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6.4/10 • 94

1954-08-25 • 2h 19m

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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.

Directors
Michael Curtiz
Editors
Barbara McLean

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  1. Edmund Purdom

    Edmund Purdom

    Sinuhe

  2. Victor Mature

    Victor Mature

    Horemheb

  3. Peter Ustinov

    Peter Ustinov

    Kaptah

  4. Jean Simmons

    Jean Simmons

    Merit

  5. Gene Tierney

    Gene Tierney

    Baketamon

  6. Bella Darvi

    Bella Darvi

    Nefer

  7. Michael Wilding

    Michael Wilding

    Akhnaton

  8. Judith Evelyn

    Judith Evelyn

    Taia

  9. Henry Daniell

    Henry Daniell

    Mekere

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CinemaSerf

Nov 21, 2022

6/10

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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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$5,000,000.00
Revenue
$15,000,000.00
Keywords
epicegyptcourtesandesertancient egyptpharoah14th century bcvalley of the kings