Champollion: A Scribe for Egypt (2000)

Directed by

Jean-Claude Lubtchansky

Genre

documentary film

Country

France

Runtime

52 min

How it feels

This documentary follows Jean-Francois Champollion as he works to decode Egyptian hieroglyphs. It retraces his research, one step at a time, showing the effort behind his discovery.

informativeeducationalearnestfocusedhistoricalpatientintellectualmethodical

What happens

Champollion: A Scribe for Egypt (French: Champollion, un scribe pour l'Égypte; German: Jean-François Champollion und die Hieroglyphen) is a 2000 documentary film adapted from French Egyptologist Michel Dewachter's nonfiction book of the same name. Directed by Jean-Claude Lubtchansky, and co-produced by Trans Europe Film, La Sept-Arte, Éditions Gallimard and Louvre Museum, with voice-over narration by French actors Françoise Fabian and Jean-Hugues Anglade, the film retraces step by step the passionate journey that led Jean-François Champollion to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphs. The documentary was broadcast on Arte on 18 November 2000, as part of the channel's television programme The Human Adventure, and released on DVD by Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC). In addition to German dubbing, it has been subtitled into English and Spanish. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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