Land Of The Pharaohs (1955) - The Living God Of Egypt Speaks

Egyptians have gathered to honour their fallen soldiers in Howard Hawks' cult classic "Land Of The Pharaohs" (Warner Bros.). This is the pyramid movie of all pyramid movies!
The script: Harold Jack Bloom, William Faulkner and Harry Kurnitz.
The wonderful score: Dimitri Tiomkin.
Actors in the clip:
Pharaoh Khufu : Jack Hawkins.
High Priest Hamar: Alexis Minotis (great Greek actor!).

[@elizabethroberts6215]

……the wonderfully voiced Jack Hawkins! He played Arrius in ‘Ben-Hur’, & General Allenby in ‘Lawrence of Arabia’. R I P ………

[@fus149hammer5]

His best was The Cruel Sea. Fantastic performance.

[@BruceGreen-q5u]

Also the Preacher in Zulu

[@elizabethroberts6215]

@@BruceGreen-q5u ……loved how Colour Sgt Bourne asked him to be quiet…………

[@markbeck8384]

I remember seeing this as a young boy; it made quite an impression on me.. especially the ending. I'd like to see it again.

[@greggmarshall80]

I brought a copy on KZbin

[@drobinbarker]

A truly fabulous movie!

[@TheDejael]

Howard Hawks disliked this movie after making it, and spending nearly a year in Egypt filming many outdoor scenes, while most of the indoor scenes were shot at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank in 1954. Released in 1955, the film was very successful at the box office, with Jack Hawkins starring as the magnificent Pharaoh Khufu, second king of the 4th Dynasty, circa 2900 B.C. and credited builder of the Great Pyramid. Joan Collins, at age 21, was ravishingly beautiful and her character, Princess Nellifer of Cyprus, was deliciously wicked. A true classic, in WarnerColor, CinemaScope, and 4-channel Stereo Sound, with a fantastic music score by Dimitri Tiomkin.

[@panathatube]

The part of the priest plays the great Greek actor Alexis Minotis. His wife, Greek actress Katina Paxinou, played the part of Pilar in the movie For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) and won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress.

[@keithhudson1358]

Very good movie. This is a good movie which Hollywood does not make anymore. Sad really

[@track1949]

The first part is wonderful. After Joan Collins appears it's all downhill. 😮

[@animalrights55]

I’ll never forget this heavenly score of music. O Hopefully God will allow me to hear it again in my next life.

[@jesavino1255]

Great movie. Loved it the first time I saw it Stayed with me all these years.

[@jesavino1255]

Where can I get the book?

[@tommoncrieff1154]

Only if you are buried with the download and the means to play it.

[@claudiamanta1943]

Oh, my goodness! Just HOW did the producers get such an accurate re- enactment of a funeral ceremony? It’s amazing 😍

[@Makeyourselfbig]

They didn't. They made it up.

[@郑颍]

Accurate? Just A hollywood invention!

[@michaelfisher7170]

lol.

[@mohamedhommos7748]

Woooooww I just feel good reaction May God Speaks statue stand The Great Holy king Pharaoh Khufu God bless the king 👑 Egypt country in North Africa 🇪🇬❤️🌍

[@sallygover264]

Darn good film, one of my favourites.

[@atenraakhu7416]

And according to the History books the Priests were the ones who speaks through out the statues of the Gods.

[@AllanNeaves-qn3zr]

Wow, you don't say 😳

[@carolesmith2619]

​@AllanNeaves-qn3zr 😂😂😂😂and there was us mere mortals thinking it was the Egyptian gods speaking 😂😂

[@ronaldmessina4229]

@arenraakhu 7416 sorry to say this m but the correct english is. The ones who SPEAK, but not speaks😢😢😢😂

[@AllanNeaves-qn3zr]

A great film, and a some what different role from Jack Hawkins. The ever beautiful Joan Collins ( tied to a stone pillar beings whipped, still looking blooming marvelous 😳) P

[@TheIndependentLens]

This movie looks really good too. I'd like to get a HD quality copy of it.

[@jesavino1255]

Great movie.

[@animalrights55]

I hope to hear this heavenly and unforgettable musical score in my next life.

