The Egyptian

The Egyptian1954

Stars: Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Gene Tierney, Michael Wilding
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Rating: APPROVED
Runtime: 139 minutes

The Egyptian (Sinuhe egyptiläinen, Sinuhe the Egyptian) is a historical novel by Mika Waltari. It was first published in Finnish in 1945, and in an abridged English translation by Naomi Walford in 1949, from Swedish rather than Finnish. So far, it i… more »



Nefer:
Have you ever looked on a woman before?

Sinuhe:
Hundreds, and in the state the gods created them. I'm a physician.

Nefer:
Your name?

Sinuhe:
I am called Sinuhe. He who is alone. Is this your house?

Nefer:
This is my house, and I have guests every evening. I dislike being alone.

[claps her hands to summon her servant]

Nefer:
Baraka!

[she handles the pendant around Sinuhe's neck]

Nefer:
The inscription of the new Pharoah.

Sinuhe:
His gift. I must leave now.

Nefer:
Why?

Sinuhe:
Because men bring you rich presents for as little as a smile.

[indicating the pendant]

Sinuhe:
This is all I have.

Nefer:
I have never asked a man for anything, but I ask you to stay.

Sinuhe:
I can't.

Nefer:
Is it because we women of Babylon have a bad reputation? Or do you find me so ugly. Do you?

Sinuhe:
You're beautiful, beyond all dreams.

Nefer:
Such flattery must come easily to a man who's known... hundreds of women.

Sinuhe:
No one before has ever seemed to me so beautiful, so strange. When I look in your eyes, I... feel...

Nefer:
What do you feel, Sinuhe?

Sinuhe:
I feel the fever of Thebes in my blood, and I know that I was born to live in the sunset of the world and that nothing matters, nothing, but what I see in your eyes. It's late, I must be leaving.

Nefer:
If you go filled with wine and wild thoughts, you will surely get into trouble with some designing woman.

Sinuhe:
Would you care?

[he follows as she goes into her garden]

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