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The Egyptian

- To Nefer, shameless temptress of Babylon, he surrendered his parents' hope of immortality!

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.

Release Date : 1954-08-25

Language :GreekEnglish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : 20th Century Fox

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Sinuhe

Original Name : Edmund Purdom

Gender : Male

Character Name : Horemheb

Original Name : Victor Mature

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kaptah

Original Name : Peter Ustinov

Gender : Male

Character Name : Merit

Original Name : Jean Simmons

Gender : Female

Character Name : Baketamon

Original Name : Gene Tierney

Gender : Female

Character Name : Nefer

Original Name : Bella Darvi

Gender : Female

Character Name : Akhnaton

Original Name : Michael Wilding

Gender : Male

Character Name : Taia

Original Name : Judith Evelyn

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mekere

Original Name : Henry Daniell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Grave Robber

Original Name : John Carradine

Gender : Male

Character Name : Senmut

Original Name : Carl Benton Reid

Gender : Male

Character Name : Thoth

Original Name : Tommy Rettig

Gender : Male

Character Name : Queen Nefertiti

Original Name : Anitra Stevens

Gender : Female

Character Name : Hittite Commander

Original Name : Michael Ansara

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hittite Officer

Original Name : Henry Corden

Gender : Male

Character Name : Egyptian Female

Original Name : Mady Comfort

Gender : Male

Character Name : Student in School of Life

Original Name : Richard Allan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Princess

Original Name : Sharon Jan Altman

Gender : Female

Character Name : Citizen

Original Name : Rama Bai

Gender : Female

Character Name : Boy

Original Name : Don Bender

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nubian Prince

Original Name : Don Blackman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tavern Waitress

Original Name : Geraldine Bogdonovich

Gender : Female

Character Name : Palace Soldier

Original Name : Brad Brown

Gender : Male

Character Name : Soldier

Original Name : George Bruggeman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nubian Guard

Original Name : George Chester

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kipa

Original Name : Angela Clarke

Gender : Female

Character Name : Patient

Original Name : Edmund Cobb

Gender : Male

Character Name : Libyan Guard

Original Name : Karl 'Killer' Davis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Egyptian Dancer

Original Name : Carmen De Lavallade

Gender : Female

Character Name : Boy

Original Name : Alvin Burke Deer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Soldier

Original Name : James Dime

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hittite Officer

Original Name : Franco Fantasia

Gender : Male

Character Name : Princess

Original Name : Dede Gainor

Gender : Female

Character Name : Boy

Original Name : Aurello Galli

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man in Street (uncredited)

Original Name : John George

Gender : Male

Character Name : Princess

Original Name : Mimi Gibson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Officer

Original Name : Michael Granger

Gender : Male

Character Name : Syrian at Nefer's

Original Name : Yeghishe Harout

Gender : Male

Character Name : Citizen

Original Name : Lars Hensen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Citizen

Original Name : Kay Koury

Gender : Female

Character Name : High Priest

Original Name : Paul Kruger

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ship's Captain

Original Name : Ian MacDonald

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cadet

Original Name : Tyler MacDuff

Gender : Male

Character Name : Libyan Guard

Original Name : Tiger Joe Marsh

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lady in Waiting

Original Name : Donna Martell

Gender : Female

Character Name : Foreman, House of Death

Original Name : Mike Mazurki

Gender : Male

Character Name : Priest

Original Name : George Melford

Gender : Male

Character Name : Officer

Original Name : John Mooney

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nefer's Maid

Original Name : Wilma Reid

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sinuhe - Age 10

Original Name : Peter Reynolds

Gender : Male

Character Name : Servant

Original Name : John Roy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Priest

Original Name : Lawrence Ryle

Gender : Male

Character Name : Egyptian Official

Original Name : Paul Salata

Gender : Male

Character Name : Boy

Original Name : Harry Shearer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Soldier

Original Name : Ray Spiker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nefer's Maid

Original Name : Saye Sumi

Gender : Female

Character Name : Nubian

Original Name : Harry Thompson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Old Woman Near the House of Death

Original Name : Alice Tissot

Gender : Female

Character Name : Governess

Original Name : Joan Winfield

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Nico Minardos

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-11-21

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.