The ten commandments

The Resource The ten commandments
Label
The ten commandments
Statement of responsibility
[presented by] Paramount ; [produced by Motion Picture Associates, Inc.] ; written for the screen by Aeneas MacKenzie [and others] ; produced and directed by Cecil B. De Mille
Title variation
Cecil B. De Mille's The ten commandments
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Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • fre
  • eng
  • fre
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
To escape the edict that condemned all first-born Hebrew males by Egypt's Pharoah, Rameses I, 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. He also gains 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's fiercest enemy proves to be not Rameses, but someone near to him
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Awards note
Academy Award for Best Special Effects; Academy Award Nominations for Best Picture, Best Cinematography (Color), Best Art Direction/Set Decoration, Best Costume Design (Color), Best Film Editing, and Best Sound Recording.
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, Loyal Griggs ; editing, Anne Bauchens ; music, Elmer Bernstein
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
MPAA rating: G; 1923 version and special features not rated
Language note
English and dubbed French dialogue, English subtitles; closed-captioned; 1923 version: English with French subtitles
LC call number
PN1995.9.B53
LC item number
T46 2006
PerformerNote
Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson, Yvonne De Carlo, Debra Paget, John Derek, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Nina Foch, Martha Scott, Judith Anderson, Vincent Price, John Carradine
Runtime
356
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
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