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Queen of the Nile

Original title: Nefertite, regina del Nilo
  • 1961
  • 1h 37m
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5.2/10
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Queen of the Nile (1961)
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Chronicles the rise and fall of the woman who eventually became known as Queen Nefertiti.Chronicles the rise and fall of the woman who eventually became known as Queen Nefertiti.Chronicles the rise and fall of the woman who eventually became known as Queen Nefertiti.

  • Director
    • Fernando Cerchio
  • Writers
    • John Byrne
    • Fernando Cerchio
    • Emerico Papp
  • Stars
    • Jeanne Crain
    • Vincent Price
    • Edmund Purdom
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.2/10
    580
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    • Director
      • Fernando Cerchio
    • Writers
      • John Byrne
      • Fernando Cerchio
      • Emerico Papp
    • Stars
      • Jeanne Crain
      • Vincent Price
      • Edmund Purdom
    • 16User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Jeanne Crain
    Jeanne Crain
    • Nefertiti
    Vincent Price
    Vincent Price
    • Benakon
    Edmund Purdom
    Edmund Purdom
    • Tumos
    Amedeo Nazzari
    Amedeo Nazzari
    • Amenophis IV
    Liana Orfei
    Liana Orfei
    • Merith
    Carlo D'Angelo
    Carlo D'Angelo
    • Seper
    Alberto Farnese
    Alberto Farnese
    • Dakim
    Clelia Matania
    Clelia Matania
    • Penaba
    Giulio Marchetti
    • Meck
    Piero Palermini
    • Nagor
    Umberto Raho
    Umberto Raho
    • Zeton
    Gino Marturano
    • Melad
    • (as Luigi Marturano)
    Romano Giomini
    Raf Baldassarre
    Raf Baldassarre
    • Mareb
    • (as Raffaele Baldassarre)
    Adriano Vitale
    Gino Talamo
    • Kanru
    Bruno Ariè
    • Un soldato
    • (uncredited)
    Omero Capanna
    • Un'egiziano
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Fernando Cerchio
    • Writers
      • John Byrne
      • Fernando Cerchio
      • Emerico Papp
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    6ma-cortes

    Based on historical deeds about Pharaoh Amenophis IV and his wife Nefertiti

    A Sword and Sandal epic movie centers about Amenhotep IV (Amadeo Nazzari) son of Amenophis III who reigned Egypt . Amenhotep IV was crowned in Thebes and there he started a building program and a new religion , taking on the traditional priests (Vincent Price in one of his most unknown movies) . He married Nefertiti (Jeanne Crain) who loved Tutmes (Edmund Purdom) , sculptor who made the famous bust from her . Amenhotep IV-Akhenaten tried to bring about a departure from traditional religion, yet in the end it would not be accepted . After his death, traditional religious practice was gradually restored .

    It's a slice of ancient history set in 1300 B.C. : Amenophis IV is known as Akhenaten or Akhenaton , he was proclaimed maximum priest imposing a sole and , only one , great God : ¨Aton¨ or God Sun , pitting the priests (Vincent Price) followers to ¨Amon Ra¨ . Marriage between Amenophis and Nefertiti would born Tutankhamon . Amenophis created a new city called Ajetaton or Amarna . This is a Peplum style movie with impressive images but including factual errors , as Amenhopis IV changed his name to Akhenaten after converting to the worship of the Aton , and his capital was Akhet-Aton , not Thebes . Jeanne Crain is beautiful , Vincent Price , as always , plays very well a villain person . There are several secondaries and good Italian actors seen in Peplum or Sword and Sandals genre , Musclemen movies and Spaghetti Westerns : Alberto Farnese , Liana Orfei , Umberto Raho, Ralph Baldasarre , among others . Spellbound color cinematography by Massimo Dallamano ensure the glowing spectacle . Set design is breathtaking and Carlo Rustichelli's musical score is excellent . The picture was professionally directed by Fernando Cerchio . The movie gets likeness to 'Sinuhe the Egyptian' but lack luster and budget . Rating: 6 points/10
    dbdumonteil

    Some kind of "the Egyptian" remake.

    Mickael Curtiz did in 1954 an overlooked underrated adaptation of Mika Waltari's mammoth novel "the Egyptian".It already dealt with a monotheism close to Christianity which we find again here.The star was also Edmund Purdom but with a more celebrated supporting cast (Victor Mature,Jean Simmons,Gene Tierney).The slaughter of the new faith followers was much more impressive in "the Egyptian"and its screenplay more complex with a lot of subplots .Here it treads a rather tenuous line:Nefertiti -before she was called so- was in love with a sculptor (the one who made the famous bust ?)but alas her ambitious father,a priest, is busy making other plans for her.So she will go down in history ,but what price glory?

    It's fairly entertaining,but I would rather recommend Curtiz's work which was ,before "ten commandments" and " land of the pharaohs" the renaissance of the Egyptian sword and sandal.
    5ragosaal

    Italian Historical Epic

    This is an unpretentious Italian Historical Epic film based on the figure of the Egyptian queen Nefertiti. The story is acceptable -don't look for historical accuracy- and deals with the romance of the queen to be with a poor sculptor and the dilemma she has to face when forced to choose between her love or duty. Locations, settings, colour and gowns are acceptable too.

