Princess Nellifer Quotes in Land of the Pharaohs (1955)

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.