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Sadly, the only English language version available of the novel is an abridged version, which cuts the original 900+ page novel down to 500+ pages. The complete novel has been translated unabridged to several other languages though. |
Sadly, the only English language version available of the novel is an abridged version, which cuts the original 900+ page novel down to 500+ pages. The complete novel has been translated unabridged to several other languages though. |
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The novel was made into a 1954 [[Twentieth Century Fox|20th Century Fox]] film starring Edmund Purdom as Sinuhe, Michael Wilding as Akenaton, Bella Darvi as Nefer, and [[Demetrius and The Gladiators|Victor Mature]] as Horemheb; Peter Ustinov does his usual scene-stealing as Kapteh. It is hard to believe that this rather ponderous movie was directed by Michael Curtiz, the director of ''[[ |
The novel was made into a 1954 [[Twentieth Century Fox|20th Century Fox]] film starring Edmund Purdom as Sinuhe, Michael Wilding as Akenaton, Bella Darvi as Nefer, and [[Demetrius and The Gladiators|Victor Mature]] as Horemheb; Peter Ustinov does his usual scene-stealing as Kapteh. It is hard to believe that this rather ponderous movie was directed by Michael Curtiz, the director of ''[[Captain Blood]]'', ''[[The Adventures of Robin Hood (film)|The Adventures of Robin Hood]]'', and ''[[Casablanca]]''. Nevertheless, it has a memorable score by [[Bernard Herrmann]] ''and'' [[Alfred Newman]]. [[Marilyn Monroe]] apparently auditioned for the role of Nefer. The movie has some substantial differences from the novel. |
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** [[Saintly Church]]: The church of Aton. A deconstruction in that the novel asks the question of which one is ''worse''. |
** [[Saintly Church]]: The church of Aton. A deconstruction in that the novel asks the question of which one is ''worse''. |
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* [[Crapsack World]]: The [[Aesop]] of the story ends on the somewhat existentialist note that you really can't change anything but your own attitude, that people are corrupt and weak, and that the only person who really wished everyone well is completely incapable of grasping this fact, which just ends up making things worse. |
* [[Crapsack World]]: The [[Aesop]] of the story ends on the somewhat existentialist note that you really can't change anything but your own attitude, that people are corrupt and weak, and that the only person who really wished everyone well is completely incapable of grasping this fact, which just ends up making things worse. |
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** [[Inherent in the System]] |
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* [[Deliberate Values Dissonance]] AND [[Values Resonance]]: Waltari has a lot of fun with this. |
* [[Deliberate Values Dissonance]] AND [[Values Resonance]]: Waltari has a lot of fun with this. |
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* [[Devoted to You]]: Horemheb to princess Baketamon. |
* [[Devoted to You]]: Horemheb to princess Baketamon. |
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