Les dix commandements / [presented by] Paramount ; [produced by Motion Picture Associates, Inc.] ; written for the screen by Aeneas Mackenzie, Jesse L. Lasky, Jr., Jack Gariss, Fredric M. Frank ; produced and directed by Cecil B. De Mille.
To escape the edict of Egypt's Pharoah, 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 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's fiercest enemy proves to be not Rameses, but someone near to him who can 'harden his heart'.
Record details
- Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (220 min.) : digital, sound, color
- Publisher: Hollywood, California : Paramount Pictures, [2013]
- Distributor: [Vaughan, Ontario] : Criterion Pictures, [date of distribution not identified]
- Copyright: ©2013
Content descriptions
General Note: | Originally released as a motion picture by Paramount Pictures,1956. |
Restrictions on Access Note: | Access restricted to subscribers. |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Director of photography, Loyal Griggs ; editing, Anne Bauchens ; music, Elmer Bernstein. |
Participant or Performer Note: | 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. |
Target Audience Note: | CHV rating: PG. MPAA rating: Not rated. |
Additional Physical Form available Note: | English language version also available. |
System Details Note: | Content available as a streaming video. |
Awards Note: | Academy Awards, 1957: Best effects, best special effects |
Source of Description Note: | Title from distributor's web site (viewed May 27, 2015). |
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