The Pharaohs' Woman (1960)
"La donna dei faraoni" (original title)

A beautiful girl and a young physician fall in love in the midst of a family, and power struggle between rival princes of Upper and Lower Egypt. When all seems to turn to the better, a ... See full summary »

Director:

Viktor Tourjansky

Writers:

Remigio Del Grosso, Ugo Liberatore,

Stars:

Linda Cristal, Pierre Brice, Armando Francioli

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Linda Cristal	...	Akis
Pierre Brice	...	Amosis the Physician
Armando Francioli	...	Ramses prince of Thebes
John Drew Barrymore	...	Sabaku prince of Bubastis
Lilli Lembo	...	Mareth
Nerio Bernardi
Guido Celano
Andreina Rossi	...	High Priestess
Ugo Sasso
Nando Angelini
Nadia Brivio
Enzo Fiermonte
Luciano Francioli
Fedele Gentile
Nino Marchetti

Storyline

A beautiful girl and a young physician fall in love in the midst of a family, and power struggle between rival princes of Upper and Lower Egypt. When all seems to turn to the better, a dejected woman gets her revenge, and the couple's destruction.

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Plot Keywords:

revenge | ancient egypt | epic | peplum | desert | 

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Genres:

Adventure | History | Romance

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Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

May 1961 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Pharaohs' Woman

Filming Locations:

Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

Vic Film, Faro Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This was the first feature released in Techniscope.

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Connections

Version of The Loves of Pharaoh (1922)

User Reviews

One of the few and more successful attempts to portray life in Ancient Egypt

An earnest and largely successful attempt to portray life in ancient Egypt through the story of an ambitious woman who aggressively hooks up with three young nobles by swimming out to their pleasure barge on the Nile river, rather like an eager groupie going along for a joy ride. Eventually, the rival lords (Barrymore and Francioli) each become a pharaoh, one of upper and one of lower Egypt. The girl (Linda Cristal) becomes a queen but her ambition ends in ruin as the two kings war with each other. The third lord (Brice), a loyal physician is finally rewarded by pairing up with the deposed queen. Costumes, sets, and such props as the royal barge are convincing with colorful period detail and Cristal is lovely, as usual.