The Ten Commandments

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1956-10-05

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

220 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.9 (44245 Reviews)

Director:

Cecil B. DeMille

Genres:

Adventure Biography Drama

Cast:

Charlton Heston Yul Brynner Anne Baxter Edward G. Robinson

Writer:

Dorothy Clarke Wilson (this work contains material from the book "Prince of Egypt")

J.H. Ingraham (this work contains material from the book "Pillar of Fire")

A.E. Southon (this work contains material from the book "On Eagle's Wing")

èneas MacKenzie (written for the screen by)

Jesse Lasky Jr. (written for the screen by)

Jack Gariss (written for the screen by)

Fredric M. Frank (written for the screen by)

Fullplot:

To escape the edict of Egypt's Pharoah, Rameses I, condemning all newborn Hebrew males, the infant Moses is set adrift on the Nile in a reed basket. Saved by the pharaoh's daughter Bithiah, he is adopted by her and brought up in the court of her brother, Pharaoh Seti. Moses gains Seti's favor and the love of the throne princess Nefertiri, as well as the hatred of Seti's son, Rameses. When his Hebrew heritage is revealed, Moses is cast out of Egypt, and makes his way across the desert where he marries, has a son and is commanded by God to return to Egypt to free the Hebrews from slavery. In Egypt, Moses' fiercest enemy proves to be not Rameses, but someone near to him who can 'harden his heart'.

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