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Overview
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Release Date:
17 December 1954 (West Germany)
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Tagline:
To Nefer, shameless temptress of Babylon, he surrendered his parents' hope of immortality! more
Plot:
In eighteenth-dynasty Egypt, Sinuhe, a poor orphan, becomes a brilliant physician and with his friend...
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Historical
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Monotheism
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Bronze Age
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar.
Another 1 win
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NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
Rip Pieces’ Edmund Purdom
(From Fangoria. 13 January 2009, 3:13 PM, PST)
Actor Purdom Dies
(From WENN. 3 January 2009, 5:54 AM, PST)
(From Fangoria. 13 January 2009, 3:13 PM, PST)
Actor Purdom Dies
(From WENN. 3 January 2009, 5:54 AM, PST)
User Comments:
A Superb, interesting, and well acted Movie.
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Jean Simmons | ... | Merit |
 | Victor Mature | ... | Horemheb |
 | Gene Tierney | ... | Baketamon |
 | Michael Wilding | ... | Akhnaton |
| Bella Darvi | ... | Nefer |
 | Peter Ustinov | ... | Kaptah |
 | Edmund Purdom | ... | Sinuhe |
| Judith Evelyn | ... | Taia |
| Henry Daniell | ... | Mekere |
| John Carradine | ... | Grave robber |
| Carl Benton Reid | ... | Senmut |
| Tommy Rettig | ... | Thoth |
| Anitra Stevens | ... | Queen Nefertiti |
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| Peter Reynolds | ... | Sinuhe, age 10 |
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139 min
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2.55 : 1 more
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4-Track Stereo (Western Electric Recording)
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At a cost of five million dollars, the film took two years to research, the designers ultimately cataloging five million items of clothing and properties for the epic.
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Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: Shortly before Sinuhe attempts to drown/strangle Nefer, she turns her back on him (and the audience). The zipper on the back of her gown is clearly visible.
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Sinuhe: [Older Sinuhe voiceover] I, Sinuhe the Egyptian, write this. In my place of exile on the shores of the Red Sea. There is no more desolate spot on earth. Soon the jackals and the vultures will make a poor meal of what is left of me. No monument will mark my resting place. I will leave only this...
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Sinuhe: [Older Sinuhe voiceover] I, Sinuhe the Egyptian, write this. In my place of exile on the shores of the Red Sea. There is no more desolate spot on earth. Soon the jackals and the vultures will make a poor meal of what is left of me. No monument will mark my resting place. I will leave only this...
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Passion: Films, Faith & Fury (2006) (TV)
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I first saw this movie around 1968 and if I don't see it once or twice a year, I'm surprised. I've always found it engrossing, well acted, and, for Hollywood, surprisingly accurate historically. I heartily give it 10 stars and recommend it highly!