The Ten Commandments
1956 original movie poster
Directed by	Cecil B. DeMille
Produced by	Cecil B. DeMille
Starring	Charlton Heston Yul Brynner Anne Baxter
Music by	Elmer Bernstein
Cinematography	Loyal Griggs
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)	October 5, 1956 (U.S. release)
Running time	220 min
Language	English
IMDb profile

The Ten Commandments is a 1956 motion picture dramatizing the Biblical story of Moses, an Egyptian prince-turned deliverer of the Hebrew slaves. Image File history File links 10Command56. ... Cecil B. DeMille on August 27, 1934 cover of Time Magazine Cecil Blount DeMille (August 12, 1881 – January 21, 1959) was one of the most successful filmmakers during the first half of the 20th century. ... Charlton Heston (born John Charles Carter on October 4, 1924) is an iconic Academy Award-winning American film actor, best known for playing larger-than-life heroic roles such as Moses in The Ten Commandments and Judah Ben-Hur in Ben-Hur. ... Yul Brynner (July 11, 1920[1] – October 10, 1985) was a Russian-born Broadway and Academy Award-winning Hollywood actor. ... Anne Baxter (May 7, 1923 – December 12, 1985) was an Academy Award-winning American actress. ... Elmer Bernstein (pronounced Bern-steen[1]) (April 4, 1922 – August 18, 2004) was an Academy and two-time Golden Globe award winning film score composer. ... Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and distribution company, based in Hollywood, California. ... October 5 is the 278th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (279th in leap years). ... See also: 1955 in film 1956 1957 in film 1950s in film years in film film // Events November 15 - The film Love Me Tender starring Elvis Presley (his first film) opens. ... See also: 1955 in film 1956 1957 in film 1950s in film years in film film // Events November 15 - The film Love Me Tender starring Elvis Presley (his first film) opens. ... The Bible is the collection of sacred writings or books of Judaism and Christianity. ... Moses with the Tablets, 1659, by Rembrandt This article is about the Biblical figure. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

The Ten Commandments was directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starred Charlton Heston in the lead role. Co-stars included Yul Brynner as his adoptive brother, Rameses, John Derek as Joshua, Edward G. Robinson as Dathan, Yvonne De Carlo as Sephora, Vincent Price as Baka, and John Carradine as Aaron. Heston also provided the voice of God uncredited. Cecil B. DeMille on August 27, 1934 cover of Time Magazine Cecil Blount DeMille (August 12, 1881 – January 21, 1959) was one of the most successful filmmakers during the first half of the 20th century. ... Charlton Heston (born John Charles Carter on October 4, 1924) is an iconic Academy Award-winning American film actor, best known for playing larger-than-life heroic roles such as Moses in The Ten Commandments and Judah Ben-Hur in Ben-Hur. ... Yul Brynner (July 11, 1920[1] – October 10, 1985) was a Russian-born Broadway and Academy Award-winning Hollywood actor. ... Ramesses II, Abu Simbel Ramesses II (also known as Ramesses the Great and alternatively transcribed as Ramses and Rameses) was an Egyptian pharaoh. ... John Derek in the 1980s John Derek (born August 12, 1926; died May 22, 1998) was an American actor, director and photographer most famous for the women to whom he was married. ... Joshua praying God to stop the Sun by Gustave Doré In Jewish mythology, Joshua or Yehoshua (Hebrew: יְהוֹשֻׁעַ, Tiberian: , Israeli: Yəhoshúa) was an Israelite leader who succeeded Moses. ... Edward Goldenberg Robinson (born Emanuel Goldenberg, Yiddish: עמנואל גולדנברג; December 12, 1893 – January 26, 1973) was an American stage and film actor of Romanian origin. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... ‹ The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... Vincent Leonard Price Jr. ... John Carradine (February 5, 1906 - November 27, 1988) was an American actor, best known for his roles in horror films and Westerns. ... This article discusses the term God in the context of monotheism and henotheism. ...

Released by Paramount Pictures in VistaVision on October 5, 1956, it is the fifth-highest grossing movie of all time, adjusted for inflation, with collections of $838,400,000.^[1] In non-adjusted dollars, it held the record as the highest-grossing film with a JudeoChristian storyline until the 2004 film, The Passion of the Christ. Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and distribution company, based in Hollywood, California. ... A VistaVision 35 mm horizontal camera film frame. ... October 5 is the 278th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (279th in leap years). ... See also: 1955 in film 1956 1957 in film 1950s in film years in film film // Events November 15 - The film Love Me Tender starring Elvis Presley (his first film) opens. ... // Please note that these are the top grossing films that were first released in 2004; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they may not be the top-grossing films for calendar year 2004. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Plot Summary

