Primarily a travelogue on Egypt, filled with scenes of the local people engaged in various activities. Little more than a tourist's view of the country, all surface, not much cultural or historical depth other than what appears to be random snippets of a poor translation of the Egyptian Book of the Dead that are included in the morose narration.
The title evokes the name of Paul Klee and the film purports to center around his visit to Egypt and yet, for a whole hour we get very little information about Klee or about his visit to Egypt. With regard to Klee, the film gives us barely anything more than occasional shots of several of his paintings, with a few still photos of him, interspersed in an endless sea of travelogue footage.
On the bright side, there are some nice pieces of music on the soundtrack, possibly Egyptian in origin, and the scenes of life in Egypt are evocative. But one word of warning, there are some scenes which show abuse toward camels that some viewers may find distasteful.
If you're looking for an outdated, slowly paced documentary on life in Egypt that provides very little information on Paul Klee, this is the film for you. It's definitely a documentary that's lost in the dustbin of time, and will fortunately remain largely forgotten. Klee was a fascinating artist, innovative in his time, and deserves far better treatment than this.
In sum, a below average documentary, poorly paced and barely salvaged by some decent music in the soundtrack and some tolerable documentary footage of Egypt. 3/10.
The title evokes the name of Paul Klee and the film purports to center around his visit to Egypt and yet, for a whole hour we get very little information about Klee or about his visit to Egypt. With regard to Klee, the film gives us barely anything more than occasional shots of several of his paintings, with a few still photos of him, interspersed in an endless sea of travelogue footage.
On the bright side, there are some nice pieces of music on the soundtrack, possibly Egyptian in origin, and the scenes of life in Egypt are evocative. But one word of warning, there are some scenes which show abuse toward camels that some viewers may find distasteful.
If you're looking for an outdated, slowly paced documentary on life in Egypt that provides very little information on Paul Klee, this is the film for you. It's definitely a documentary that's lost in the dustbin of time, and will fortunately remain largely forgotten. Klee was a fascinating artist, innovative in his time, and deserves far better treatment than this.
In sum, a below average documentary, poorly paced and barely salvaged by some decent music in the soundtrack and some tolerable documentary footage of Egypt. 3/10.