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Release Date: 1954-08-25
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TMDB Rating: 6.5/10 from 110 votes on TMDB
That is a solidly middle-of-the-pack score among 1954 History films on TMDB.
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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.
Tagline:To Nefer, shameless temptress of Babylon, he surrendered his parents' hope of immortality!
Genres: History|
Drama|
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Release Date: 1954-08-25
Movie Revenue: $15000000
Movie Runtime: 139
Language: Greek, English
The Egyptian Box Office Collection: $5000000
The Egyptian was released on 25 August 1954. It is a History, Drama film with a running time of 139 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Filmoria has been tracking The Egyptian since its release, keeping this page updated with the latest cast, trailer and streaming details.
Filmoria's Take: Reception has been respectable so far. Now an established part of the catalogue rather than a new release. Filmoria's genre coverage means similar picks are not hard to find from here.
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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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