Film Screening 14 June 2013: Jerzy Kawalerowicz’s “Pharaoh (Faraon)”

The Polish Consulate in Manchester will host a film screening at the
Museum on the evening of Friday the 14th of June at 6pm.

PHARAOH (Faraon)
dir. Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Poland 1966 180 min

In this Academy Award nominated epic story set in ancient Egypt
Pharaoh Ramses XIII defies tradition by assuming command of the
military, a post usually occupied by priest. His defiance leads to a
battle between those loyal to Ramses XIII and the power structure of
priests. The priests try to fool the people by capitalizing on a solar
eclipse, but Ramses XIII realizes the event is only a natural
phenomenon. Impressive battle scenes and periods costumes from ancient
Egypt add to this colourful epic historical drama.

The screening is organised in partnership with the Polish Cultural
Institute in London.

With an introduction by Dr. Campbell Price, Curator of Egypt and the
Sudan, Manchester Museum.



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