Pharaoh

Directed by: Jerzy Kawalerowicz

Written by: Tadeusz Konwicki, Jerzy Kawalerowicz

Director of cinematography: Jerzy Wójcik, Wiesław Zdort

Music by: Adam Walaciński

Cast: Jerzy Zelnik, Andrzej Girtler, Wiesława Mazurkiewicz, Piotr Pawłowski, Stanisław Milski, Leszek Herdegen, Barbara Brylska, Krystyna Mikołajewska

Produced by: Zespół Filmowy KADR

The analysis of the two ideas of power system: the pragmatic one represented by priests and the romantic one represented by the young pharaoh.

Political drama and costume spectacle. One of the most prestigious productoins of the Polish People’s Republic period. The scenes were shot in Europe, Asia, Africa, Poland – by the Lake Kirsajty – and in the Lodz Film Stidios atelier. Mass scense were taken on the desert in Uzbekistan.