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Pharaohs

1964

A broad, folksy stage comedy where a drunken night flips village life upside down, played with theatrical gusto and gentle satire.

Directed by
Isaak Shmaruk
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Mykola Yakovchenko, Viktor Tsymbalist, Mykola Shutko
Overview
Comedy film-performance of the Franko Theater based on the play by Oleksa Kolomiyets. The place of action is an ordinary village in the period of Soviet power, where all leading positions are occupied exclusively by men. But after one stormy night with songs and a lot of moonshine, the men wake up to find that now women are in charge of everything and they behave just like men.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Isaak Shmaruk
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Mykola Yakovchenko, Viktor Tsymbalist, Mykola Shutko
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • gender
  • power
  • class
  • identity
  • family
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Isaak Shmaruk
Starring
Mykola Yakovchenko, Viktor Tsymbalist, Mykola Shutko, Petro Bondarchuk
Cinematography
Oleksandr Suskiy
Country
Soviet Union
Languages
Ukrainian

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