewhat soap-opera'ish part as the conniving #2 queen. James Robertson Justice is superb as the captured and enslaved architect-engineer; the one whom designs and then oversees for Pharaoh the building of his funerary pyramid; a structure replete with multiple self-sealing stone doors ingeniously powered by the "hydraulics" of sand. The cinematography, pacing and continuity are at the very least good. Director Howard Hawks does masterfully as a story teller with something worth saying. For its genre and vintage this is both a story and movie worthy of a view - especially by those inclined to also be somewhat interested in the 'how' of those ancient times as well as the 'who' and 'why.' It would be nice if this was soon available on DVD.