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.
- 6.4
- 1954
- Released
- 2h 19m
Edmund Purdom
Sinuhe
Victor Mature
Horemheb
Peter Ustinov
Kaptah
Jean Simmons
Merit
Gene Tierney
Baketamon
Bella Darvi
Nefer
Michael Wilding
Akhnaton
Judith Evelyn
Taia
Henry Daniell
Mekere
John Carradine
Grave Robber
Carl Benton Reid
Senmut
Tommy Rettig
Thoth
Anitra Stevens
Queen Nefertiti
Michael Ansara
Hittite Commander
Henry Corden
Hittite OfficerMady Comfort
Egyptian Female
Richard Allan
Student in School of LifeSharon Jan Altman
PrincessRama Bai
CitizenDon Bender
Boy
Don Blackman
Nubian PrinceGeraldine Bogdonovich
Tavern WaitressBrad Brown
Palace SoldierGeorge Bruggeman
SoldierGeorge Chester
Nubian Guard
Angela Clarke
Kipa
Edmund Cobb
Patient
Karl 'Killer' Davis
Libyan Guard
Carmen De Lavallade
Egyptian DancerAlvin Burke Deer
Boy
James Dime
Soldier
Franco Fantasia
Hittite OfficerDede Gainor
PrincessAurello Galli
Boy
John George
Man in Street (uncredited)
Mimi Gibson
Princess
Michael Granger
OfficerYeghishe Harout
Syrian at Nefer'sLars Hensen
CitizenKay Koury
Citizen
Paul Kruger
High Priest
Ian MacDonald
Ship's CaptainTyler MacDuff
CadetTiger Joe Marsh
Libyan Guard
Donna Martell
Lady in Waiting
Mike Mazurki
Foreman, House of DeathJohn Mooney
OfficerWilma Reid
Nefer's MaidPeter Reynolds
Sinuhe - Age 10John Roy
ServantLawrence Ryle
PriestPaul Salata
Egyptian Official
Harry Shearer
Boy
Ray Spiker
SoldierSaye Sumi
Nefer's MaidHarry Thompson
Nubian
Alice Tissot
Old Woman Near the House of Death
Joan Winfield
Governess
Nico Minardos
Released
en
$5,000,000.00
$15,000,000.00
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- #courtesan
- #desert
- #ancient egypt
- #pharoah
- #14th century bc
- #valley of the kings
Reviews
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