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Ancient Egyptian Cinderella

A Greek servant girl sent to Egypt and eventually married Pharaoh Amasis! How much of this ancient story is true? Who is Rhodopis, the real ancient Egyptian Cinderella? Discover the real story that inspired the fairy tale.

  • Curtis Ryan Woodside
    Director
    The Great Life Of Ramses, In Search Of Bastet, Egypt & Nubia Sailing Lake Nasser
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Documentary, Experimental, Television, Other
  • Genres:
    Egyptology, Ancient Egypt, History, Documentary, Ancient Greece
  • Runtime:
    31 minutes 11 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    April 18, 2025
  • Country of Origin:
    Egypt
  • Country of Filming:
    Egypt, Germany, Italy
  • Language:
    English
  • Aspect Ratio:
    19:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
Distribution Information
  • Woodside Films
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Curtis Ryan Woodside

Curtis Ryan Woodside, film-maker & Egyptologist, born 15 March 1995 in South Africa, relocated to Florence Italy 2021. To date has 42 Film Festivals, amassing 22 Million YouTube views. Aged 12 he had told Celine Dion his passion was film. She invited him to Las Vegas at age of 15 to create a documentary. In 2012 he produced Fear Of Hue narrated by Daniel Radcliffe. 2017 he visited Egypt & produced a documentary, after his visit he began to study Egyptology producing a 4 part series which was distributed by Amazon Prime. 2019, publishing a coffee table book with over 500 photographs that he captured in Egypt. In recent years he has produced several documentaries on Ancient Egypt. Creating these documentaries he has worked alongside esteemed Egyptologists such a Dr Zahi Hawass & Salima Ikram.

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