Land of the Pharaohs (1955)

Joan Collins: Princess Nellifer

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Quotes 

• Princess Nellifer : [contemptuously]  My Lord Priest, I'm well aware of your hostility and emnity. May I say that the feeling is mutual. Within thirty days I ...

  Hamar : [interrupting her]  A long time ago, Your Majesty, I made a pact and swore to be buried with my friend and ruler. Therefore, Madam, when you are Queen, I will not be here, and you no longer need to worry about me.

• Hamar : You must give the order, your Majesty.

  Princess Nellifer : The order is given.

  [a priest walks around the pharaoh's sarcophagus breaking the clay pots which will release the sand and set the sealing of the pyramid in motion] 

  Hamar : It is done, your Majesty.

  Princess Nellifer : Then I Nellifer am now Queen of Egypt and I now order...

  [she pauses listening to a distant sound] 

  Princess Nellifer : What is this?

  Hamar : The tomb is being sealed, your Majesty.

  Princess Nellifer : NO! Show me the way out! I command you; show me the way out!

  Hamar : There's no way out. This is what you lied and schemed and murdered to achieve! THIS is your kingdom!

  Princess Nellifer : No, no, no.

  [she sobs uncontrollably] 

  Princess Nellifer : I don't want to die. I don't want to die. I don't want to die; Please help me!

  [she collapses on the floor of the burial chamber] 

• Princess Nellifer : [seductively to Treneh]  Even a queen may be lonely.

• Pharaoh Cheops : [referring to the jewels in his treasure trove]  You wish to know how they were won or where they came from?

  Princess Nellifer : No, only to see it and to feel it.

  Pharaoh Cheops : Just like a woman!

  Princess Nellifer : Would you change me, Sire?

  Pharaoh Cheops : No! No, never!

  Princess Nellifer : Feels almost soft - like something to be caressed. Only gold feels that way.