The film covers the life of Moses from his discovery in a basket floating on the Nile as a baby by Bithiah, a childless young widow and daughter of the then-Pharaoh, Rameses I, to his eventual departure from Israel in the wake of God's judgment that he not be allowed to enter the Promised Land. In between, the film depicts the early adulthood of Moses as a beloved foster son of Pharaoh Seti I (successor of Rameses I and brother of Bithiah) and general of his armies, his romance with Throne Princess Nefertari and rivalry with the Pharaoh's own son, Prince Rameses II. Four styles of household basket. ... The Nile (Arabic: , transliteration: , Ancient Egyptian iteru, Coptic piaro or phiaro) is a major north-flowing river in Africa, generally regarded as the longest river in the world. ... Edwin Longs 1886 painting of Batya finding the baby Moses Bithiah, in Hebrew Batya (בִּתְיָה, literally daughter of God), is the name given to a character in the account of the Hebrew Exodus from Egypt in Rabbinic Midrash, as she is not named in the text. ... nomen or birth name Menpehtyre Ramesses I was the founding Pharaoh of Egypts 19th dynasty. ... See Adult. ... Pharaoh was the ancient Egyptian name for the office of kingship. ... Menmaatre Eternal is the Justice of Re Nomen Sety Merenptah Man of Set, beloved of Ptah Horus name Kanakht Khaemwaset-Seankhtawy Nebty name Wehemmesut Sekhemkhepesh Derpedjetpesdjet Golden Horus Wehemkhau Weserpedjutemtawnebu[1] Consort(s) Queen Tuya Issues Ramesses II, Tia, Henutmire (?) Father Ramesses I Mother Sitre Died 1279 BC Burial KV17... nomen or birth name Menpehtyre Ramesses I was the founding Pharaoh of Egypts 19th dynasty. ... Edwin Longs 1886 painting of Batya finding the baby Moses Bithiah, in Hebrew Batya (בִּתְיָה, literally daughter of God), is the name given to a character in the account of the Hebrew Exodus from Egypt in Rabbinic Midrash, as she is not named in the text. ... A picture of Nefertari taken in her Abu Simbel temple. ... Ramesses II, Abu Simbel Ramesses II (also known as Ramesses the Great and alternatively transcribed as Ramses and Rameses) was an Egyptian pharaoh. ...

Moses is charged with building a treasure city for Seti's Jubilee, that Rameses failed to complete. When Moses assumes control of the project, he institutes numerous reforms concerning the treatment of the slave workers such as one day in seven to rest and even going so far as to raid temple granaries for necessary food supplies. Rameses uses these changes as proof that Moses is planning an insurrection by currying the slaves' favor, and points out that the slaves are calling Moses the "Deliverer" of prophecy. However, when Seti confronts Moses, Moses argues he is simply making his workers more productive by making them stronger and happier. He proves his point with such impressive progress on the project that Seti becomes convinced that Rameses falsely accused his foster brother. Seti promises that Moses will get credit for the new city. Rameses, meanwhile, has been charged by his father with the task of finding out if there really is a Hebrew fitting the description of the Deliverer, and is having no luck. Look up city, City in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The sed festival (or heb sed) was an Ancient Egyptian ceremony held to celebrate the continued rule of a pharaoh. ... Temple of Hephaestus, an Doric Greek temple in Athens with the original entrance facing east, 449 BC (western face depicted) For other uses, see Temple (disambiguation). ... Granary at Thiruparaithurai, Kumbakonam (old temple town), built around 1600-1634 A granary is a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed. ... In Judaism, the Messiah (מָשִׁיחַ Standard Hebrew Arabic: , المسيح), Tiberian Hebrew , Aramaic ) initially meant any person who was anointed to a certain position among the ancient Israelites, at first that of High priest, later that of King and also that of a prophet. ... The word Hebrew most likely means to cross over, referring to the Semitic people crossing over the Euphrates River. ...

Prince Moses learns that he is not a prince at all, but the son of Hebrew slaves. Shortly after his birth, Rameses I had ordered the slaying of all firstborn male Hebrews to prevent the prophecy of the Deliverer from coming true. Moses' mother had set him adrift on the Nile to escape. Declaring he is not ashamed ("Egyptian or Hebrew, I'm still Moses"), but curious, he spends time working among the slaves to learn of their hardship, only to be rescued from the mudpits by Nefertari. Moses then saves Joshua, a Hebrew stonecutter, from death at the hands of the Egyptian Master Builder Baka; he kills Baka, while Dathan, the devious and ambitious Hebrew overseer who's been charged by Rameses to help him find the Deliverer, watches from hiding. Moses confesses to Joshua that he himself is Hebrew; Joshua excitedly proclaims Moses the Deliverer, and although Moses denies it, Dathan has all the proof he needs. Revealing what he knows to Rameses, Dathan bargains for Baka's house, a post as Governor of Goshen and the ownership of Joshua's betrothed Lilia. The Buxton Memorial Fountain, celebrating the emancipation of slaves in the British Empire in 1834, London. ... Joshua praying God to stop the Sun by Gustave Doré In Jewish mythology, Joshua or Yehoshua (Hebrew: יְהוֹשֻׁעַ, Tiberian: , Israeli: Yəhoshúa) was an Israelite leader who succeeded Moses. ... Stonecutter is one of twelve magical Swords in Fred Saberhagens Books of the Swords series. ... Baka may be: Baka (Japanese insult), meaning fool/idiot/stupid. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... The Land of Goshen (Hebrew גֹּשֶׁן, Standard Hebrew Góšen, Tiberian Hebrew Gōšen) is the region around the city with the modern name Fakus in the eastern Nile delta in Egypt referenced in the Biblical story of Joseph. ... Lilia is a ficticious character in the epic move The Ten Commandments a film made in 1956 by Paramount Pictures and directed by Cecil B. DeMille. ...

