Feature1954·139m·6.5

The Egyptian

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

HistoryDrama

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.

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Cast

Edmund Purdom

Sinuhe

Victor Mature

Horemheb

Peter Ustinov

Kaptah

Jean Simmons

Merit

Gene Tierney

Baketamon

Bella Darvi

Nefer

Michael Wilding

Akhnaton

Judith Evelyn

Taia

Henry Daniell

Mekere

John Carradine

Grave Robber

Carl Benton Reid

Senmut

Tommy Rettig

Thoth

Anitra Stevens

Queen Nefertiti

Michael Ansara

Hittite Commander

Henry Corden

Hittite Officer

Mady Comfort

Egyptian Female

Richard Allan

Student in School of Life

Sharon Jan Altman

Princess

Rama Bai

Citizen

Don Bender

Boy

Details

Status: Released
Original language: English
Languages: English
Budget: $5.0M
Revenue: $15.0M
Age rating: —
Quality: 4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
Production: 20th Century Fox

Crew

Director

Michael Curtiz

Writers

Philip Dunne, Casey Robinson, Mika Waltari

Leon Shamroy

Director of Photography

Barbara McLean

Editor

Alfred Newman

Original Music Composer

Bernard Herrmann

Original Music Composer

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Reviews

CinemaSerf

11/21/2022

6.0

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.