Young Pharaoh Ramses XIII clashes with Egypt's clergy over influence on the affairs of the state and its coffers. inexperienced, but quite ambitious pharaoh is putting up a fight against a powerful clan of priests usurping rule over the country.
Production
Built actual temples; 32,000 costumes; pure unhinged ambition
Cinematography
Scope so wide you can feel the desert heat
Costume
Every priest gets their own metallic thread budget
Director
Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Jerzy Zelnik
Ramesses XIII / Lycon
Wiesława Mazurkiewicz
Nikrotis
Barbara Brylska
Kama
Krystyna Mikołajewska
Sarah
Ewa Krzyżewska
Hebron
Piotr Pawłowski
Herhor
Leszek Herdegen
Pentuer
Stanisław Milski
High Priest Mefres
Kazimierz Opaliński
Beroes
Mieczysław Voit
Priest of Seth
Alfred Łodziński
Hiram
Andrzej Girtler
Ramses XII
Emir Buczacki
Thutmose
Edward Rączkowski
Dagon
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in Uzbekistan and Crimea because communist Poland couldn't replicate desert—yet still built temples more accurate than most Hollywood epics.
Banned in Egypt for 'distorting history,' which is hilarious given it's a Polish film about Egyptian politics made behind the Iron Curtain—layers of projection everywhere.
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