Moses is arrested and brought in chains before Seti, who begs him to say he is not the Deliverer. Moses does so, but avows that he would free the slaves if he could. Bithiah confesses to her brother Seti that she took Moses from the Nile knowing by the design on his blankets that he was Hebrew. In a short, impassioned speech, Moses says that it is evil to enslave or oppress people, "to be stripped of spirit, and hope and faith, all because they are of another race, another creed. If there is a God, He did not mean this to be so!" This causes Seti to imprison him and order his name stricken from all records and monuments, to be unspoken in Egypt forever thereafter. Rameses banishes Moses to the desert, fearing to execute him lest he create a martyr. Meanwhile, Seti proclaims Nefertari as Rameses' bride, to her great distress.

Moses makes his way across the desert, nearly dying of hunger and thirst. He comes to a well in the land of Midian, and passes out, to be awakened by the sound of seven sisters watering their flocks. Bullying Amalekites appear, pushing the girls aside, whereupon Moses wakes. Seemingly appearing out of nowhere he thrashes the Amalekites soundly with his staff, forcing them to wait their turn at the well. Moses finds a home in Midian with the girls' father Jethro, a Bedouin sheik, and marries his eldest daughter, Sephora. In the Bible, Midian (Hebrew: מִדְיָן, Standard Midyan Tiberian ; Arabic مدين; Strife; judgment) is a son of Abraham and his concubine Keturah (who according to midrash is Hagar). ... According to the Book of Genesis and 1 Chronicles, Amalek (עֲמָלֵק; Standard Hebrew ʿAmaleq, Tiberian Hebrew ʿĂmālēq) was the son of Eliphaz and the grandson of Esau (Gen. ... Jethro (יִתְרוֹ Standard Hebrew Yitro, Tiberian Hebrew Yiṯrô, Shoaib Arabic Quran His excellence/posterity) is a figure from the Hebrew Bible. ... A Bedouin man resting on a hillside at Mount Sinai Bedouin, derived from the Arabic ( ‎), a generic name for a desert-dweller, is a term generally applied to Arab nomadic pastoralist groups, who are found throughout most of the desert belt extending from the Atlantic coast of the Sahara via... Zipporah or Tzipora (צִפּוֹרָה Bird, Standard Hebrew Ẓippora, Tiberian Hebrew á¹¢ippôrāh), mentioned in the Book of Exodus or Safura in Arabic (Safrawa in some version), was Moses wife, and the daughter of Jethro, a priest of Midian. ...

Moses at Rameses II court.

Back in Egypt, Seti dies heartbroken, with Moses' name on his lips, and Rameses succeeds him as Pharaoh (becoming Rameses II), taking Nefertari as his Queen. Herding sheep in the desert, Moses finds Joshua, who has escaped from hard labour in the copper mines. Moses sees the Burning Bush on the summit of Mount Sinai; climbing up to investigate, he hears the voice of God. Naming himself "I Am That I Am", God charges Moses to return to Egypt and free His chosen people. Image File history File links Ten-commandments22. ... Image File history File links Ten-commandments22. ... Ramesses II, Abu Simbel Ramesses II (also known as Ramesses the Great and alternatively transcribed as Ramses and Rameses) was an Egyptian pharaoh. ... Burning bush at St. ... Moses with the Ten Commandments by Rembrandt (1659) Biblical Mount Sinai refers to the place where, according to the Hebrew Bible (Exod. ...

At Pharaoh's court, Moses comes before Rameses to win the slaves' freedom, turning his staff into a snake to show Rameses the power of God, only to have the Pharaoh decree that the Hebrews be given no straw to make their bricks, but to make the same tally as before on pain of death. As the Hebrews prepare to stone Moses in anger, Nefertari's retinue rescues him; but when she attempts to seduce him again, he spurns her, reminding her that not only is he on a mission, having been touched by God, but that he's married. As Moses continues to challenge Pharaoh's hold over his people, Egypt is beset by divine plagues. In an eerily quiet scene, the Angel of Death creeps into Egyptian streets in a glowing green cloud, killing all the firstborn of Egypt, including Pharaoh's own child. Meanwhile, Bithiah is released to Moses.

Broken and despondent, Pharaoh orders Moses to take "your people, your cattle, your God and your pestilence" and go. Dathan is also ordered out, his position as an overseer counting for nothing with the Egyptians, the Hebrews resentful of him and refusing him the privileges he expects. The scene of the Exodus of the Hebrews from Egypt is one of the most spectacular in all of film. It has been suggested that Pharaoh of the Exodus be merged into this article or section. ...

Behold His mighty hand!.

