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Land of the Pharaohs

  • 19551955
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  • 1h 46m
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6.6/10
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Land of the Pharaohs (1955)
A captured architect designs an ingenious plan to ensure the impregnability of the tomb of a self-absorbed Pharaoh, obsessed with the security of his next life.
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A captured architect designs an ingenious plan to ensure the impregnability of the tomb of a self-absorbed Pharaoh, obsessed with the security of his next life.A captured architect designs an ingenious plan to ensure the impregnability of the tomb of a self-absorbed Pharaoh, obsessed with the security of his next life.A captured architect designs an ingenious plan to ensure the impregnability of the tomb of a self-absorbed Pharaoh, obsessed with the security of his next life.
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4.2K
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    • Howard Hawks
    • William Faulkner
    • Harry Kurnitz
    • Harold Jack Bloom
  • Stars
    • Jack Hawkins
    • Joan Collins
    • Dewey Martin
    • Howard Hawks
    • William Faulkner
    • Harry Kurnitz
    • Harold Jack Bloom
  • Stars
    • Jack Hawkins
    • Joan Collins
    • Dewey Martin
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    • 99User reviews
    • 28Critic reviews
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    Joan Collins in Land of the Pharaohs (1955)
    Joan Collins and Alexis Minotis in Land of the Pharaohs (1955)
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    Joan Collins, Howard Hawks, and Sydney Chaplin in Land of the Pharaohs (1955)
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    Jack Hawkins
    Jack Hawkins
    • Pharaoh Khufu
    Joan Collins
    Joan Collins
    • Princess Nellifer
    Dewey Martin
    Dewey Martin
    • Senta, Vashtar's Son
    Alexis Minotis
    Alexis Minotis
    • Hamar, the High Priest
    James Robertson Justice
    James Robertson Justice
    • Vashtar, the Master Architect
    Luisella Boni
    Luisella Boni
    • Kyra
    • (as Luisa Boni)
    Sydney Chaplin
    Sydney Chaplin
    • Treneh, The Captain of the Guard
    James Hayter
    James Hayter
    • Mikka, Vashtar's Servant
    Kerima
    Kerima
    • Queen Nailla
    Piero Giagnoni
    • Xenon
    Ferruccio Amendola
    • Egyptian Architect
    • (uncredited)
    Gianfranco Bellini
    • Captain of the Guard
    • (uncredited)
    Valérie Camille
    • Dancer at the Party
    • (uncredited)
    Diego Carlisi
    • Priest
    • (uncredited)
    Carlo D'Angelo
    Carlo D'Angelo
    • Nabuna, Nellifer's Bodyguard
    • (uncredited)
    Cyril Delevanti
    Cyril Delevanti
    • Bit Part
    • (uncredited)
    Vittoria Febbi
    • Mea
    • (uncredited)
    David Muss
    • Dancer at the Party
    • (uncredited)
      • Howard Hawks
      • William Faulkner
      • Harry Kurnitz
      • Harold Jack Bloom
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    • Trivia
      The movie was Producer and Director Howard Hawks' first commercial failure. It caused him to take a break from directing and travel through Europe for a few years. His next movie, Rio Bravo (1959), was the longest break between two movies in his career.
    • Goofs
      Domesticated camels feature throughout the film, which is set in the early Old Kingdom. But the camel was not domesticated around Egypt until the end of the New Kingdom, some two thousand years later.
    • Quotes

      Princess Nellifer: [contemptuously] My Lord Priest, I'm well aware of your hostility and emnity. May I say that the feeling is mutual. Within thirty days I ...

      Hamar: [interrupting her] A long time ago, Your Majesty, I made a pact and swore to be buried with my friend and ruler. Therefore, Madam, when you are Queen, I will not be here, and you no longer need to worry about me.

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      Edited into The Story of Mankind (1957)

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    7/10
    "Who ever heard of a slave having a slave?"
    Undoubtedly, "Land of the Pharaohs" is likely overlooked when film buffs consider what constitutes Howard Hawks's best work. It's rather giggle inducing when one thinks about the utter miscasting of most of the actors, and the utter silliness of so many lines. But that doesn't necessarily mean that it's a bad film. On the contrary, it's actually exquisitely made, on an obviously very impressive budget. Hawks and company work with literally thousands of extras in some scenes, and the production design and CinemaScope photography are among the best one will see for this genre.

    Jack Hawkins plays an Egyptian pharaoh named Khufu, who wants to be extremely prepared for his "second" life. He desires the perfect pyramid to be built to house his body and his plethora of treasures obtained from war. He learns that one of his current prisoners, Vashtar (James Robertson Justice), is an experienced architect, and indeed Vashtar comes up with some ingenious ideas for crafting an impregnable fortress. Meanwhile, Khufu obtains himself wife # 2, a young princess named Nellifer (Joan Collins). And she's a greedy and conniving person who stops at nothing to get what she wants.

    "Land of the Pharaohs" may be a challenge for some people to take seriously, but technically it really is well made, and it's consistently entertaining. Also in the cast are Dewey Martin as Vashtars' son Senta, Alexis Minotis as Khufu's loyal high priest Hamar, Sydney Chaplin as the traitorous Treneh, and James Hayter as Vashtars' friend Mikka. These people all do the very best that they can, but it's the ravishing young Collins who tends to steal the show - and whom the audience is likely to remember the most.

    Among the heaviest assets that this can boast are Dimitri Tiomkins' rousing music score, the cinematography by Lee Garmes & Russell Harlan, the art direction by Alexandre Trauner. and the various costumes (especially those worn by Collins). Viewers may also get a big kick out of the fairly grim twist ending.

    Seven out of 10.
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      • June 24, 1955 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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      • The Unfinished Obelisk, Aswan, Egypt
    • Production company
      • Continental Company
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