The Ten Commandments
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19563h 40mNo ratings yet
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Overview
Escaping death, a Hebrew infant is raised in a royal household to become a prince. Upon discovery of his true heritage, Moses embarks on a personal quest to reclaim his destiny as the leader and liberator of the Hebrew people.
Keywords
- slavery
- epic
- religion
- israel
- bible
- egypt
- moses
- ten commandments
- christianity
- pharaoh
- ancient egypt
- miracle
- old testament
- christian film
- technicolor
- passover
- judaism
- biblical epic
- vistavision
- 13th century bc
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 5, 1956
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Cast
- Charlton Heston,Yul Brynner,Anne Baxter,Edward G. Robinson,Yvonne De Carlo,Debra Paget,John Derek,Cedric Hardwicke,Nina Foch,Martha Scottand 105 more
- Director
- Cecil B. DeMille
- Writer
- Jack Gariss,A.E. Southon,Fredric M. Frank,Jesse Lasky Jr.,J.H. Ingraham,Æneas MacKenzie,Dorothy Clarke Wilson
- Producer
- Cecil B. DeMille
- Cinematography
- Loyal Griggs
- Music
- Elmer Bernstein
- Budget
- $13,000,000
- Revenue
- $122,700,000
- IMDb
- tt0049833