Film

The Egyptian

To Nefer, shameless temptress of Babylon, he surrendered his parents' hope of immortality!

6.4

2h 19m

1954

“To Nefer, shameless temptress of Babylon, he surrendered his parents' hope of immortality!”

Synopsis

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. As Sinuhe is drawn into court intrigues he learns the answers to the questions he has sought since his birth.