In ancient Egypt, high priest Imhotep started a forbidden relationship with Anck-su-namun, Pharaoh Seti's Mistress. When Seti finds out about what's going on, Imhotep and his loved one stab him, but can't escape the trustworthy guards: Anck-su-namnun chooses to commit suicide while Imhotep is bestowed with the Hom-Dai, the most feared curse of all: He is mummified alive in Hamunaptra, the city of the Dead.

More than thirty-six centuries later, in 1923, to be exact, adventurer Rick leads Egyptologist Evelyn and her brother Johnathan to mysterious Hamunaptra. While Johnathan is keen on finding the legendary Egyptian treasures, Evelyn wants to search for the Book of the Living, which would clarify a lot in historical knowledge about the ancient Egyptians. Unfortunately, they and a rivaling group of careless American adventurers free Imhotep's mummy from his eternal prison.

Now, with the ancient and quite agile high priest on the loose, the adventurers and scientists face not only a dangerous enemy, but also a massive threat to today's world: Imhotep wants to bring Anck-su-namun back to life by using Evelyn's body, but he also wants to rid the world of the disbelieving crowd of democracy-supporters to be able to enforce his tyrannic dictatorship.

Directed by
Stephen Sommers

Cast
Brendan Fraser - Rick O'Connell
Blixa Bargeld - spirit voices
Rachel Weisz - Evelyn
John Hannah - Jonathan
Kevin O'Connor - Beni
Arnold Vosloo - Imhotep--The Mummy
Jonathan Hyde - Egyptologist
Oded Fehr - Ardeth Bay
Omid Djalili - Warden
Erick Avari - Curator
Aharon Ipale - Rharaoh Seti
Patricia Velasquez - Anck Su Namun
Carl Chase - Hook
Stephen Dunham - Henderson
Corey Johnson - Daniels
Tuc Watkins - Burns

Production Co.
Alphaville

Produced by
Kevin Jarre
James Jacks
Megan Moran
Patricia Carr
Sean Daniel

Studio
Universal Pictures

Writer
Stephen Sommers
Lloyd Fonvielle
Kevin Jarre

Music
Jerry Goldsmith