Goaded into rage by Nefertari in her grief and anger at Moses, the Pharaoh arms himself and chases the former slaves with his armies to the shore of the Red Sea. Held back by a pillar of fire, the Egyptian forces can only watch as Moses parts the sea's waters ("Behold His mighty hand!") to provide his people a route of escape. As the Hebrews race over the seabed, the army rides in hot pursuit as the fire-pillar fades away. The Hebrews make it to the far shore just in time to witness God's closing of the waters on the Egyptian army, drowning every man and horse. Rameses looks on in despair, and all he can do is return to Nefertari, informing her, "His god is God." Image File history File links R2_2_010223. ... Image File history File links R2_2_010223. ... Location of the Red Sea The Red Sea is an inlet of the Indian Ocean between Africa and Asia. ...

The former slaves camp at the foot of Sinai and wait as Moses again ascends the mountain. When Moses delays coming down from Sinai, the Hebrews lose faith and, urged on by Dathan, build a golden calf as an idol to bear before them back to Egypt, hoping to win Rameses' forgiveness. The people proceed to indulge their most wanton desires in an orgy of sinfulness. Meanwhile, high atop the mountain, Moses witnesses God's creation of the stone tablets containing the Ten Commandments. When he finally climbs down, Moses beholds his people's iniquity and destroys both of the tablets in rage, a burning crevasse swallows all who do not join him at his side. After God forces them to endure forty years' exile in the desert wandering lost to prove their loyalty, the Hebrews finally arrive in the land of Israel. An elderly Moses then appoints Joshua to succeed him as leader and goes forth out of Israel to his destiny.

Popularity

Critics have argued that considerable liberties were taken with the Biblical story, affecting the film's claim to authenticity, but this has had little effect on its popularity. For decades, a showing of The Ten Commandments was a popular fund-raiser among revivalist Christian churches, while the film was equally treasured among film buffs for DeMille's "cast of thousands" approach and the heroic but antiquated silent-screen-type acting. The movie traditionally airs once a year on ABC around Palm Sunday, Easter, and Passover. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Christianity. ... St. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... Palm Sunday is a moveable feast in the Christian calendar which falls on the Sunday before Easter. ... Easter, the Sunday of the Resurrection, Pascha, or Resurrection Day, is the most important religious feast of the Christian liturgical year, observed at some point between late March and late April each year (early April to early May in Eastern Christianity), following the cycle of the moon. ... This article is about the Jewish holiday. ...

In 1999, satisfying both audiences, the film was deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. The Great Hall interior. ... The National Film Registry is the registry of films selected by the United States National Film Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of Congress. ...

The parting of the Red Sea won the film its Oscar for Special Effects, while the worship of the Golden Calf owed something to opera staging of Saint-Saëns' Samson et Dalila. The giving of the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai is also considered a dramatic highlight. The Passage of Red Sea - the account of the march of Moses and the Israelites through yam suph, commonly translated as the Red Sea, is given in Exodus 14:22-31. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... Adoration of the Golden Calf by Nicolas Poussin: imagery influenced by the Greco-Roman bacchanal In the Hebrew Bible the golden calf was an idol made by Aaron for the Israelites during Mosess unexpectedly long absence. ... Charles Camille Saint-Saëns () (9 October 1835 – 16 December 1921) was a French composer and performer, best known for his orchestral works The Carnival of the Animals, Danse Macabre, and Symphony No. ... Samson et Dalila is a grand opera composed by Camille Saint-Saëns to a French libretto by Ferdinand Lemaire. ... This 1768 parchment (612x502 mm) by Jekuthiel Sofer emulated the 1675 Decalogue at Amsterdam Esnoga synagogue. ... View from the summit of Mount Sinai Sinai Peninsula, showing location of Jabal Musa Mount Sinai (Arabic: طور سيناء), also known as Mount Horeb, Mount Musa, Gebel Musa or Jabal Musa (Moses Mountain) by the Bedouins, is the name of a mountain in the Sinai Peninsula. ...

Aside from winning the Academy Award for Best Effects, Special Effects, it was also nominated for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color, Best Cinematography, Color, Best Costume Design, Color (Edith Head, Ralph Jester, John Jensen, Dorothy Jeakins and Arnold Friberg), Best Film Editing, Best Picture and Best Sound, Recording. Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... The Academy Award for Visual Effects is an Oscar given to one film each year that shows highest achievement in visual effects. ... The Academy Awards are the oldest awards ceremony for achievements in motion pictures. ... The Academy Award for Best Cinematography is awarded each year to a cinematographer for his work in one particular motion picture. ... This Academy Award was first given for movies made in 1948 when separate awards were given for black-and-white and color movies. ... Edith Head on the cover of the book The Life and Times of Edith Head by David Chierichetti Edith Head (October 28, 1897 – October 24, 1981) was an American costume designer who had a long career in Hollywood that garnered her more Academy Awards than any other woman in history. ... John Jensen (born 3 May 1965), nicknamed Faxe, is a former Danish international footballer who was untill recently coach at Danish Superliga club Brøndby IF. He is known for his temper and is often outspoken in interviews. ... Dorothy Jeakins (1914 - 1995) was a three-time Academy Award-winning costume designer. ... Arnold Friberg is an American artist born on December 21, 1913 in Winnetka, Illinois[1][2][3], son of a Swedish father and a Norwegian mother[3]. Perhaps his most famous and popular patriotic work[1][4][5] is his 1975 painting The Prayer at Valley Forge, a depiction of... The Academy Award for Film Editing was first given for films issued in 1934. ... // The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Academy Awards, awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which are voted on by others within the industry. ... The Academy Award for Sound Mixing is an Academy Award that recognizes the finest or most aesthetic sound mixing or recording, and is generally awarded to the production sound mixers and re-recording mixers of the winning film. ...

