The Ten Commandments (1956)

7.2	Listal rating
7.9	IMDB rating

Epic (7), Drama (6), Biblical (5), 1956 (3), Bible (3), Adventure (3), Moses (3), Religion (3), Historical (3), Christian (2), Slavery (2), God (2), Jew (2), Desert (2), Number In Title (2), Remake (2), Judaism (2), Blood (2), 1950s (2), Egypt (2)

Description

Legendary silent film director Cecil B. DeMille didn't much alter the way he made movies after sound came in, and this 1956 biblical drama is proof of that. While graced with such 1950s niceties as VistaVision and Technicolor, The Ten Commandments (DeMille had already filmed an earlier version in 1923) has an anachronistic, impassioned style that f ... (more)

Directed by

Cecil B. DeMille

Starring (View all) :

Moses

Rameses

Nefretiri

Dathan

Sephora

Lilia

Joshua

Sethi

Bithiah

Yochabel

Written by (View all) :

J.H. Ingraham

novel "Pillar of Fire"

A.E. Southon

novel "On Eagle's Wing"

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	The Ten Commandments (1956) Trailer

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