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Emil Jannings.     Frame enlargement: courtesy Le Giornate del Cinema Muto.

Cast: Emil Jannings [Pharao Amenes], Dagny Servaes [Theonis], Harry Liedtke [Ramphis], Paul Wegener [Samlak, the king of Ethiopia], Lyda Salmonova [Makeda], Albert Bassermann [Sothis], Friedrich Kühne [Oberpriester], Paul Biensfeldt [Menon], Mady Christians, Tina Dietrich, Elsa Wagner

Ernst Lubitsch-Film production; distributed by Universum-Film Aktiengesellschaft [UFA]. / Scenario by Hanns Kräly and Norbert Falk. Set design by Ernö Metzner, Ernst Stern and Kurt Richter. Architectural consultant, Max Gronau. Costume design by Ali Hubert, Ernst Stern and Ernö Metzner. Cinematography by Theodor Sparkuhl and Alfred Hansen. Original music score by Eduard Künneke. / Premiered 14 March 1922 in Germany. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / The film was released in the USA in eight reels as The Loves of Pharaoh by Paramount Pictures Corporation on 28 August 1922. [?] Website-IMDb lists the USA release date as 26 February 1922.

Drama: Historical.

Survival Status: Print exists.

Keywords: Egypt

Listing updated: 20 September 2008.

References: Bardèche-History p. 189; Bohn-Light pp. 133, 160; Fell-History p. 119; Sherwood-Best p. 175; Smith-Epic p. 255; Weinberg-Lubitsch p. 7 : Website-IMDb.