The Mummy (1932)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.4/10   

Director:

Karl Freund

Escritores:

Nina Wilcox Putnam (story) and
Richard Schayer (story) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

22 diciembre 1932 (USA)

Género:

Drama | Fantasía | Horror

Frase comercial:

It comes to life!

Plot:

In 1921 a field expedition in Egypt discovers the mummy of ancient Egyptian prince Im-Ho-Tep, who was condemned and buried alive for sacrilege...

Plot Keywords:

Mummy | Reincarnation | Buried Alive | Virgin | Archeology

Comentarios de los usuarios:

The one, TRUE mummy!

Reparto

Boris Karloff	...	Im-ho-tep / 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
Kathryn Byron	...	Frau Muller
Leonard Mudie	...	Prof. Pearson
James Crane	...	The Pharaoh
Henry Victor	...	The Saxon warrior (scenes deleted)
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Arnold Gray	...	Knight (scenes deleted)

También conocida como:

Cagliostro
Im-Ho-Tep
King of the Dead
La momia (Spain) [es]

Duración:

73 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés | Arabe | Francés

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording Sound System)

Clasificación:

Finland:(Banned) (1935) | Finland:K-11 (2004) | Spain:T | Netherlands:12 | New Zealand:PG | Australia:PG | Germany:12 | UK:15 | USA:Unrated

Locaciones de Filmación:

Mojave Desert, California, USA

Compañía:

Universal Pictures

Trivialidades:

The ring Boris Karloff uses has been in the possession of Forrest J Ackerman for many decades (he wears it).

Errores:

Continuidad: When we first see Helen, she is smoking a cigarette in a holder. When she turns from the camera she raises it to her mouth; in the next shot it's nowhere to be seen.

Citas:

Doctor Muller: Burn the scroll, man. Burn it! It was through you this horror came into existence.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in The Perfect Scary Movie (2005) (TV)

Banda de Sonido:

Beautiful Love

The one, TRUE mummy!

Having recently seen the 1999 remake, I realized just how powerful Karloff's portrayal of Imhotep/Ardath Bey truly is. Without fancy effects or CGI, without an $80,000,000 budget, with little more than dry-looking make-up, a doleful stare, and that wonderful, lisping voice, Karloff created a monster that will endure long after the rental copies of the remake have shed their metal oxide coatings. Karl Freund, the director, was one of Germany's finest cameramen and this was his first film as a director. Employing the "less is more" theory of film-making, he keeps the mummy a very mysterious and deadly creature. Never does the mummy stroll up to someone, working them into a corner to strangle them. No, he just reaches out with his mind, killing people from miles away. Finally, the flashback scene is one of the best, done in "silent film" style with music and Karloff supplying a morbid voiceover. Sadly, Universal cut the flashback short before the mummy had a chance to tell about chasing the re-incarnated princess throughout time. Some stills survive and Henry Victor still gets credit as "The Saxon Warrior".