The film was adapted by Aeneas MacKenzie, Jesse Lasky Jr., Jack Gariss and Fredric M. Frank from the J.H. Ingraham novel Pillar of Fire, the A.E. Southon novel On Eagle's Wings and the Dorothy Clarke Wilson novel Prince of Egypt. Joseph Holt Ingraham (born January 26, 1809 in Portland, Maine; died December 18, 1860 in Holly Springs, Mississippi) was an American author. ... Dorothy Clarke Wilson Dorothy Clarke Wilson (1904-2003) was an American author and playwright. ... The Prince of Egypt is a 1998 American animated film, the first animated film produced and released by DreamWorks SKG. It is very loosely based on the life of Moses in Exodus 1 through 20. ...

DeMille had previously made the film in a silent version in 1923. It has since been remade again as a television miniseries broadcast in April 2006. The Ten Commandments is a 1923 epic silent film directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Theodore Roberts as Moses, Charles de Rochefort as Pharaoh Rameses, Estelle Taylor as Miriam the sister of Moses, and James Neill as Aaron, the brother of Moses. ... See also: 1922 in film 1923 1924 in film 1920s in film years in film film // Events April 15 - Lee De Forest demonstrates the Phonofilm sound-on-film system at the Rivoli Theater in New York with a series of short musical films featuring vaudeville performers. ... The Ten Commandments was a 2006 television mini-series depicting the biblical story of Moses and the the Exodus. ... April 2006 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Marcos Pontes, Brazils first astronaut, reaches the International Space Station. ...

Cast

• Charlton Heston as Moses
• Yul Brynner as Pharaoh Rameses II
• Anne Baxter as Nefertari
• Edward G. Robinson as Dathan
• Yvonne De Carlo as Sephora
• Debra Paget as Lilia
• John Derek as Joshua
• Sir Cedric Hardwicke as Pharaoh Seti I
• Nina Foch as Bithiah
• Martha Scott as Yochabel
• Dame Judith Anderson as Memnet
• Vincent Price as Baka
• John Carradine as Aaron
• Douglass Dumbrille as Jannes
• Olive Deering as Miriam
• Mike Connors as Amalekite Herder (under the name Touch Connors)

Other well-known talent in the film's "cast of thousands" included Herb Alpert as a Hebrew drummer, Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer as a slave, Michael Ansara as an Egyptian taskmaster, Robert Vaughn as a spearman and a Hebrew, Clint Walker as a Sardinian captain and DeMille himself as the film's narrator, all uncredited. In the film's release to theaters (and its subsequent release on home video), DeMille also appeared on screen to introduce the film. Charlton Heston (born John Charles Carter on October 4, 1924) is an iconic Academy Award-winning American film actor, best known for playing larger-than-life heroic roles such as Moses in The Ten Commandments and Judah Ben-Hur in Ben-Hur. ... Yul Brynner (July 11, 1920[1] – October 10, 1985) was a Russian-born Broadway and Academy Award-winning Hollywood actor. ... Anne Baxter (May 7, 1923 – December 12, 1985) was an Academy Award-winning American actress. ... Edward Goldenberg Robinson (born Emanuel Goldenberg, Yiddish: עמנואל גולדנברג; December 12, 1893 – January 26, 1973) was an American stage and film actor of Romanian origin. ... ‹ The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... Debra Paget (born August 19, 1933 in Denver, Colorado) is an American film actress. ... John Derek in the 1980s John Derek (born August 12, 1926; died May 22, 1998) was an American actor, director and photographer most famous for the women to whom he was married. ... Sir Cedric Webster Hardwicke (February 19, 1893 - August 6, 1964) was a British actor. ... Nina Foch (b. ... Martha Scott (September 22, 1912 - May 28, 2003) was an American actress. ... Dame Judith Anderson, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1934 Dame Judith Anderson, AC DBE (February 10, 1897–January 3, 1992), born Frances Margaret Anderson-Anderson, was an Tony award and Emmy winning stage and film actress who was also nominated for a Grammy and an Oscar. ... Vincent Leonard Price Jr. ... John Carradine (February 5, 1906 - November 27, 1988) was an American actor, best known for his roles in horror films and Westerns. ... Douglass Dumbrille (October 13, 1889 – April 2, 1974) was an actor and one of the Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood. ... Olive Deering (October 11, 1918 – March 22, 1986) was an American television actress, active from the late 1940s to the mid-1960s. ... Mike Connors (born Krikor Ohanian in 1925), is an American actor of Armenian descent. ... Herbert Herb Alpert (born March 31, 1935 in Los Angeles, California) is an American musician most associated with the Tijuana Brass, a now-defunct brass band of which he was the leader. ... Switzer (right) as Alfalfa in Our Gang Follies of 1938, with fellow Our Gang characters Spanky and Darla Carl Dean Alfalfa Switzer (August 7, 1927 – January 21, 1959) was an American former child actor, professional dog breeder and expert hunting guide, most notable for appearing in the Our Gang short... Michael Ansara (born April 15, 1922) is a stage, screen and voice actor. ... Robert Francis Vaughn (born November 22, 1932) is an American actor noted for stage, film and television work, and best known as suave spy Napoleon Solo in the popular 1960s TV series The Man from U.N.C.L.E., although he continues to be a popular television actor into... Norman Eugene Clint Walker (born May 30, 1927 in Hartford, Illinois) is an American actor best known for his cowboy role as Cheyenne Bodie in the TV Western series, Cheyenne. ...

