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Rating: 6.375/10 by 88 users

The Egyptian (1954)

In eighteenth-dynasty Egypt, Sinuhe, a poor orphan, becomes a brilliant physician and with his friend Horemheb is appointed to the service of the new Pharoah. Sinuhe's personal triumphs and tragedies are played against the larger canvas of the turbulent events of the 18th dynasty. As Sinuhe is drawn into court intrigues he learns the answers to the questions he has sought since his birth.

Directing:
  • Michael Curtiz
Writing:
  • Philip Dunne
  • Casey Robinson
  • Mika Waltari
Stars:
Release Date: Wed, Aug 25, 1954

Rating: 6.375/10 by 88 users

Alternative Title:
Egypťan Sinuhet - CZ
Egypťan - CZ
Египтянин - RU
Sinuhe der Ägypter - DE

Country:
United States of America
Language:
ελληνικά
English
Runtime: 02 hour 19 minutes
Budget: $5,000,000
Revenue: $15,000,000

Plot Keyword: epic, egypt, courtesan, desert, ancient egypt, pharoah, 14th century bc, valley of the kings

John Carradine
Grave Robber
Anitra Stevens
Queen Nefertiti
Michael Ansara
Hittite Commander
Henry Corden
Hittite Officer
Mady Comfort
Egyptian Female
Richard Allan
Student in School of Life
Don Blackman
Nubian Prince
Brad Brown
Palace Soldier
George Chester
Nubian Guard
Carmen De Lavallade
Egyptian Dancer
Franco Fantasia
Hittite Officer
John George
Man in Street (uncredited)
Yeghishe Harout
Syrian at Nefer's
Paul Kruger
High Priest
Ian MacDonald
Ship's Captain
Tiger Joe Marsh
Libyan Guard
Donna Martell
Lady in Waiting
Mike Mazurki
Foreman, House of Death
Wilma Reid
Nefer's Maid
Peter Reynolds
Sinuhe - Age 10
Paul Salata
Egyptian Official
Saye Sumi
Nefer's Maid
Alice Tissot
Old Woman Near the House of Death

CinemaSerf

Edmund Purdom plays the title role in this scalpel-and-sandal melodrama that may be loosely based on "The Tale of Sinuhe" from the 12th and 13th dynasties (c. 1900 BC) as a physician and his friend who encounter the Pharaoh (Michael Wilding) in the desert and rescue him from a lion after he has had some sort of fit. "Sinuhe" becomes a wealthy and well patronised doctor to the court and to the rich and famous and the film takes us through his, and the kingdom's, ups and downs. Victor Mature plays his ambitious friend Horemheb; Peter Ustinov is great as the rather morally challenged "Kaptah" and Bella Darvi is super as the enigmatic "Nefer". The writing is a bit long-winded and the acting stilted, but Michael Curtiz keeps it just about moving until a rather flat ending.


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