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25/08/1954 History, Drama 2h 19m
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To Nefer, shameless temptress of Babylon, he surrendered his parents' hope of immortality!

Overview

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.

  1. Michael Curtiz

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Edmund Purdom

    Sinuhe

  2. Victor Mature

    Horemheb

  3. Peter Ustinov

    Kaptah

  4. Jean Simmons

    Merit

  5. Gene Tierney

    Baketamon

  6. Bella Darvi

    Nefer

  7. Michael Wilding

    Akhnaton

  8. Judith Evelyn

    Taia

  9. Henry Daniell

    Mekere

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 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...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$5,000,000.00

Revenue
$15,000,000.00

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