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Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile
Chronicles the rise and fall of the woman who eventually became known as Queen Nefertiti.
Release : | 1961 |
Rating : | 5.2 |
Studio : | Max Film, |
Crew : | Production Design, Production Design, |
Cast : | Jeanne Crain Vincent Price Edmund Purdom Amedeo Nazzari Liana Orfei |
Genre : | Drama History |
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a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.
The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful
A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.
one of many historical theme "B" films from "60. not memorable but correct. a dramatic love story, the beauty of Jeanne Crain, the duty, more important than the love, Vincent Price in a role using his skills for bad guys. and decent atmosphere, funny fight scenes, Edmund Purdom in a role who remains sketch for a Charming Prince. Nefertiti has the virtue to be perfect answer to the nostalgia of films "B" fans. large slices of romanticism, lost historical accuracy, seductive - and unrealistic - end. enough for a nice show.
After "Samson and Delilah" in 1949, Hollywood began a love affair with biblical epics which ultimately lead into other stories of ancient times. Whether "sword and sandal" or tales of real-life Greeks or Egyptians, this genre has never gone away, and it never fails to amaze me how unintentionally camp many of these films turn out to be some fifty years later.With Elizabeth Taylor's "Cleopatra" on the way out from 20th Century Fox (and covering pretty much every day of film-making it had in the press), movie makers turned to rip-offs to get into the mix. Jeanne Crain, the darling of 20th Century Fox in the 1940's and 50's, was still attractive by the time this was made, but probably still a bit long in the tooth to be believable as an innocent young Egyptian maiden who ends up becoming Pharaoh's wife and ultimately one of Egypt's most powerful women outside the late B.C. queen who really found a pain in the asp.Where there's sand, togas and barges, there's bound to be camp, and in "Queen of the Nile", that comes with the presence of Vincent Price as the High Priest who forces his daughter Nefretiti into the court of the pharaoh at the threat of the life of her real love. Price over-chews his dialog and wears so much make-up and beads that I can only compare him with Judith Anderson's Herodias from "Salome". Both characters had desire for power they couldn't have on their own so they utilized others to have it, much to the chagrin of the unfortunate people around them. In retrospect, Price actually seems to be in drag, making me wonder who the real Queen of the Nile was.While the English speaking actors are obviously speaking their native tongue, the Italian actors mouths seem to be speaking English too but the voices are obviously not their own. Amedeo Nazzari is Pharaoh Amenophis IV, an absolute weakling totally dominated by Price's Benakon who would have been home committing evil along side Sian Phillips' Livia from "I Claudius". Livia was much more subtle in her evil, but Price chews every line as if he was still quoting Edgar Allan Poe in those fun-filled horror films he was doing over at American International. Edmund Purdom, not yet recovered from playing "The Egyptian" years ago, does his best with the part of Nefretiti's lover, while Crain doesn't really get much of a chance to chew the scenery up. Yet, she still looks great in period costumes, and for that, this is worth giving a chance. There will be no doubt in the viewer's minds after seeing this that the violet-eyed Taylor was much more in command as Queen than the aging Crain was here.
A Sword and Sandal epic movie centers about Amenhotep IV (Amadeo Nazzari) son of Amenophis III who reigned Egypt . Amenhotep IV was crowned in Thebes and there he started a building program and a new religion , taking on the traditional priests (Vincent Price in one of his most unknown movies) . He married Nefertiti (Jeanne Crain) who loved Tutmes (Edmund Purdom) , sculptor who made the famous bust from her . Amenhotep IV-Akhenaten tried to bring about a departure from traditional religion, yet in the end it would not be accepted . After his death, traditional religious practice was gradually restored . It's a slice of ancient history set in 1300 B.C. : Amenophis IV is known as Akhenaten or Akhenaton , he was proclaimed maximum priest imposing a sole and , only one , great God : ¨Aton¨ or God Sun , pitting the priests (Vincent Price) followers to ¨Amon Ra¨ . Marriage between Amenophis and Nefertiti would born Tutankhamon . Amenophis created a new city called Ajetaton or Amarna . This is a Peplum style movie with impressive images but including factual errors , as Amenhopis IV changed his name to Akhenaten after converting to the worship of the Aton , and his capital was Akhet-Aton , not Thebes . Jeanne Crain is beautiful , Vincent Price , as always , plays very well a villain person . There are several secondaries and good Italian actors seen in Peplum or Sword and Sandals genre , Musclemen movies and Spaghetti Westerns : Alberto Farnese , Liana Orfei , Umberto Raho, Ralph Baldasarre , among others . Spellbound color cinematography by Massimo Dallamano ensure the glowing spectacle . Set design is breathtaking and Carlo Rustichelli's musical score is excellent . The picture was professionally directed by Fernando Cerchio . The movie gets likeness to 'Sinuhe the Egyptian' but lack luster and budget . Rating: 6 points/10
Altough much liberty is taken with history (in all fairness, there is still a great deal that is not known about this period) an interesting story has been concocted about the mysterious queen. It seems the sculptor who made the famous bust was enamored of her before she became the royal wife and was a mere High Priest's daughter who was cruelly forced to marry Amenophis IV unconvincingly played by Amadeo Nazzari, who is not in the least like Ahkenaton. But the costumes and sets are gorgeous, and Miss Crain is lovely. Vincent Price is credible as the nasty priest of Amon-Ra.