Sets, costumes and props from The Egyptian (film) were bought and re-used for this. As the events in The Egyptian take place 70 years before the reign of Rameses II, an unintentional sense of continuity is created. DeMille did not want to cast anyone who had been in The Egyptian, but did accept Michael Ansara (who'd played the Hittite Commander), Mimi Gibson (who'd played Ankhsenpaaten) and John Carradine (who'd had a cameo as a tomb robber). In addition, the white-clad girl attendants in the court of Pharaoh are played by the same actresses who had these roles in The Egyptian. The Egyptian is a 1954 epic film made in Cinemascope by 20th Century Fox, directed by Michael Curtiz and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck. ...

The lively dance performed at Seti's birthday party, and the dancers' costumes, were copied from an actual wall painting.

Casts/Character

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Uncredited Casts

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Decalogues

One legacy of the movie are scores of public displays or monuments of the Ten Commandments that DeMille paid to be erected around the country as a publicity stunt. Known as decalogues, the displays were set up by the group Fraternal Order of Eagles, sometimes in or near government buildings. Several have been involved in court battles over whether their presence is said to violate the First Amendment to the United States Constitution's Establishment Clause. This article is about the list of religious and moral imperatives. ... Fraternal Order of Eagles International is a fraternal organization which was founded in 1898 in Seattle, Washington by a group of six theater owners. ... The Bill of Rights in the National Archives The First Amendment to the United States Constitution is a part of the United States Bill of Rights. ... The Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution states that: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion Together with the Free Exercise Clause, (or prohibiting the free exercise thereof), these two clauses make up what are commonly known as the religion clauses. ...

Differences from the Bible

There are many differences between the film and the storyline as it is traditionally understood from the Bible. According to the DVD commentary track, some details were taken from the Koran. The Quran (Arabic al-qurʾān أَلْقُرآن; also transliterated as Quran, Koran, and less commonly Alcoran) is the holy book of Islam. ...

In the movie, Yochabel, Moses' birth mother (Jochebed in the Bible), is shown as a slave working on the Treasure City construction site. However, the descendants of Levi (the third son of Jacob) had never been enslaved. DeMille was aware of this; he has Yochabel in a later scene saying "We are Levites, appointed Shepherds of Israel." If Moses wanted to live the life of a slave, he must not have declared himself a Levite.

Omitted from the film are the story of Shiphrah and Puah (Exodus 1:15-21), the attack by the Amalekites and the Battle of Rephidim, the story of Zipporah circumcising her son by Moses (Exodus 4:24-26), the stories about God providing manna, quail and water to Israel, and the account of Moses and seventy Elders of Israel eating and drinking in the presence of God (Exodus 24:9-11). Shiphrah was one of two midwives who helped prevent the genocide of Hebrew children by the Egyptians, according to Exodus 1:15-21. ... . ... According to the Book of Genesis and 1 Chronicles, Amalek (עֲמָלֵק; Standard Hebrew ʿAmaleq, Tiberian Hebrew ʿĂmālēq) was the son of Eliphaz and the grandson of Esau (Gen. ... This entry incorporates text from Eastons Bible Dictionary, 1897, with some modernisation. ... For other uses, see Mana (disambiguation). ... Genera Coturnix Anurophasis Perdicula Ophrysia † See also Pheasant, Partridge, Grouse Quail is a collective name for several genera of mid-sized birds in the pheasant family Phasianidae, or in the family Odontophoridae. ... Impact from a water drop causes an upward rebound jet surrounded by circular capillary waves. ...

