The Eloquent Peasant (1970)
• September 1st, 1970 • 0h 20min
History, Drama
Overview
Based on one of the major literary texts survived from the Middle Kingdom, the classical period of Egyptian literature, The Eloquent Peasant is a combination of a morality/folk tale and a poem. The events are set between 2160 and 2025 BC. When the peasant Khun-anup and his donkey stumble upon the lands of the noble Rensi, the peasant’s goods are confiscated and he’s unjustly accused of theft. The peasant petitions Rensi who is so taken by the peasant’s eloquence that he report his astonishing discovery to the king. The king realises the peasant has been wronged but delays judgement so as to he can hear more of his eloquence. The peasant makes a total of nine petitions until finally, his goods are returned.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
The Story of David
Released on: 1976-04-09
History, Drama, TV Movie
The "David and Goliath" legend is presented as credibly as possible, while David's later disastrous ...
The Butcher
Released on: 1981-01-19
Drama, History
A politically naive Viennese butcher manages to survive the Nazi occupation of Austria and the secon...
The Cat
Released on: 1971-04-24
Drama
Julien Bouin, a former typographist, and his wife Clemence, who used to perform in a circus, hardly ...
Wuthering Heights
Released on: 1992-10-16
Drama, Romance
Young orphan Heathcliff is adopted by the wealthy Earnshaw family and moves into their estate, Wuthe...
The City at Night
Released on: 2014-06-10
Drama
Two strangers try to navigate their loneliness in big city.
To Love Someone
Released on: 2007-09-28
Drama
Lena lives a safe and happy life with her husband Alf and together they run a fish shop. No one who ...
Dreams I Never Had
Released on: 2018-04-01
Drama
A teenage girl is held captive in the home of a wealthy family. She is befriended by the family's yo...
Treasures of the Anglo-Saxons
Released on: 2010-08-10
Documentary, History
In this hour-long documentary, Oxford academic Janina Ramirez tours the country in search of Anglo-S...
Caligula with Mary Beard
Released on: 2013-07-29
Documentary, History
What is true and what is false in the hideous stories spread about the controversial figure of the R...
La cieca di Sorrento
Released on: 1953-02-01
Drama
A small girl goes blind when her mother is murdered.
Pool of London
Released on: 1951-02-20
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Jewel thieves, murder, and a manhunt swirl around a sailor off a cargo ship in post-war London.
Henry & Sunny
Released on: 2009-01-01
Drama
Henry, an unemployed clown, is in love with the famous soap opera actress, Sunny Carmichael. He writ...
One Night at Susie's
Released on: 1930-10-19
Drama
A woman gets help from her gangster friends after her foster son takes the blame for a murder he did...
The Michigan Kid
Released on: 1928-10-20
Drama
The Michigan Kid is a gambler in the backwoods of Alaska trying to make enough money to go back to h...
Where I Belong
Released on: 2014-10-15
Romance, Drama
Rosemarie is a hard-working young woman living in a small English town in the 1950's. She left Austr...
Agora
Released on: 2009-05-17
Adventure, Drama, History
A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria and her relation...
Derelict
Released on: 1930-11-22
Adventure, Drama
Two rival seamen fight for both a promotion to a captaincy in their shipping line and the attentions...
Her Husband’s Trademark
Released on: 1922-02-01
Drama
James Berkeley (who wants to get rich) and Allan Franklin (determined to be a great engineer) are ri...
The Deep End
Released on: 2001-01-21
Mystery, Thriller, Crime, Drama
With her husband Jack perpetually away at work, Margaret Hall raises her children virtually alone. H...