The Egyptian (Film), released 1954 — adapted from The Egyptian by Mika Waltari.
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.
Starring Edmund Purdom, Victor Mature, Peter Ustinov, Jean Simmons, Gene Tierney.
Directed by Michael Curtiz.
