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The Egyptian is a 1954 American epic historical drama film made by 20th Century-Fox. Filmed in CinemaScope with color by DeLuxe, it was directed by Michael Curtiz and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck. It is based on Mika Waltari's 1945 novel of the same name and the screenplay was adapted by Philip Dunne and Casey Robinson.
[1] [2] [Note 1] Regarded as "one of the greatest books in Finnish literary history", [5] it is, so far, the only Finnish novel to be adapted into a Hollywood film, which happened in 1954. The Egyptian is the first and the most successful of Waltari's great historical novels, and that which gained him international fame.
Year Title Director Notes 1953 Aida: 1953 Serpent of the Nile: William Castle: With Rhonda Fleming as Cleopatra.: 1954 Two Nights with Cleopatra: 1954 The Egyptian: 1955 Land of the Pharaohs
This was the first film role that Omar Sharif played. In 1996, during the Egyptian Cinema centennial, this film was selected one of the best 150 Egyptian film productions. It was presented in the 1954 Cannes Film Festival under the name The Blazing Sky. [1] [2] It was a box office hit in the Soviet Union, where it sold 25.8 million tickets in ...
Entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival: El Wahsh (The Monster) Salah Abu Seif: Anwar Wagdi, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Samia Gamal, Abbas Fares: Crime: Entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival: El Zolm Haram (Injustice Is Forbidden) Hasan El-Saifi
Emad Hamdy (Arabic: عماد حمدي, ‘Imād Ḥamdī; November 25, 1909 – January 28, 1984) also known as Imad Hamdi, was an Egyptian actor. He was married to the Egyptian actress Shadia between 1953 and 1956. And between 1962 and 1975 he was married to the Egyptian actress Nadia El Guindy, and they had one son. [1]
The novel focuses on three protagonists, which are, in order of appearance, Gerald Winston, an Egyptologist, Kāra, an Egyptian man, and a dragoman named Tadros. Kāra claims to be a descendant of Ahtka-Rā, High Priest of Ămen, whom he says ruled Rameses II as his puppet, including hiding the latter's death for two years--archaeology says Rameses reigned 67 years, but according to Kāra, he ...
The Monster (Arabic: الوحش, romanized: Ell Wahsh) is a 1954 Egyptian crime film directed by Salah Abouseif.It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival. [1] It was one of the first films to be labelled as a "social documentary thriller" by cinema writer Georges Sadoul for its use of documentary style, depictions of police abuse, and backdrop of life in the Egyptian countryside.