The Egyptian (1954)
To Nefer, shameless temptress of Babylon, he surrendered his parents' hope of immortality!
139 min
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
- August 24, 1954
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $5,000,000
- Box office
- $15,000,000
Trailer
Cast
- Jean Simmons as Merit
- Victor Mature as Horemheb
- Gene Tierney as Baketamon
- Michael Wilding as Akhnaton
- Bella Darvi as Nefer
- Peter Ustinov as Kaptah
- Edmund Purdom as Sinuhe
- Judith Evelyn as Taia
- Henry Daniell as Mekere
- John Carradine as Grave Robber
Crew
- Michael Curtiz · Director
- Philip Dunne · Writer
- Casey Robinson · Writer
- Mika Waltari · Writer
- Darryl F. Zanuck · Producer
- Bernard Herrmann · Composer
- Alfred Newman · Composer
- Leon Shamroy · Cinematographer
- Barbara McLean · Editor