Land of the Pharaohs
(1955)
★ 6.4 IMDb · 111 votes
Year: 1955
Runtime: 105 мин
Country: United States of America
Director: Говард Хоукс
Cast: Jack Hawkins, Джоан Коллинз, Dewey Martin, Alex Minotis, James Robertson Justice, Luisella Boni, Сидни Чаплин, James Hayter, Kerima, Piero Giagnoni
Plot
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.
In ancient Egypt, the Pharaoh Khufu (Jack Hawkins) is obsessed with acquiring gold and plans to take it all with him into the "second life". To this end, he enlists the aid of Vashtar (James Robertson Justice), an architect whose people are enslaved in Egypt. The deal: build a robbery-proof tomb and the enslaved people will be freed. During the years that the pyramid is being built, Cyprian Princess Nellifer (Dame Joan Collins) becomes the Pharaoh's second wife, and she plots to prevent Khufu from taking his treasure with him when he dies, as well as helping him make the journey early.