Joseph (1995)

Stefano Dionisi: Pharaoh

Quotes 

• Pharaoh : The answer is obvious. Then can be no better man for this job then this man himself.

  [gestures to Joseph] 

  Pharaoh : Can we find anyone endowed with a spirit of God as he is?

  Pharaoh's Wife : I think not.

  Pharaoh : Well said wife.

• Potiphar : You had better prostrate quickly.

  Joseph : You know I cannot.

  Pharaoh : [furious]  You what?

  Joseph : Clearly the Pharaoh is greatness itself but my faith decrees that I can only kneel before God - even on pain of death.

  Pharaoh : [laughs]  Come forward. Take heed, magicians. Whatever happens, I know this man won't lie to me.

• Pharaoh : Look upon my face.

  Joseph : But surely, great Pharaoh, this is forbidden.

  Pharaoh : Only to people who know I am a god. Since you hold some primitive being in higher regard, I think you can look upon me without burning up. Go on, try it.

• Pharaoh's Wife : Asaneth on the other hand...

  Pharaoh : Yes, let me guess. She's so taken with this foreign slave. Oh yes, nothing escape's Pharaoh's eye when it comes to a woman.

  [Paces and looks at Asaneth] 

  Pharaoh : She thinks he has the answer.

  Asenath : By your own word lord, we know he does nothing against his conscience - even on pain of death. And you yourself seemed reluctant to have him hanged. There must have been a reason why you withheld your mighty hand and spared him to see another day.

• Pharaoh : [places his ring on Joseph's finger]  I make you the governor of all Egypt. I place you over my house, my people, my kingdom. From this day forward no man shall life a hand or foot without your consent. Your name shall be "Zapaneth Paneah".

  [beckons to Asaneth] 

  Pharaoh : And this fine woman shall be your wife.