Suez

Produced by 20th Century-Fox in 1938. Tyrone Power and Loretta Young and Annabella present the mighty epic of the building of the Suez Canal and the story of Ferdinand De Lesseps, the man who carried the project through despite overwhelming forces of nature and mankind

Ferdinand de Lesseps (Tyrone Power) and his friend Vicomte Rene de Latour (Joseph Schildkraut) attract the attention of Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (Leon Ames) at a party. At the party, a fortuneteller predicts that Eugenie will have a troubled life, but also wear a crown, and that de Lesneps will dig a ditch. In return for his help, Bonapart withdraws his objections to the Suez Canal, and construction commences. As the canal nears completion, an enormous sandstorm threatens everything.