La mummia

Titolo originale: The Mummy
Regia: Karl Freund |
Anno: 1932
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Horror Fantasy
Tag: virgin | egypt | excavation | museum | mummy | halloween | incantation | reincarnation | buried alive | resurrection | goddess | trance | sorcerer | black and white | african | archaeologist | pre-code | priestess | eternal love | condemned man | buried tomb | ancient curse | ancient scroll | amused |
Cast: Boris Karloff | Zita Johann | David Manners | Arthur Byron | Edward Van Sloan | Bramwell Fletcher | Noble Johnson | Kathryn Byron | Leonard Mudie | James Crane | Henry Victor | Arnold Gray | Florence Britton | Jack Deery | Bill Elliott | C. Montague Shaw | Leyland Hodgson | Eddie Kane | Tony Marlow | George Regas | Nick Shaid | Pat Somerset | Arthur Tovey | Cahit Irgat |

1921, la lettura ad alta voce di un papiro riporta in vita la mummia del sacerdote Im-Ho-Tep che fugge nel deserto portando con sè il papiro magico. Dieci anni dopo, la mummia del faraone sotto le spoglie di Ardath Bey, guida una spedizione di archeologi intenzionata a trovare il sarcofago della principessa Anck-es-en-Amon. Alla bella ed affascinante Helen Grosvernor, Ardath Bey racconta la "sua" storia, quella di Im-Ho-Tep innamorato della bella principessa Anck-es-en-Amon, ma murato vivo perchè era stato scoperto con il suo papiro, uno scritto magico in grado di resuscitare i morti...

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Ardath Bey prays to Isis in King James English. D
The film was copyrighted 14 December 1932, but on the opening title it bears a 1933 (MCMXXXIII) copy [...] D
When Helen is first seen, she is smoking a cigarette in a holder. When she turns from the camera, sh [...] D
The newspaper about the discovery of the tomb of a princess features photos of the golden sarcophagu [...] D
Pharaoh is misspelled in both the opening and closing credits as "pharoh". D
Helen, compelled by Ardath Bey (Imhotep), takes a cab to the Cairo Museum. The cab pulls up alongsid [...] D
When Helen leaves the dance under Ardeth's spell, she gets into a cab. When that cab arrives at the [...] D
When he is informed of the death of the museum guard, Sir Joseph Whemple is heard to say "hello" whe [...] D
(At about 41 mins) When Sir Joseph is preparing to burn the Scroll of Thoth, he puts it in the firep [...] D
Ralph Norton refers to the Egyptian goddess Isis's "vestal virgins". Only the Roman goddess Vesta ha [...] D
In the flashback scenes of Imhotep being mummified, his legs are bandaged together. They are still b [...] D
The "pan" across Cairo that introduces the character of Helen at the party, is actually a photograph [...] D
The pharaoh is depicted as having long hair and a long beard resembling the kings of ancient Persia. [...] D
The Union Jack, flag of the United Kingdom, is flying upside down as the camera pans to the 'Field E [...] D
When Muller shows Frank the Isis charm in the car, the closeup is a reused shot from earlier, which [...] D
When Imhotep breaks the glass in the display case with his bare hand, there is clearly no glass ther [...] D
According to the newspaper article detailing the findings, the man who helped them to find the site [...] D
Imhotep has been sentenced to "the Nameless Death", yet his name is still inscribed on his coffin. T [...] D

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