    Italians were fully dedicated to this kind of "B" epic productions in the early 60's and they often hired well known American or British performers -usually after their best years- in order to raise the level of these films and make them more suitable for international markets (Orson Welles, Broderick Crawford, Victor Mature and Basil Rathbone were among them).

    Jeanne Crain was always a just correct actress, but she looks beautiful here as Nefertiti and you prefer to feast your eyes on her than to analyze her performance. Vincent Price -just before his deservedly successful association with Roger Corman in Poe's based horror stories- plays without effort a villainous high priest. The love interest of the queen is Edmund Purdom in his usual dull and wooden acting; I can't recall another actor that was given so many chances to reach stardom with -if not great- rather expensive products and failed ("The Egyptian", "The Prodigal", "The King's Thief" or later "The Yellow Rolls Royce"). He ended up in "B" European films and no more than that.

    All in all, this is a movie to see if you like historical Epics but it surely won't make history in the genre.
    Kirpianuscus

    nice

    one of many historical theme "B" films from "60. not memorable but correct. a dramatic love story, the beauty of Jeanne Crain, the duty, more important than the love, Vincent Price in a role using his skills for bad guys. and decent atmosphere, funny fight scenes, Edmund Purdom in a role who remains sketch for a Charming Prince. Nefertiti has the virtue to be perfect answer to the nostalgia of films "B" fans. large slices of romanticism, lost historical accuracy, seductive - and unrealistic - end. enough for a nice show.
    6Bunuel1976

    QUEEN OF THE NILE (NEFERTITE) (Fernando Cerchio, 1961) **1/2

    This one, I guess, constitutes what passes for a star-studded peplum, what with 3 Hollywood names (Jeanne Crain, Vincent Price and Edmund Purdom – though, by this point, the latter was already well into his European phase) and a local one (Amedeo Nazzari, whom I recently-viewed in L'ATLANTIDE from the same year); incidentally, I opted to start my tribute to Price's centennial with his two epic Italian efforts (the other being RAGE OF THE BUCCANEERS, also from 1961) so as to segue from April's month-long marathon of such fare.

    To be honest, I was not expecting much from it, being more or less a low-brow mix of THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (1956), in which the titular royal had also featured (as did Price himself in a smallish role!), and Purdom's own earlier vehicle THE Egyptian (1954); however, the result is not only eminently watchable but surprisingly decent (so that Price's reputation is none the worse for its being on his resume'!). Crain, of course, is the protagonist – with Price as the High Priest (and, it is later revealed, Nefertite's father!), Purdom a sculptor in love with her when she had not yet ascended the throne and even boasted a different name (later, he is forced to make a statue of the new Queen and chastises her for what he believes to be her opportunism!), while Nazzari is the heir to the realm who intends helping his pal Purdom when Price tries to keep the latter and Crain apart but then, unbeknownst of her true identity, is persuaded by the High Priest to take Nefertite for a wife!

    Also involved in the proceedings are lovely Liana Orfei (who would have a similar, albeit even more central, role in RAGE OF THE BUCCANEERS itself) as Purdom's devoted assistant/lover (at one point, her sultry dancing in the desert distracts the guards at the hero's prison-tent so as to enable him to escape) and Umberto Raho (complementing Price's position in the temple as well as the film's villainous stakes). Incidentally, Nazzari's character is interestingly developed: he not only befriends a holy man and supports his reverence for one god over Egypt's several (which does not sit well with the tradition-bound Price) but he eventually goes mad and, finding himself besieged by his own soldiers (under the High Priest's command), commits suicide just instances before Purdom (sent by Crain to mobilize the loyal desert troops to their defence) arrives on the scene! In the end, the film's rich look manages to transcend budgetary limitations…even if the audio levels fluctuated intermittently throughout the copy I acquired, at one time even lapsing (very briefly) into Spanish!

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      Submitted to the British Board of Film Censors by E. J. Fancey and passed with a "U" certificate (for all ages) on 19 April 1963. Eventual distributors S.F. managed to get the film a three week run in London's West End and it opened at the Gala Royal on 25 April 1963. Hardly appropriately, S.F. selected German X-film For Love and Others (1959) as the supporting feature. Queen of the Nile did not get a general release on the major circuits in the UK, but was distributed on an optional basis to a fair number of cinemas. After disappearing for 25 years it re-surfaced on the ITV network in 1991.
    • Goofs
      Amenhopis IV changed his name to Akhenaten after converting to the worship of the Aton, and his capital was Akhet-Aton, not Thebes.
    • Alternate versions
      West German theatrical version was cut by approx. 14 minutes. Only in 2020 the uncut version was released on Blu-ray/DVD.
    • Connections
      Featured in Kolossal - i magnifici Macisti (1977)

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    • Release date
      • January 15, 1964 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Italy
    • Language
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Nofretete - Königin vom Nil
    • Filming locations
      • Lago di Fogliano, Latina, Lazio, Italy
    • Production company
      • MAX Film
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 37 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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