De Aegypto

1995, 45 min.

De Aegypto (1995)

Production

Director Jolanta Ptaszynska
Screenplay Jolanta Ptaszynska
Cinematography Zomasz Dobrowolski, Adam Sikora
Music Zbigniew Preisner
Producer Adam Lukaszek
Technical Director
& Choreography
Wojciech Misiuro
Story
Film tells the story of man’s journey after death according to the beliefs of ancient Egyptians. It is based on the Egyptian Book of the Dead which belongs to the Holy Book of mankind. In the area of picture the film makes reference to the iconography of ancient Egypt. Sung fragments of the Egyptian Book of Dead and Ezra Pound’s poem of the same name complete the commentary to the film action…