[@A.G.798]

Ein fantastischer Film, der bei mir als kleiner Junge das Interesse für Geschichte ausgelöst hat,was bis heute 60 Jahre später noch anhält. Natürlich sind ein paar kleine Fehler im Film, aber das entspricht dem Geschichtskenntnisstand der damaligen Zeit, wie z.B. die Benutzung von Kamele (Drometare) als Reittiere, die erst um 600 v.Chr. domestiziert wurden, und der Film spielt zur Zeit des Alten Reiches mit dem Bau der Cheops Pyramide um 2.500 v.Chr. auch der Herrscher Titel "Pharao" ( was großes Haus bedeutet = Palast) ist erst nachweislich nach der Hyksos Zeit zu Beginn des Neuen Reiches um 1.500 v.Chr. in Gebrauch. Auch ein paar der Tributpflichtigen Völker gab es zur dieser Zeit noch nicht, aber das tut diesem fantastisches Spielfilm keinen Abbruch, so etwas wäre heutzutage gar nicht mehr zu Finanzieren.

[@elizabethroberts6215]

……’dromedaries’………

[@soulanjo445]

Les costumes, complètement débiles !

[@richardgonzalez6409]

Man they sure knew how to make movies at a massive scsle back then

[@track1949]

Agreed.

[@richardchampion4826]

I love the ending, payback is a bitch.

[@Polliwog221]

One of my favorite movies. I took a script writing class from Harold Jack Bloom who actually wrote the script as William Faulkner was a mess. Great stories. I wrote a script and I said that it was like “Ten Little Indians”…he said,”Honey, if you’re going to steal, steal from the best!” I loved Joan Collin’s..”All Egypt is MINE!”

[@1960dave1960]

Anubis has an American accent….quite amazing 😊

[@peacefulreflections4470]

Where is the full movie

[@almiragulch9975]

That's the General from White Christmas!! I thought I recognized him!!!

[@richardw3470]

I don't think so. Jack Hawkins played Pharoah and I don't know who played the 'master of ceremonies' but it wasn't Dean Jagger (Gen Waverly in WC and, also, Harvey Stovall in 12o'clock High). Jagger was in so many movies; I saw him in a movie where he was young and had a full head of dark hair - finally recognized his voice.

[@georgeinfante1106]

Larger then life. Cinema movie

[@mrtecsom6951]

Good job they didn’t have to do this for the industrial scale slaughter on the Somme

[@dadevi]

Lots of problems with the vision for this production. Lamentations for the dead were a big part of Egyptian culture. A corpse was considered to be disrespected in death if no one mourned for it. Also, the big headpieces and black clothing in this scene would have been unheard of. Black clothing simply wasn't a thing in Egypt because of the climate(even in funerary scenes, mourners still wore white) and the headresses depicted in heiroglyphs were actually symbolic. No Egyptian crown has ever been discovered. Still, I give it credit for it respecting Egyptian culture and not being propaganda for Abrahamic or Roman ideals.

[@bobbybates2614]

There are two different accounts of khufu 1 it is said he was a cruel and treated his people with cruelty and other was he was a kind just pharoh

[@dominiqueechevarria1889]

OUR LIVING GOD LAUGHS ..... THEN HE SLOWLY COUNTS TO TEN

[@reorivs3328]

REMEMBER THE QUEEN WAS BURIED ALIVE!!

[@txbluesguy]

Pretty white looking Egyptians :-)

[@RobAddie]

You were expecting to see Nubians?

[@LillianSteele-u9v]

@@RobAddie Folks come in all colors then and now. And yes Nubians, dark-skinned Egyptians along with many others.

[@charlessavoie2367]

The men in blue jeans, in suits and ties, are------------where?

[@JosePerez-vz1qq]

Pharaoh Allenby

[@brokerscollect]

Soundtrack by Tiomkin ain't bad either!

[@VitoriaGraciagracia]

0:43 0:43

[@philliphsieh83]

Joseph beat the CEO and Boss system.

[@philliphsieh83]

Moses fought Egyptians and killed them. Joseph beat Egypt with Prime Ministers and counsel.

[@martynblackburn9632]

A complete myth.

[@TheChosen2030]

They call him pharaoh in the movie. But that is inaccurate. Khufu did not use that title, not till a thousand years later that was use.

[@rexwall2000]

Just like Televangelists. History doesn’t repeat itself, but sometimes it smells the same. MT

[@rexwall2000]

I didn’t know that ancient Egypt was mostly caucasian.

[@RobAddie]

No they also had black samurai.😂

[@boring247boring5]

the usa needs to allow in millions of women est children soccer rugby

[@xadam2dudex]

Poor people deceived by the rich and powerful to maintain that wealth and power at the expense of the people .. has anything changed in thousands of years up until this day ?

[@keithhudson1358]

You do know this is entertainment, right?

[@dadevi]

You shouldn't rely on Hollywood for a history lesson. People considered working on the pyramid as paying their taxes back then. In return, Egypt was a flourishing society that was good to it's people. I'm sure you enjoy the benefits of paying your taxes in the present day, with relative peace and freedom in your home country.