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Land of the Pharaohs ()

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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.
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Pharaoh Khufu
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Princess Nellifer
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Senta, Vashtar's Son
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Hamar, the High Priest
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Vashtar, the Master Architect
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Kyra (as Luisa Boni)
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Treneh, The Captain of the Guard
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Mikka, Vashtar's Servant
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Queen Nailla
Piero Giagnoni ...
Xenon
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Ferruccio Amendola ...
Egyptian Architect (uncredited)
Gianfranco Bellini ...
Captain of the Guard (uncredited)
Valérie Camille ...
Dancer at the Party (uncredited)
Diego Carlisi ...
Priest (uncredited)
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Nabuna, Nellifer's Bodyguard (uncredited)
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Bit Part (uncredited)
Vittoria Febbi ...
Mea (uncredited)
David Muss ...
Dancer at the Party (uncredited)
The Paul Steffan Dancers ...
Dancer at the Party (uncredited)
Bud Thompson ...
Dancer at the Party (uncredited)
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Screaming Victim (uncredited) (archiveSound)

Directed by

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Howard Hawks

Written by

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William Faulkner ... (written by) &
Harry Kurnitz ... (written by) and
Harold Jack Bloom ... (written by)

Produced by

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Chuck Hansen ... associate producer (uncredited)
Howard Hawks ... producer (produced by)
Arthur Siteman ... associate producer

Music by

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Dimitri Tiomkin

Cinematography by

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Lee Garmes ... (photographed by)
Russell Harlan ... (photographed by)

Editing by

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Vladimir Sagovsky ... (as V. Sagovsky)

Editorial Department

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Rudi Fehr ... supervising editor

Art Direction by

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Alexandre Trauner

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Mayo
Lucilla Mussini ... (uncredited)

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Emile LaVigne ... makeup artist (as Emile Lavigne)
Ann Locker ... hair stylist

Production Management

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Chuck Hansen ... unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Paul Helmick ... assistant director
Noël Howard ... second unit director (as Noel Howard)
Alfonso Felici ... assistant director: location (uncredited)
Chuck Hansen ... second assistant director (uncredited)
Jean-Paul Sassy ... assistant director (uncredited)

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Eddie Fowlie ... property master (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Oliver S. Garretson ... sound
Ed Scheid ... sound editor (uncredited)
Malcolm Stewart ... sound playback (uncredited)

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Donald Steward ... special effects (as Don Steward)

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Louis Lichtenfield ... photographic effects supervisor (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Ernst Haas ... still photographer (uncredited)
Homer Plannette ... gaffer (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Joan Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

Music Department

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Dimitri Tiomkin ... conductor
Victor Aller ... orchestra manager (uncredited)
Emanuel Bay ... musician: piano (uncredited)
Victor Bay ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Haakon Bergh ... musician: flute (uncredited)
Ennio Bolognini ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Morris Boltuch ... musician: trumpet (uncredited)
John T. Boudreau ... musician: drums (uncredited)
André Brummer ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Lucien Cailliet ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Alexander DuVoir ... musician: oboe (uncredited)
Manuel Emanuel ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Henry Emerson ... musician: clarinet (uncredited)
George Faye ... musician: trombone (uncredited)
Arthur L. Frantz ... musician-french horn (uncredited)
Ossip Giskin ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Philip Goldberg ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Jester Hairston ... choral director (uncredited)
David Klatzkin ... musician: piano (uncredited)
Mitchell Lurie ... musician: clarinet (uncredited)
Lily Mahler ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Paul Marquardt ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Jack Marsh ... musician: bassoon (uncredited)
Peter Mercurio ... musician: bass (uncredited)
George Parrish ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Jack Pepper ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Leonid Raab ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Max Rabinowitz ... musician: piano (uncredited)
Pinky Savitt ... musician: trumpet (uncredited)
Waldmar Seliger ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Eudice Shapiro ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Barbara Shik ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
Tibor Shik ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
Peter Sniadoff ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Harry Solloway ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Herbert Taylor ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Milton Thomas ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Raymond Turner ... musician: piano (uncredited)
Seymour Zeldin ... musician: trombone (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Maisie Kelly ... continuity

Transportation Department

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Christian Ferry ... transportation coordinator (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Dalida ... stand-in: Joan Collins (uncredited)
Enzo Musumeci Greco ... master of arms (uncredited)
Robert Rietty ... voice dubbing: Alexis Minotis (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

In ancient Egypt, the Pharaoh Khufu (Jack Hawkins) is obsessed with acquiring gold and plans to take it all with him into the "second life". To this end, he enlists the aid of Vashtar (James Robertson Justice), an architect whose people are enslaved in Egypt. The deal: build a robbery-proof tomb and the enslaved people will be freed. During the years that the pyramid is being built, Cyprian Princess Nellifer (Dame Joan Collins) becomes the Pharaoh's second wife, and she plots to prevent Khufu from taking his treasure with him when he dies, as well as helping him make the journey early. Written by Ron Kerrigan

Plot Keywords
Taglines Buried Alive! THE CRUEL PHARAOH'S DECREE...FOR HIS WIVES...HIS SLAVES...HIS COURT! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Howard Hawks' Land of the Pharaohs (United States)
  • La Terre des pharaons (France)
  • Land der Pharaonen (Germany)
  • Terra de faraons (Spain, Catalan title)
  • Tierra de faraones (Spain)
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  • 106 min
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Budget $2,900,000 (estimated)

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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. See more »
Goofs 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. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into The Story of Mankind (1957). See more »
Quotes Vashtar: Listen to them, Vashtar! This is a funeral, but they're not sad. They almost seem as if they're happy
Vashtar: The life they hope for in the future seems to mean more to them than their present life.
Vashtar's servant: I wonder if any of them ever saw or spoke to someone living in the future.
Vashtar: I don't think so, Mikka.
Vashtar's servant: I'd rather enjoy this life. Mind you, the wine in the grave sounds like a good idea, but how do I know I'll be thirsty?
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