The Mummy
It Comes to Life!
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12/22/1932Runtime
73 minsOverview
An ancient Egyptian priest named Imhotep is revived when an archaeological expedition finds his mummy and one of the archaeologists accidentally reads an ancient life-giving spell. Imhotep escapes from the field site and searches for the reincarnation of the soul of his lover.
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ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$196,000Revenue
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A haunting meditation on love transcending death, wrapped in the atmospheric dread of a ancient curse awakening in the modern world. The film moves with deliberate pacing, building an eerie mood through visual restraint and the melancholy of an eternal being searching for his lost beloved across centuries.
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Boris Karloff
Imhotep, alias Ardath Bey
Zita Johann
Helen Grosvenor / Princess Anck-es-en-Amon
David Manners
Frank Whemple
Arthur Byron
Sir Joseph Whemple
Edward Van Sloan
Dr. Muller
Bramwell Fletcher
Ralph Norton
Noble Johnson
The Nubian Servant
Kathryn Byron
Frau Muller
Leonard Mudie
Professor Pearson
James Crane
The Pharaoh
Henry Victor
The Saxon Warrior (scenes deleted)
Arnold Gray
Knight (scenes deleted)
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