The Egyptian (1954) | |
| Director(s) | Michael Curtiz |
| Producer(s) | Darryl F. Zanuck |
| Top Genres | Drama, Historical |
| Top Topics | Ancient World, Book-Based |
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The Egyptian (1954) was a Drama - Historical Film directed by Michael Curtiz and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck.
The film was based on the novel Sinuhe egyptil?inen (The Egyptian) written by Mika Waltari published in 1945.
Academy Awards 1954 --- Ceremony Number 27 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Cinematography | Leon Shamroy | Nominated |
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The Egyptian Theatre Returns to the TCMFF
By Lara on Feb 21, 2024 From BacklotsA flurry of excited emails arrived in my inbox yesterday, announcing that for the first time since 2019, the Egyptian Theatre will screen movies for the TCM Classic Film Festival. This is welcome news for classic film fans, who have worried about the fate of the theatre since Netflix acquired the pr... Read full article
The Egyptian Theatre back as a TCM Film Festival venue
By Stephen Reginald on Feb 21, 2024 From Classic Movie ManThe Egyptian Theatre back as a TCM Film Festival venue The legendary Egyptian Theatre, which opened its doors in 1922, is back as a major venue for the TCM Film Festival. Recently renovated by Netflix, the theatre is able to show 35mm, 70mm, digital formats, and nitrate prints. The TCM website ... Read full article
The Egyptian Theatre Returns to the TCMFF
By Lara on Feb 21, 2024 From BacklotsA flurry of excited emails arrived in my inbox yesterday, announcing that for the first time since 2019, the Egyptian Theatre will screen movies for the TCM Classic Film Festival. This is welcome news for classic film fans, who have worried about the fate of the theatre since Netflix acquired the pr... Read full article
Of Netflix and the Egyptian
By carole_and_co on Apr 16, 2019 From Carole & Co.I've never seen a photo of Carole Lombard at the fabled Egyptian Theater on Hollywood Boulevard, but we do have this image of one of her films playing there, "True Confession" in late 1937. Perhaps she was at its premiere. But since the Sid Grauman-built venue opened in 1922, it's highly likely Lomb... Read full article
The Egyptian ( 1954 )
By The Metzinger Sisters on Jan 31, 2019 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers"I feel the fever of Thebes in my blood, and I know that I was born to live in the sunset of the world and that nothing matters, nothing, but what I see in your eyes." Sinuhe, a poor orphan in Egypt during the eighteenth-dynasty, rises to fame as a great physician and, along with his friend Horemhe... Read full article
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Horemheb: Your Highness shoots well for a woman.
Baketamon: A child's game. I see one promotion.
Horemheb: Why not? A real soldier here is like a falcon among sparrows.
Baketamon: I wish a word with you. Over here.
Horemheb: May I say I've long dreamed of a word with you.
Baketamon: We will discuss your dreams. I wish to speak with your friend, the physician.
Horemheb: Why are you so interested in him?
Baketamon: My brother's been asking for him. He hasn't yet presented himself at court.
Horemheb: Sinuhe has left the city. He's gone to... Memphis I think.
Baketamon: If you hope for further promotions don't lie to me.
Horemheb: I love my friend enough to lie for him, even to a royal princess. What do you want?
Baketamon: I want him saved from this creature who's stolen his wits.
Horemheb: That's easy, she's a Babylonian, have her banished or killed.
Baketamon: He'd follow her into exile or mourn over her grave the rest of his life. No. He must be made to see that she's worthless.
Horemheb: And how to you expect to accomplish that?
Baketamon: By letting him find out that she's betrayed him with his best friend. You shouldn't find that too difficult. Such women like to be assaulted as if they were fortresses.
Horemheb: Your Highness flatters me.
Baketamon: I value you in the same way that you value yourself.
[He sees a gold serpent bracelet coiled around her lower arm]
Horemheb: Give me that bracelet.
Baketamon: You want a reward for helping the friend you love so much?
Horemheb: I want it for the Babylonian.
Baketamon: Oh? Then you're afraid that your manly charms won't be enough?
Horemheb: Not for her.
[he notices his friends looking their way]
Horemheb: My friends are watching us. They think you're awarding me an honor.
Baketamon: Let them think what they will.
Horemheb: Some day you'll strip your arms of honors
Sinuhe: [Older Sinuhe voiceover] I have spent my life in seeking knowledge. This is what I know. I have written this for you my son, wherever you are and for your children and your children's children. It's a poor legacy. But it's all I have.
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Facts about
The voices of the characters played by Mike Mazurki and Leo Gordon were dubbed by other actors for a more classical - and less American-street - quality.
Marilyn Monroe lobbied hard to play "Nefer," but Darryl F. Zanuck had earmarked the role for his then-mistress, Bella Darvi.
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