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Prisoners of the Sun ()


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A multinational expedition discovers a lost city beneath a pyramid, where they must stop the reawakened gods of ancient Egypt from initiating the Apocalypse.

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Prof. Hayden Masterton
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Doug Adler
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Sarah Masterton / Princess Amanphur
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Claire Becket
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Adam Prime
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Prof. Mendella
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Peter Levitz
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Rohit
Mohamed Akhzam ...
Masterton's Assistant
Edy Arellano ...
Sahid
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Pharao consort
Katherine Heath ...
Jemila
Isabella Orlowska ...
Heather
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Kalfhani
Nourrdine Touami ...
Amram
Habib Hamdane ...
Amen (as Habib Hamdan)
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General (as Joseph Beddlem)
Mohamed Majd ...
High Priest
Saad Tsouli ...
Priest Nephur
Farid Regragui ...
Pharaoh
Abdelilah Boukhrouach ...
Captain of the Guard
Karim Doukkali ...
Priest of Ra
Mohammed Dzzaalous ...
Tarak
Saleh Ben-Saleh ...
Al-Khem Ayut (as Salah Ben Saleh)
Merouazi Mohamed ...
Phycician
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Stonemason
N'Mila Mohamed ...
Army Captain
El Housseine Dejjiti ...
Physician
Faical Tamim ...
Soldier
Alia Rakab ...
Belly Dancer
Saoussan Rakab ...
Belly Dancer
Hanane Benchekroun ...
Servant Girl
Hicham Bahloul ...
Soldier
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Joseph Oliveira ...
Soldier (uncredited)
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Al Khem Ayut Mummy (uncredited)

Directed by

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Roger Christian

Written by

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Peter Atkins ... (written by) &
Anthony Hickox ... (written by)

Produced by

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Juliette Alfonsi ... assistant producer
Andrea Block ... associate producer
Uwe Boll ... co-producer
Alexander Dannenberg ... executive producer / producer
Matthias Drescher ... executive producer
Neil Dunn ... producer
Christian Haas ... associate producer
Hamid Herraf ... line producer
Heide Jablonka ... assistant producer
Philipp Knauss ... executive producer
Harald Reichebner ... producer: Ecco Entertainment
Michael Roesch ... co-producer
Michael Stricker ... line producer

Music by

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Maarten Buning

Cinematography by

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Ed Wild

Editing by

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Valerie Haaf
Dirk Shoppe
Alan Strachan

Casting By

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Noureddine Aberdine

Production Design by

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Luca Tranchino

Costume Design by

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Robin Fraser-Paye

Makeup Department

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Khadija Hamdan ... makeup artist
Maria Jittou ... makeup artist
Lesley Lamont-Fisher ... hair designer / makeup designer
Hicham Sahi ... assistant hair stylist

Production Management

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Thomas Christian ... production manager
Steve Cook ... post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Rabii El Jawhari ... assistant director
Mehdi Elkhaoudy ... first assistant director: Morocco
Melisa Kurtay ... second assistant director
Belkis Turan ... first assistant director

Art Department

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Abdellah Baadil ... model maker
Nabil Ghaouat ... scenic graphics (as Nabil Ghouat)
Abdenabi Izlaguen ... props buyer
Aziz Mhand ... props
Philip Murphy ... property master

Sound Department

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Brahim Ait Belkas ... assistant sound
Leonardo Barragan ... sound effects editor (as Leonardo A. Barragán)
Kevin Belen ... sound editor
Steve Cook ... post-production sound supervisor
Tim Fraser ... sound recordist
Chris Gilling ... re-recording mixer
David Green ... sound effects editor
Hani Mefti ... automated dialogue replacement (as Henry Mefty)
Bill Mellow ... sound effects editor
Mike Paprocki ... sound designer
Iain Pattison ... re-recording mixer
Iris Posada ... additional adr coordinator
Martin Quiñones ... adr recordist
Ryan Schaad ... foley recordist / sound effects editor
Kelly Stewart ... boom operator
Joe Watts ... foley editor
Nourdine Zaoui ... boom operator

Special Effects by

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Stuart Browne ... special effects technician
Alastair Vardy ... special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by

