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54% Critic Match
The Eyes of the Mummy
5.4 / 10• 1918• 58m•NR• German
DramaHorrorAdventure
Storyline
Egyptians Radu and Ma milk British tourists out of their money by offering phony tours of a mummy's tomb-- Radu has the girl lend her eyes to the "mummy" from inside an empty sarcophagus. When adventurer Wendland comes to visit the tomb, Ma is rescued and falls in love with him, leaving Radu in the dust. Needless to say, her former employer / captor follows them abroad in order to exact his revenge.
Cast & Crew
Pola Negri
Ma
Lead
Emil Jannings
Radu
Harry Liedtke
Albert Wendland
ML
Max Laurence
Prince Hohenfels
Margarete Kupfer
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What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Ernst Lubitsch's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Eyes of the Mummy is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
