La sposa del Nilo
About La sposa del Nilo
A drought has Egypt waiting for the Nile. The priests pick a virgin to be thrown into the river. They name Amébis, beloved of Pharaoh Ramses. She and the pharaoh try to get clear of the sacrifice.
Cast & crew
More about La sposa del Nilo
Enrico Guazzoni directed the Cines short. French Wikipedia places the Italian, French, and British releases in June 1911 and gives the length as 18 minutes. English title: The Bride of the Nile. German title: Die Nilbraut.
Themes
Background
Cines was making costume pictures of this scale two years before Guazzoni’s Quo Vadis (1913) and Pastrone’s Cabiria (1914).
Music
Silent.
Notes
- Fernanda Negri Pouget plays Amébis. Gastone Monaldi plays Ramses.
- Bruto Castellani, Orlando Ricci, and Ettore Mazzanti are also credited.
- The French title is L'Épouse du Nil. The story is set in ancient Egypt.
- Natacha Aubert cites the sacrifice plot in Un cinéma d'après l'antique (2009).
Scenes
- The priests name Amébis, the pharaoh’s beloved, as the maiden who must go into the river.
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-bride-of-the-nile)
