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.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.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.
- Kyra
- (as Luisa Boni)
- Egyptian Architect
- (uncredited)
- Captain of the Guard
- (uncredited)
- Dancer at the Party
- (uncredited)
- Priest
- (uncredited)
- Nabuna, Nellifer's Bodyguard
- (uncredited)
- Bit Part
- (uncredited)
- Mea
- (uncredited)
- Dancer at the Party
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe 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.
- GoofsIn 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.
- 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?
- ConnectionsEdited into The Story of Mankind (1957)
Most of the acting is high-quality, especially the legendary Jack Hawkins who is magnificent as usual although Yul Brynner or Charleton Heston probably would have fit the role better.
Beautifully filmed with a very expensive look it is a movie with an obviously lavish budget. Despite the extravagance, I can fully understand why it didn't do well at the box-office. Focused on death and monuments it can be seen as somewhat depressing and has a grim, doomed aspect overall amid the splendor.
Unless maybe written by Edgar Allan Poe, how is a film about a tomb going to attract a great public to the theater? The answer is: it didn't. It is not an adventure about getting to a tomb such as Indiana Jones-type films, it is basically only a film about a tomb itself.
Death, murder, slavery, a tomb. If not handled just right these subjects can't succeed alone. Here they do, but just barely.
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- Sep 6, 2014
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- Also known as
- Howard Hawks' Land of the Pharaohs
- Filming locations
- The Unfinished Obelisk, Aswan, Egypt(Quarry scenes)
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- Budget
- $2,900,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 46 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 2.55 : 1