Pharaoh Blu-ray
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Posted July 20, 2024 06:18 PM by Webmaster
British label Second Run has detailed its upcoming Blu-ray release of Jerzy Kawalerowicz'sPharaoh (1966), starring Jerzy Zelnik, Wieslawa Mazurkiewicz, Barbara Brylska, Krystyna Mikolajewska, and Ewa Krzyzewska. The release is expected to arrive on the market on September 3.
Description: Directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz and adapted from the famous novel by Bolesław Prus, Pharaoh is a truly epic production, focusing on a young Ramses XIII as he ascends to the throne of the ancient Egyptian empire.
Complete with huge battle scenes, towering sets, stunningly choreographed sequences and spectacular cinematography, Pharaoh became the most successful film in Polish history. But unlike it's Hollywood counterparts, Kawalerowicz's authentic epic remains resolutely anchored in ideas as well as spectacle.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Description: Directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz and adapted from the famous novel by Bolesław Prus, Pharaoh is a truly epic production, focusing on a young Ramses XIII as he ascends to the throne of the ancient Egyptian empire.
Complete with huge battle scenes, towering sets, stunningly choreographed sequences and spectacular cinematography, Pharaoh became the most successful film in Polish history. But unlike it's Hollywood counterparts, Kawalerowicz's authentic epic remains resolutely anchored in ideas as well as spectacle.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- Faraon – Afterword: an expansive and in-depth discussion of the film by the critic, curator and scholar Michał Oleszczyk
- Kawalerowicz in the Desert: a 1964 newsreel on the making of Pharaoh, filmed on location in Uzbekistan
- Trailer
- 24-page booklet with new writing by film historian and producer Michael Brooke
- New and improved English subtitle translation.
- Easter egg
