Petrie Film Club presents The Egyptian (US, Michael Curtiz, 1954)
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Based upon the internationally best-selling novel by Mika Waltari, this glittering Hollywood epic relates the life of New Kingdom physician, Sinuhe (Edmund Purdom) as he encounters deceit, treachery, and lust within the court of Egypt’s heretical king, Akhenaten (Michael Wilding). Presented with an introduction by Egyptologist John J Johnston. Part of LGBTQQIAA History Month.