The Ten Commandments - Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Cecil B DeMille
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To escape the edict of Egypt's Pharaoh, Rameses I, condemning all first-born 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 Sethi (Cedric Hardwicke). Moses (Charlton Heston) gains Sethi's favour and the love of the throne princess Nefertiri (Anne Baxter), as well as the hatred of Sethi's son, Rameses (Yul Brynner). 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's fiercest enemy proves to be not Rameses, but someone near to him who can "harden his heart".
Persons of interest
- Charlton Heston .... Moses
- Yul Brynner .... Rameses
- Anne Baxter .... Nefretiri
- Edward G Robinson .... Dathan
- Yvonne De Carlo .... Sephora
- Debra Paget .... Lilia
- John Derek .... Joshua
- Cedric Hardwicke .... Sethi
- Nina Foch .... Bithiah
- Martha Scott .... Yochabel
- Judith Anderson .... Memnet
- Vincent Price .... Baka
- John Carradine .... Aaron
- Olive Deering .... Miriam
- Douglass Dumbrille .... Jannes
- Frank DeKova .... Abiram
- Henry Wilcoxon .... Pentaur
- Eduard Franz .... Jethro
- Donald Curtis .... Mered
- Lawrence Dobkin .... Hur Ben Caleb
- HB Warner .... Amminadab
- Julia Faye .... Elisheba
- JH Ingraham .... Author: Pillar of fire
- AE Southon .... Author: On eagle's wing
- Dorothy Clarke Wilson .... Author: Prince of Egypt
- Æneas MacKenzie .... Screenwriter
- Jesse Lasky Junior .... Screenwriter
- Jack Gariss .... Screenwriter
- Fredric M Frank .... Screenwriter
- Cecil B DeMille .... Director
Cinematic intelligence sources
- The Ten Commandments official movie site
- The Ten Commandments QuickTime movie trailers
- Awards and film festivals:
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS - Oscars) 1957: Won: Best Effects, Special Effects (John P Fulton); Nominated: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Colour (Hal Pereira, Walter H Tyler, Albert Nozaki, Sam Comer, Ray Moyer), Best Cinematography, Colour (Loyal Griggs), Best Costume Design, Colour (Edith Head, Ralph Jester, John Jensen, Dorothy Jeakins, Arnold Friberg), Best Film Editing (Anne Bauchens), Best Picture (Cecil B DeMille), Best Sound, Recording (Loren L Ryder)
- Hollywood Foreign Press Association (Golden Globes) 1957: Nominated: Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama (Charlton Heston)
- National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, USA 1956: Won: Best Actor (Yul Brynner)
- National Film Preservation Board, USA 1999: National Film Registry
- FYI: The Ten Commandments are:
- Thou shalt not adore false gods
- Thou shalt not commit blasphemy
- Remember to keep holy the Sabbath day
- Honour thy father and thy mother
- Thou shalt not kill
- Thou shalt not commit adultery
- Thou shalt not steal
- Thou shalt not bear false witness
- Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's goods
- Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife
- See also Ten commandments
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Theatrical report
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Media intelligence (DVD)
- Audio: Mono
- Disc: 2x single side, dual layer
- Languages: English
- Picture: Widescreen (1.85:1/16:9 enhanced)
Security censorship classification
PG (Low level coarse language)
Surveillance time
220 minutes (3:40 hours)
Not for public release in Australia before date
DVD retail: 12 August 2004
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