The Mummy
1932 film directed by Karl Freund
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Summary
The Mummy is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,255 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Director: Karl Freund[3]
- Screenwriter: John L. Balderston[4], Nina Wilcox Putnam[5], Richard Schayer[6]
- Movement: Pre-Code Hollywood[7]
- Genre: horror film[8], fantasy film[9]
- Followed by: The Mummy's Hand[10]
- Cast member: Boris Karloff[11], David Manners[12], Edward Van Sloan[13], Noble Johnson[14], Leonard Mudie[15], Zita Johann[16], Arthur Byron[17], Bramwell Fletcher[18], Wild Bill Elliott[19], Henry Victor[20], Eddie Kane[21], Arnold Gray[22], Florence Britton[23], Leyland Hodgson[24]
- Producer: Carl Laemmle Jr.[25], Stanley Bergerman[26]
- Part of the series: The Mummy[27]
- Production company: Universal Pictures[28]
- Director of photography: Charles J. Stumar[29]
- Original language of film or TV show: English[30], Arabic[31], French[32]
- Commons category: The Mummy (1932 film)[33]
- Distribution format: video on demand[34]
- Review score: 7.9/10[35], 89%[36]
- Color: black-and-white[37]
- Country of origin: United States[38]
- Publication date: December 22, 1932[39], 1932[40]
- Distributed by: Universal Pictures[41], Netflix[42]
- Narrative location: Egypt[43], Thebes[44], Cairo[45]
- Filming location: California[46]
- Main subject: death of subject's partner[47], romantic love[48], Egyptian mythology[49], death[50], reincarnation[51], resurrection[52], archaeology[53], archaeological ethics[54]
- Film editor: Milton Carruth[55]
- Title: The Mummy[56]
- Different from: Mumia[57]
- FSK film rating: FSK 12[58]
Why It Matters
The Mummy has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[59] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[60]