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Kristian Bernsen ... digital artist
Sacha Bertram ... visual effects supervisor
Andrea Block ... visual effects associate producer: LUXX FILM
Monika Bress ... digital artist
Anna-Lena Carl ... visual effects coordinator
Alan Church ... visual effects supervision: Morocco
David Dunsterville ... CAD model designer
Jan Fees ... visual effects producer
Adam Figielski ... digital environment supervisor
Martin Fischer ... digital compositor
Andreas Frickinger ... compositing supervisor
Simon Giles ... visual effects supervision: Morocco
Christian Haas ... visual effects supervisor: Luxx Studios
Daniela Hasenbring ... effects technical director / pipeline developer
Finlay Hogg ... digital compositor
Zoran Kazic ... visual effects artist
Marius Kuberczyk ... digital compositor
Alexander Kucera ... visual effects producer
Tristan Lilien ... digital compositor
Bjoern Mantelars ... technical director
Nicolas Pellkofer ... visual effects artist
Luca Gabriele Rossetti ... visual effects artist
Thomas André Szabó ... vfx coordinator
Richard Van Den Bergh ... miniatures supervisor
Marco Wilz ... lead 3d artist

Stunts

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Farid Ben Aki ... stunts
Joseph Beddelem ... stunt coordinator
Mjid El Ghachi ... stunts
Rodolphe Gonckel ... stunts
Youssef Marchouki ... stunts
Jason Oettle ... stunt rigging coordinator
Cedric Proust ... stunt coordinator
Aizam Razouali ... stunt double
Florian Robin ... stunts
Gáspár Szabó ... stunt performer (as Szabó Gáspár)
Faical Tamiom ... stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

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El Mokhtar Aboukal ... video assist playback operator
John Attwell ... camera operator
Alessio Bramucci ... best boy electric
Patrick Bramucci ... gaffer
Mohamed El Maslouhi ... gaffer
Hicham Elbennissi ... lighting technician
Mohamed Elmaslouhi ... gaffer
Lahcen Herraf ... key grip
Mohammed Amine Hlal ... assistant lighting technician
Mouna Khaali ... second assistant camera
Mohamed Louizi ... video operator
Mark Nutkins ... first assistant camera: "b" camera
Imad Rechiche ... first assistant camera
Khalid Abou Saoud ... grip
Daniele Verdenelli ... best boy
Karl Watkins ... director of photography: second unit

Casting Department

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Rachid Doha ... casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Lahcen Abbana ... costume assistant

Location Management

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Omar Driouche ... location manager
Rabii El Bakki ... location manager (as Rabii Elbakki) / location manager
El Hassan Ait Moudoud ... location manager assistant

Music Department

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Jessica de Rooij ... music supervisor
Tomas Delfgaauw ... score mixer
Stan Koch ... composer: additional music

Script and Continuity Department

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Sally Jones ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Omar Driouche ... transportation coordinator

Additional Crew

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Joe Barzo ... production staff
Fouad Challa ... advisor (as Fred Challa)
Lina Dhingra ... assistant to director
Abderrahim Ennaji ... production runner
Nazha Kajja ... production coordinator
Johannes Kunkel ... production assistant
Wojciech Palys ... photographer (as Wojtek Palys)
Grischa Sautter ... production assistant
Nan Skiba ... production staff
Krystof Zlatnik ... epk director

Thanks

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Andreas Grünberg ... special thanks

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

A young American archaeological apprentice is drawn into a perilous expedition deep beneath the timeless sands of Egypt. Escaping death traps and ancient monsters, the expedition discovers a secret older than history, and a danger beyond imagination. The "sleepers" have awoken, the gods have arisen, and the countdown to the end of the world has begun. Written by Anonymous

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Taglines An ancient pyramid. A present threat. A mystery unchained after 5,000 years. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Dawn of the Mummy (United Kingdom)
  • La malédiction de la pyramide (France)
  • Prisioneros del sol (Spain)
  • Prisonniers de la cité perdue (Canada, French title)
  • Więźniowie Słońca (Poland)
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Runtime
  • 85 min
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Budget $18,000,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia Sean Patrick Flanery was originally set to star. See more »
Goofs Doug mentions a number system being zero through ten-based. The decimal numbering system he is describing is based on zero though nine. See more »
Movie Connections References Tomb Raider (1996). See more »
Quotes Narrator: A long time ago, when mankind was still in its cradle, visitors came from the skies. They were called The Osiris. These gods gave us unimaginable gifts, the likes of which we had never dreamed of before - astronomy, architecture, culture - but all this came at a price. The Osiris wanted Earth for themselves. The pharaoh, the greatest man of all, together with the god of sunlight Ra, opposed this threat to their people. Just when the visitors prepared to summon their kin to come to Earth, an opportunity arising only once every 5000 years when the stars align in the right order, the pharaoh stole the light from The Osiris, blinding them with its brilliance, leaving them imprisoned in a dungeon hidden in the labyrinth below his pyramid; but, some still believed in the visitors' way and prepared for the time of their return - so did the princess Amanphur.
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