The Ten Commandments (1956)
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille
“The greatest event in motion picture history!”
Drama, History · 3h 40m
Escaping death, a Hebrew infant is raised in a royal household to become a prince. Upon discovery of his true heritage, Moses embarks on a personal quest to reclaim his destiny as the leader and liberator of the Hebrew people.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Cecil B. DeMille
- Screenplay
- Fredric M. Frank, Jesse Lasky Jr., Jack Gariss, Aeneas MacKenzie
- Novel
- A.E. Southon, Dorothy Clarke Wilson, J.H. Ingraham
- Director of Photography
- Loyal Griggs
- Original Music Composer
- Elmer Bernstein
- Editor
- Anne Bauchens
- Producer
- Cecil B. DeMille
Details
- Release date
- 1956-11-08
- Runtime
- 3h 40m
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Paramount Pictures, Motion Picture Associates
- Budget
- $13,000,000
- Box office
- $122,700,000
Charlton Heston
Yul Brynner
Anne Baxter
Edward G. Robinson
Yvonne De Carlo
Debra Paget
John Derek
Cedric Hardwicke
Nina Foch
Martha Scott
Judith Anderson
Vincent Price