The Pharaohs' Woman (1960)

Original title

La donna dei faraoni

Directed by

Victor Tourjansky

Genre

sword-and-sandal film

Country

Italy

Runtime

1h 27m

Rated

NR

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In Ancient Egypt after the land is unified, a prince from the defeated Lower Egypt region falls into a love affair with a woman. This romance is complicated by the power struggle between him and the new rulers from Upper Egypt.

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What happens

The Pharaohs' Woman (Italian: La donna dei faraoni) is a 1960 Italian historical drama film directed by Victor Tourjansky and starring John Drew Barrymore. The film is set in Ancient Egypt during the 31st century BCE (shortly after the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt) and pertains to a love story set against the backdrop of a power struggle between a prince of the former ruling dynasty of Lower Egypt and the new overlords from Upper Egypt. It was the first feature film shot in Techniscope. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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