Pharaoh (film)

Pharaoh
Publicity still
Directed byJerzy Kawalerowicz
Written by
Starring
CinematographyJerzy Wójcik
Edited byWiesława Otocka
Music byAdam Walaciński
Release date
  • 11 March 1966 (1966-03-11)
Running time
145 minutes
CountryPoland
LanguagePolish
Box office7 million tickets[1]

Pharaoh (Polish: Faraon) is a 1966 epic Polish film directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz and adapted from the eponymous novel by the Polish writer Bolesław Prus. In 1967, it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.[2] It was also entered into the 1966 Cannes Film Festival.[3] It sold more than 7 million tickets in Poland, becoming one of the highest-grossing Polish films of all time.[1] Pharaoh is among 21 digitally restored classic Polish films chosen for Martin Scorsese Presents: Masterpieces of Polish Cinema.[4]

  1. ^ a b Ford, Charles; Hammond, Robert (2015). Polish Film: A Twentieth Century History. McFarland & Company. p. 107. ISBN 978-1-4766-0803-7.
  2. ^ "The 39th Academy Awards (1967) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-11-09.
  3. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Pharaoh". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
  4. ^ Martin Scorsese Presents 21 Masterpieces