Directed by:
Jerzy KawalerowiczCinematography:
Jerzy WójcikComposer:
Adam WalacińskiCast:
Jerzy Zelnik, Wieslawa Mazurkiewicz, Barbara Brylska, Krystyna Mikołajewska, Ewa Krzyżewska, Jerzy Block, Mieczyslaw Voit, Kazimierz Opaliński (more)Plots(1)
Jerzy Kawalerowicz's dazzling epic revolves around a lethal power struggle in ancient Egypt. As the youthful Ramses XIII ascends the throne, he clashes with powerful priests who seek to undermine his ambition to become the greatest Pharaoh in history. With stunningly choreographed sequences and spectacular cinematography, Pharaoh evokes a world characterised by rigid hierarchy, mysterious ritual and often brutal conflict. This mesmerising film is anchored in ideas as well as spectacle - exposing a society distorted by fear, betrayal and hypocrisy. (Second Run)
(more)Cast
![Jerzy Zelnik](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/972/158972134_66e149.jpg)
Jerzy Zelnik
Poland
Best movies:
The Promised Land (1974)
The Dancing Hawk (1977)
Landscape After Battle (1970)
Wieslawa Mazurkiewicz
Poland
Best movies:
Interrogation (1982)
Potop (1974)
Wszystko będzie dobrze (2007)
![Barbara Brylska](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268527_ce2975.jpg)
Barbara Brylska
Poland
Best movies:
Admiral (2009) (series)
The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! (1975) (TV movie)
Liberation: Breakthrough (1970)
![Krystyna Mikołajewska](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/049/262/49262596_ca5387.jpg)
Krystyna Mikołajewska
Poland
Best movies:
The Red and the White (1967)
Pharaoh (1965)
Dita Saxová (1967)
![Ewa Krzyżewska](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/266/166266214_40c5a0.png)
Ewa Krzyżewska
Poland
Best movies:
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
The Bells Toll for the Barefooted (1965)
Pharaoh (1965)
![Jerzy Block](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/322/162322394_61e1f6.jpg)
Jerzy Block
Poland
Best movies:
Znachor (1981)
Axiliad (1986)
How I Unleashed World War II (1970)
Mieczyslaw Voit
Poland
Best movies:
Potop (1974)
Lekcja martwego języka (1979)
Mother Joan of the Angels (1961)
Kazimierz Opaliński
Best movies:
The Promised Land (1974)
Potop (1974)
The Saragossa Manuscript (1964)
Stanislaw Milski
Poland
Best movies:
The Noose (1957)
Birth Certificate (1961)
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
Wiktor Grotowicz
Poland
Best movies:
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
Colonel Wolodyjowski (1969)
Giuseppe in Warsaw (1964)
Leonard Andrzejewski
Poland
Best movies:
A Short Film About Killing (1987)
Wsród nocnej ciszy (1978)
Potop (1974)
![Ryszard Ronczewski](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/279/159279410_e1b77e.jpg)
Ryszard Ronczewski
Poland
Best movies:
The Saragossa Manuscript (1964)
The Wedding Day (2021)
Canal (1957)
Alfred Łodziński
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Black Cross (1960)
Pharaoh (1965)
How to Be Loved (1963)
Bronisław Dardziński
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Pharaoh (1965)
Speed (1959)
A Generation (1955)
Jarosław Skulski
Russian Empire
Best movies:
How I Unleashed World War II (1970)
Forbidden Songs (1946)
Pharaoh (1965)
![Edward Rączkowski](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/254/166254072_6e3305.png)
Edward Rączkowski
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Pharaoh (1965)
Słona róża (1982)
Emir Buczacki
Poland
Best movies:
Przeklete oko proroka (1984)
The Pearl in the Crown (1971)
The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973)
Leszek Herdegen
Poland
Bohdan Janiszewski
Best movies:
Pharaoh (1965)
Marian Nosek
Poland
Best movies:
Mother Joan of the Angels (1961)
Pharaoh (1965)