The Pharaohs are all named in the film: Ramses I, Seti I, Ramses II. In the Bible, they are all called "Pharaoh" and no other names are given. (see Pharaoh of the Exodus). nomen or birth name Menpehtyre Ramesses I was the founding Pharaoh of Egypts 19th dynasty. ... Menmaatre Eternal is the Justice of Re Nomen Sety Merenptah Man of Set, beloved of Ptah Horus name Kanakht Khaemwaset-Seankhtawy Nebty name Wehemmesut Sekhemkhepesh Derpedjetpesdjet Golden Horus Wehemkhau Weserpedjutemtawnebu[1] Consort(s) Queen Tuya Issues Ramesses II, Tia, Henutmire (?) Father Ramesses I Mother Sitre Died 1279 BC Burial KV17... Usermaatre-setepenre The Justice of Re is Powerful, Chosen of Re Nomen Ramesses (meryamun) Born of Re, (Beloved of Amun) Horus name Kanakht Merymaa Nebty name Mekkemetwafkhasut Golden Horus Userrenput-aanehktu Consort(s) Isetnofret, Nefertari Maathorneferure Issues Bintanath, Khaemweset, Merneptah, Amun-her-khepsef Meritamen Father Seti I Mother Queen Tuya... In the Bible, the name of the Pharaoh of the Exodus is not given. ...

Some variances in the film are simply factual errors. In the scene in which Moses refers to the monumental stele commemorating "Seti's victory over the Hittites at Kadesh", the obvious error is that it was Ramses II, not his father, Seti (I), who fought the Hittites at Kadesh. This does several things to the movie's narrative. Most obviously, it means that Yul Brynner, billed as "Ramses", is in fact playing Merenptah, Ramses II's heir, and Sir Cedric Hardwicke, billed as "Seti" (I) is actually portraying Ramses II. This is further confirmed by "Seti" dying at an advanced age after a long reign; Seti (I) reigned for only 11 years, while Ramses II's reign lasted 67 years, prior to his death at age 90. (See Wikipedia entries on [Seti I] and [Ramses II].) This error also moves the Exodus forward in time, by approximately six decades.

In the Bible, the wives of the Pharaohs are not even mentioned. In the film, we see a great deal of Queen Nefretiri. Her name is a variant of Nefertari, the Great Royal Wife of Rameses II. The Bible says "The Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart", and the film makes clear that Nefretiri's schemes are the means through which God does this. A picture of Nefertari taken in her Abu Simbel temple. ... Ramesses II, Abu Simbel Ramesses II (also known as Ramesses the Great and alternatively transcribed as Ramses and Rameses) was an Egyptian pharaoh. ...

In the film, the young Moses is a successful military commander who defeats a Nubian army and makes the Ethiopians allies of Egypt. This is sourced in Flavius Josephus but isn't in the Bible. Josephus, also known as Flavius Josephus (c. ...

In Exodus 2:11-12, Moses "looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian and hid him in the sand." No such caution in the film: Moses jumps right in to fight the Egyptian. Instead of sensibly fleeing to Midian immediately, as he does in the Bible, he stays in Egypt and is arrested and exiled.

The movie adds a subplot about Joshua coming to Moses to beseech him to return to Egypt to free the Israelites. Joshua praying God to stop the Sun by Gustave Doré In Jewish mythology, Joshua or Yehoshua (Hebrew: יְהוֹשֻׁעַ, Tiberian: , Israeli: Yəhoshúa) was an Israelite leader who succeeded Moses. ...

In the Bible, Moses complains to the Lord that he is slow of speech, and of a slow tongue; in the film he only says "what words can I speak that they will heed?" DeMille considered having Moses stammer slightly, but Heston couldn't do it, and settled for speaking very slowly. Modern midrash asserts the relevance of the phrase "divine apostasia," which rehabilitates the term "apostasia" from its heretical or pejorative sense by defining it as an inability to articulate given the tools (or limitations rather) of language. This sense of the term apostasia asserts the moral humility and/or wisdom of silence or hesitance applied to speech and writing. From Greek απο, apo, away, apart, στασις, stasis, standing. Also derived from Greek αποστάτης, meaning political rebel, as applied to rebellion against God, its law and the faith of Israel (in Hebrew מרד) in the old testament. ...

The film shows four of the Plagues of Egypt: Blood, Hail, Darkness, and Death of the Firstborn, omitting the rest. DeMille could not figure out a way to enact the plagues of frogs, flies and so on, without it coming out as unintentionally humorous. The Plagues of Egypt (Hebrew: מכות מצרים, Makot Mitzrayim), the Biblical Plagues or the Ten Plagues (עשר המכות, Eser Ha-Makot) are the ten calamities inflicted upon Egypt by God in the Biblical story recounted the book of Exodus, chapters 7 - 12, in order to convince Pharaoh (possibly Ramesses II, making the pharaoh of...

Pharaoh may have drowned with his army in Exodus 15:19 (it is unclear; and if so, he wasn't Rameses II). In the movie, he prudently stays in the rear and witnesses the parting of the waters.

In Exodus, the Israelites, led by Miriam, sing and dance to celebrate the death of Pharaoh and the Egyptian army. In the film, they stand still in stunned silence. Miriam (Hebrew: מִרְיָם, Standard Tiberian  ; meaning either wished for child, bitter or rebellious) was the sister of Moses and Aaron, and the daughter of Amram and Jochebed. ...

In the Bible, the reception of the Ten Commandments began as a national revelation, as opposed to the private one depicted in the DeMille film.

