Title: The Ten Commandments
Runtime: 220 Min
Year: 1956
Genres: Adventure - Drama - History
Cast: Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson, Yvonne De Carlo, Debra Paget, John Derek, Cedric Hardwicke (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke), Nina Foch, Martha Scott, Judith Anderson, Vincent Price, John Carradine, Olive Deering, Douglass Dumbrille, Frank DeKova, Henry Wilcoxon, Eduard Franz, Donald Curtis, Lawrence Dobkin, H.B. Warner, Julia Faye, Lisa Mitchell, Noelle Williams, Joanna Merlin, Pat Richard, Joyce Vanderveen, Joyce Vanderveen, Diane Hall, Abbas El Boughdadly, Fraser Clarke Heston (as Fraser Heston), John Miljan, Francis McDonald (as Francis J. McDonald), Ian Keith, Paul De Rolf, Woody Strode (as Woodrow Strode)
Directed By: Cecil B. DeMille (as Cecil B. de Mille)
PLOT
To escape the edict of Egypt's Pharoah, Rameses I, condemning all newborn 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'.
Country: U.S.A.
Language: English
Writers: contains material from the book "Prince of Egypt" Dorothy Clarke Wilson - contains material from the book "Pillar of Fire" J.H. Ingraham (as Rev. J.H. Ingraham) - contains material from the book "On Eagle's Wing" A.E. Southon (as Rev. A.E. Southon) - (written for the screen by) Æneas MacKenzie, Jesse Lasky Jr. (as Jesse L. Lasky Jr.), Jack Gariss and Fredric M. Frank
IMDB Rating: 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 83%
Parental Advisory Certification: Argentina:Atp (TV rating) / Australia:G / Belgium:KT / Chile:14 / Finland:S / Netherlands:AL / Norway:12 / Sweden:15 / UK:U / USA:G (1972) / West Germany:16 / Canada:PG / Spain:T / Iceland:16 / South Korea:All / Brazil:Livre / USA:Approved (Certificate #18021) (original rating) / UK:U (video rating) (1985) / UK:U (tv rating) / Malaysia:(Banned) / USA:G / Singapore:PG / Ireland:G
Awards:
1957- Academy Awards, USA (Oscar)
-Best Effects, Special Effects - John P. Fulton (WON)
-Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color - Hal Pereira, Walter H. Tyler, Albert Nozaki, Sam Comer and Ray Moyer (NOMINATED)
-Best Cinematography, Color - Loyal Griggs (NOMINATED)
-Best Costume Design, Color - Edith Head, Ralph Jester, John Jensen, Dorothy Jeakins and Arnold Friberg (NOMINATED)
-Best Film Editing - Anne Bauchens (NOMINATED)
-Best Picture - Cecil B. DeMille (NOMINATED)
-Best Sound, Recording - Loren L. Ryder (Paramount SSD) (NOMINATED)
1960- Fotogramas de Plata (Fotogramas de Plata)
-Best Foreign Performer (Mejor intérprete de cine extranjero) - Charlton Heston Also for Ben-Hur (1959). (WON)
1957- Golden Globes, USA (Golden Globe)
-Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama - Charlton Heston (NOMINATED)
1956- National Board of Review, USA (NBR Award)
-Best Actor - Yul Brynner Also for The King and I (1956) and Anastasia (1956). (WON)
1999- National Film Preservation Board, USA (National Film Registry)
-The Ten Commandments (WON)
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