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TITLE Egyptian, The (1954)

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DISABILITY General Epilepsy

COUNTRY USA

LENGTH 140

GENRE Historical drama

DIRECTOR Michael Curtiz

CAST Edmund Purdom

Jean Simmons

Victor Mature

Bella Darvi

NOTES Set in Egypt around 300 b.c.

A doctor and his friend meet a Pharaoh just as he is having an epileptic fit. Because of the near god-like status of the Pharaoh this results in their imminent execution. But the Pharaoh turns to out to be grateful to them and makes the doctor his court physician.



From the novel by Mika Waltari

 


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