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In 18th dynasty Egypt, while lion hunting with his friend Horemheb, struggling physician Sinuhe discovers Egypt's newly ascendant pharaoh Akhnaton, who has sought the solitude of the desert in the midst of a religious epiphany.
A physician becomes a courtier and witness to the rise and fall of Akhnaton, the heretic pharaoh who worships one god. Based on a novel by Mika Waltari, the film stars Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Gene Tierney and Bella Darvi.
- Thevid
- 3 min
- Michael Curtiz
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.
The Egyptian is the first and the most successful of Waltari's great historical novels, and that which gained him international fame. It is set in Ancient Egypt, mostly during the reign of Pharaoh Akhenaten of the 18th Dynasty, whom some have claimed to be the first monotheistic ruler in the world.
- Mika Waltari, Naomi Walford
- Sinuhe
- 1945
- Akhenaten
Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient Northeast Africa. It was concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River, situated in the place that is now the country Egypt.
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