Queen of the Nile (film)

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.

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.

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. 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". TV Guide describes it as "one of those countless inferior-quality Italian biblical epics".