Queen of the Nile (film)

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Queen of the Nile
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Directed by Fernando Cerchio
Written byOttavio 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 (1961)
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

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.

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Plot

Cast

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

  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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