Ancient Egyptians (TV Series)
2003 · Series · 50 min. · United Kingdom
Each of the four separate episodes -rather independent chapters- presents some of the findings of Egyptology, largely in the form of realistically presented docudrama, a splendid spectacle by peplum-standards, yet unusually true and hence surprising for non-specialist viewers in various details. Remarkable is the revealed contrast between the image-building clichés presented by the official, mostly monumental sources, glorifying deified pharaohs' glorious reign and triumphs and 'celestial' deities, and the more mundane reality, deduced largely from other archaeological findings, showing more human vices, misery, crime...
Direction Tony Mitchell
Cast Bernard Hill · Alain Aswani · Ron Fehmiu · Jeremy Sisto · Noureddine Ayari · Omar Azzouzi · Ichrak Berraoui · Ben Aïssa El Jirari · Hicham Ibrahimi · Abdellah Lamrani · Fatiha Ouatili · Omar Berdouni · Younis Megri
Soundtrack Robert Lane · Ty Unwin · Edmund Butt · Andy Price
Screenplay Ben Goold
Cinematography Peter Greenhalgh
Original title Ancient Egyptians (TV Series)
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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