Queen of the Nile (film)

Queen of the Nile
Queen of the Nile
Directed by	Fernando Cerchio
Written by	Ottavio Poggi; Fernando Cerchio; John Byrne
Starring	Jeanne Crain; Vincent Price; Edmund Purdom ; Amedeo Nazzari; Liana Orfei
Cinematography	Massimo Dallamano
Edited by	Renato Cinquini
Music by	Carlo Rustichelli
Release date	1961;
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Queen of the Nile (Italian: Nefertite, regina del Nilo, also known as Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile) is a 1961 Italian adventure drama film directed by Fernando Cerchio and starring Jeanne Crain, Vincent Price, Edmund Purdom and Amedeo Nazzari.

Plot

Cast

Jeanne Crain as Tanith / Nefertiti
Vincent Price as Benakon
Edmund Purdom as Tumos
Amedeo Nazzari as Amenophis IV
Liana Orfei as Merit
Carlo D'Angelo as Seper
Alberto Farnese as Dakim
Clelia Matania as Penaba
Giulio Marchetti as Meck
Piero Palermini as Nagor
Umberto Raho as Zeton
Luigi Marturano as Melad
Raf Baldassarre as Mareb

Release

The film was released in Italian cinemas by Euro International Films in 1961, and grossed 388 millions lire.^[1]

Reception

The film was generally badly received by critics. In a contemporary review in La Stampa, the film is praised for its visual appearance, especially its colors, sets, and mass scenes, but criticized for its cartoonish dialogues and an overly unconstrained screenplay.^[2] Jeffrey Richards wrote: "Despite colourful costumes and sets and an action-packed ﬁnale, this was a stilted and one-dimensional affair [...] with a plethora of sub-plots".^[3] TV Guide describes it as "one of those countless inferior-quality Italian biblical epics".^[4]

References

^ Borsa, Corrado; Olivetti, Paola (2008). Millenovecento 61: il cinema italiano del 1961. Archivio Nazionale Cinematografico della Resistenza. p. 310. ISBN 978-88-89908-31-0.
^ Vice (23 September 1961). "Sullo Schermo". La Stampa. No. 226. p. 4. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
^ Richards, Jeffrey (2008). Hollywood's Ancient Worlds. A & C Black. p. 146. ISBN 978-1-84725-007-0.
^ "Queen of the Nile". TV Guide. Retrieved 7 November 2024.

External links

Queen of the Nile at IMDb

[1] Borsa, Corrado; Olivetti, Paola (2008). Millenovecento 61: il cinema italiano del 1961. Archivio Nazionale Cinematografico della Resistenza. p. 310. ISBN 978-88-89908-31-0.

[2] Vice (23 September 1961). "Sullo Schermo". La Stampa. No. 226. p. 4. Retrieved 7 November 2024.

[3] Richards, Jeffrey (2008). Hollywood's Ancient Worlds. A & C Black. p. 146. ISBN 978-1-84725-007-0.

[4] "Queen of the Nile". TV Guide. Retrieved 7 November 2024.

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