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Queen of the Nile

Original title: Nefertite, regina del Nilo
  • 19611961
  • 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.
IMDb RATING
5.2/10
469
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  • Director
    • Fernando Cerchio
  • Writers
    • John Byrne(screenplay)
    • Fernando Cerchio(screenplay)
    • Emerico Papp(story)
  • Stars
    • Jeanne Crain
    • Vincent Price
    • Edmund Purdom
  • Director
    • Fernando Cerchio
  • Writers
    • John Byrne(screenplay)
    • Fernando Cerchio(screenplay)
    • Emerico Papp(story)
  • Stars
    • Jeanne Crain
    • Vincent Price
    • Edmund Purdom
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    • 11User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
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    Queen of the Nile (1961)
    Queen of the Nile (1961)
    Liana Orfei and Edmund Purdom in Queen of the Nile (1961)
    Jeanne Crain and Edmund Purdom in Queen of the Nile (1961)
    Queen of the Nile (1961)
    Vincent Price, Jeanne Crain, Carlo D'Angelo, Liana Orfei, and Edmund Purdom in Queen of the Nile (1961)
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    Jeanne Crain
    Jeanne Crain
    • Nefertiti
    Vincent Price
    Vincent Price
    • Benakon
    Edmund Purdom
    Edmund Purdom
    • Tumos, Scultore
    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, Priest
    Gino Marturano
    • Melad
    • (as Luigi Marturano)
    Romano Giomini
    Raf Baldassarre
    Raf Baldassarre
    • Mareb
    • (as Raffaele Baldassarre)
    Adriano Vitale
    Gino Talamo
    • Kanru
    Bruno Ariè
    • Fighting Soldier
    • (uncredited)
    Omero Capanna
    • Egyptian
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Fernando Cerchio
    • Writers
      • John Byrne(screenplay)
      • Fernando Cerchio(screenplay)
      • Emerico Papp(story)
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    • Trivia
      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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    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.
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    • dbdumonteil
    • Oct 27, 2004

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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
      • Incir De Paolis, Rome, Lazio, Italy(Studio)
    • 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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