Land of the Pharaohs (1955)


Land of the Pharaohs
Release Date24 June 1955
Budget$3,000,000
US Box Office$2,000,000
TaglineHER BLOOD STAINED EVERY STONE OF THE PYRAMID
GenreDrama
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsEgypt
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono, 4-Track Stereo
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassHistorical Epic
Niche GenreHistorical Film, Epic
ThemesCrowned Heads, Treacherous Spouses
TonesLavish, Atmospheric
TagsConstruction, Greed, Landmark, Murder, Pharaoh, Pyramid

Land of the Pharaohs is a 1955 Cinemascope epic film made by the Continental Company, Ltd and presented by Warner Bros. It was directed and produced by Howard Hawks from a screenplay by Harold Jack Bloom, Harry Kurnitz and the novelist William Faulkner. The film score was by Dimitri Tiomkin.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Pharaoh Khufu

Princess Nellifer

Senta

Alex Minotis
Hamar

Luisella Boni
Kyra

Mikka, Vashtar's servant

Nailla

Piero Giagnoni
Xenon

Diego Carlisi
Priest

Carlo D'Angelo
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Director

Harold Jack Bloom

Producer

producer

Arthur Siteman
associate producer

Chuck Hansen
associate producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Russell Harlan

Editor

Vladimir Sagovsky

Art Director

Alexandre Trauner
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Costume Designer

Mayo
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Lucilla Mussini
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Makeup Department

Emile LaVigne
makeup artist

Ann Locker
hair stylist

Production Manager

Chuck Hansen
unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Paul Helmick
assistant director

Noël Howard
second unit director

Chuck Hansen
second assistant director

Jean-Paul Sassy
assistant director

Sound Department

Oliver S. Garretson
sound

Special Effects

Donald Steward
special effects

Camera and Electrical Department

Ernst Haas
still photographer

Homer Plannette
gaffer

Editorial Department

Rudi Fehr
supervising editor

Music Department

conductor

Lucien Cailliet
orchestrator

Manuel Emanuel
orchestrator

choral director

Paul Marquardt
orchestrator

George Parrish
orchestrator

Leonid Raab
orchestrator

Herbert Taylor
orchestrator

Transportation Department

Christian Ferry
transportation coordinator

Other Crew

Maisie Kelly
continuity

Production Company

Continental Company
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Distributor

Warner Bros.

Warner Bros. Pictures
,

Warner Home Video
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Warner Bros.

Warner Bros.






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