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Published on May 6, 2022

The Eyes of the Mummy

Movie • 1918
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Die Augen der Mumie Ma
October 3, 1918
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.

Description

"The Eyes of the Mummy Ma" (English: "The Eyes of the Mummy" or "The Eyes of the Mummy Ma", German. Die Augen der Mumie Ma is a German silent film made in 1918.

Plot

Young artist Albert Wendland comes to Egypt. At the hotel where he is staying, he hears about the cursed tomb of Queen Ma. Interested, Albert goes on an expedition alone to explore the tomb. There he meets the hermit Radu, who leads him to a mysterious bas-relief, whose eyes suddenly come to life. It turns out that the eyes belong to a beautiful girl hypnotized by Radu and locked in a tomb by him. The artist in love rescues Ma and takes her with him to Europe, but Radu follows them…

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For the revived mummy, the hermit Radu gives out a young girl, whose will he subdued with the help of hypnosis. An enterprising fraudster leads tourists to an ancient tomb and leads them to a wall with a bas-relief depicting the face of the late Queen Ma. At this time, the girl, hiding behind the wall, opens her eyes, which are visible through special cracks in the bas-relief, which creates the appearance of the "animated eyes of the queen". It makes a huge impression on most visitors, many of them even go crazy after that.

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