| Uniform Title |
Ten commandments (Motion picture : 1956) |
| Title |
The ten commandments. (2 DVDs) |
| Published |
Australia : Distributed by Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Australia, ©2020. |
| ©1956 |
| Description |
2 DVD-videos (222 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment : DAC3223. |
| Originally released as a motion picture in 1956. |
| Based on Prince of Egypt by Dorothy Clarke Wilson ; Pillar of Fire by J.H. Ingraham ; On Eagle's Wings by A.E. Southon ; Book of Exodus in the Bible. |
| Features on-screen introduction by Cecil B. DeMille. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Part 1 -- Disc 2. Part 2. |
| Credits |
Directed and produced by Cecil B. De Mille. |
| Performers |
Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson, Yvonne De Carlo, Debra Paget, John Derek. |
| Summary |
To escape the edict that condemned all first-born Hebrew males by Egypt's Pharaoh, 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. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : PG. |
| System details |
DVD video ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Mono ; PAL ; Region 4 ; widescreen 16:9, 1.78:1. |
| Language note |
English, French, German, Italian, Castilian Spanish. Subtitles in English, French, German, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Dutch, Icelandic, European Portuguese, Hebrew, Greek, Croatian, Turkish, Italian, Castilian Spanish, Polish, Hungarian, Czech. [CC] English Captions [descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired]. |
| 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. |
| Subjects |
Wilson, Dorothy Clarke -- Film adaptations |
| Ingraham, J. H. (Joseph Holt) Film adaptations |
| Southon, Arthur E. (Arthur Eustace) Film adaptations |
| Moses, (Biblical leader) Drama |
| Ten commandments -- Drama |
| Exodus, The -- Drama |
| Israelites crossing the Red Sea (Biblical event) -- Drama |
| Feature films -- United States |
| Motion pictures, American |
| Egypt -- History -- To 332 B.C. -- Drama |
| Genre |
Bible films |
| Religious films |
| Epic films |
| Film adaptations |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
| Other Names |
DeMille, Cecil B. (Cecil Blount), 1881-1959 director. |
| Heston, Charlton actor. |
| Brynner, Yul actor. |
| Baxter, Anne actor. |
| Robinson, Edward G., 1893-1973 actor. |
| De Carlo, Yvonne actor. |
| Paget, Debra, 1933- actor. |
| Derek, John, 1926-1998 actor. |
| Wilson, Dorothy Clarke. Prince of Egypt Motion picture adaptation of (work): |
| Ingraham, J. H. (Joseph Holt), 1809-1860. Pillar of fire Motion picture adaptation of (work): |
| Southon, Arthur E. (Arthur Eustace), 1887-. On eagles' wings Motion picture adaptation of (work): |
| Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
Broader Subject References:
Authors:
- Baxter, Anne .
- Brynner, Yul .
- De Carlo, Yvonne .
- DeMille, Cecil B. (Cecil Blount), 1881-1959 .
- Derek, John, 1926-1998 .
- Heston, Charlton .
- Ingraham, J. H. (Joseph Holt), 1809-1860. Pillar of fire .
- Paget, Debra, 1933- .
- Robinson, Edward G., 1893-1973 .
- Southon, Arthur E. (Arthur Eustace), 1887-. On eagles' wings .
- Wilson, Dorothy Clarke. Prince of Egypt .
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