The story of Korah and his rebellion, which occurs much later in the Bible narrative, is conflated with that of the Golden Calf in the film. Korah himself is omitted, replaced with Dathan. Korah or Kórach (Hebrew: קֹרַח, Standard Tiberian ; Baldness; ice; hail; frost) is the name associated with at least two Biblical villains. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ...

DVD

The artist's rendering of Charlton Heston as Moses was bulked up to modern physique standards when the DVD was released

The Ten Commandments has been released to DVD on three occasions: DVD cover, The Ten Commandments 1956 Cecil B. DeMille epic DVD cover; This work is copyrighted. ... DVD cover, The Ten Commandments 1956 Cecil B. DeMille epic DVD cover; This work is copyrighted. ...

First Edition released on March 30, 1999 as a two disc set, with the following specs:

Disc One & Two: The Movie (1956, 220 minutes) + Extras

• 1.78:1 Widescreen (Enhanced for 16x9)
• Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Surround 2.0), French (Dolby Mono 2.0)
• Subtitles: English
• Scene Selection (48 Chapters)
• Trailers:
  • 1956 "Making of" Trailer
  • 1966 Re-Release Trailer
  • 1989 Re-Release Trailer

Second Edition released on March 9, 2004 as a two disc set (Special Collector's Edition), with the following specs:

Disc One & Two: The Movie (1956, 220 minutes) + Extras

• 1.78:1 Widescreen (Enhanced for 16x9)
• Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Surround 2.0), French (Dolby Mono 2.0)
• Subtitles: English
• Scene Selection (48 Chapters)
• Commentary by Katherine Orrison, Author of Written in Stone: Making Cecil B. DeMille's Epic, The Ten Commandments
• 6-Part Documentary: (Approximately 37 minutes)
  • Moses
  • The Chosen People
  • Land of the Pharaohs
  • The Paramount Lot
  • The Score
  • Mr. DeMille
• Vintage Newsreel: The Ten Commandments - Premiere in New York
• Trailers:
  • 1956 "Making of" Trailer
  • 1966 Re-Release Trailer
  • 1989 Re-Release Trailer

Third Edition released on March 21, 2006 as a three disc set (50th Anniversary Collection), with the following specs:

Disc One & Two: The Movie (1956, 220 minutes) + Extras

• 1.78:1 Widescreen (Enhanced for 16x9)
• Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Surround 2.0), French (Dolby Mono 2.0)
• Subtitles: English
• Scene Selection (48 Chapters)
• Commentary by Katherine Orrison, Author of Written in Stone: Making Cecil B. DeMille's Epic, The Ten Commandments
• 6-Part Documentary: (Approximately 37 minutes)
  • Moses
  • The Chosen People
  • Land of the Pharaohs
  • The Paramount Lot
  • The Score
  • Mr. DeMille
• Vintage Newsreel: The Ten Commandments - Premiere in New York
• Trailers:
  • 1956 "Making of" Trailer
  • 1966 Re-Release Trailer
  • 1989 Re-Release Trailer

Disc Three: The Movie (1923 Version, 136 minutes)

• 1.37:1 Academy Ratio (4:3 Standard)
• Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Stereo 2.0)
• Subtitles: French
• Commentary by Katherine Orrison, Author of Written in Stone: Making Cecil B. DeMille's Epic, The Ten Commandments
• Hand-tinted footage of the Exodus and Parting of the Red Sea Sequence

The Ten Commandments DVD Covers
First Edition 2 Disc Set	Second Edition 2 Disc Set	Third Edition 3 Disc Set

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Trivia

• During his lifetime, DeMille was reluctant to discuss technical details of how the film was made, especially the optical tricks used in the famous parting of the Red Sea. It was eventually revealed that it was accomplished (in the 1956 version) by using footage of the Red Sea and splicing in film footage (run in reverse) of water pouring from large trip-tanks set up in the studio back-lot. In the earlier version a vat of gelatin was heated to turn it from a solid state to a liquid, running state.

• Nina Foch, who played Bithiah, is actually a year younger than Charlton Heston who played Moses.

• Although Rameses II and Seti I were historical figures, Rameses' wife's name was Nefertari, not "Nefretiri", as in the film. This queen, though well-known, is not to be confused with the even more famous queen Nefertiti, who lived 75 years earlier. Both names mean "Beautiful."
• Nowhere in the Bible is any Queen of Egypt even mentioned, much less named.
• DeMille's original choice for the role of Nefretiri was Audrey Hepburn. His ultimate decision not to cast her was due to her less-than-voluptuous figure. Anne Baxter, the final choice for the role, filled out her sheer costumes quite nicely.
• Heavy metal band Metallica wrote a song based on the events in the movie, titled "Creeping Death."
• Due to the length of the movie, network telecasts would sometimes edit the film heavily, leading some humorists to comment that it had been "trimmed to seven commandments."
• The voice of God at the burning bush scene is that of Charlton Heston's, slightly slowed down and deepened. Heston's voice was recorded for the film in the marble chapel at Fairhaven Mausoleum in Santa Ana, CA. The voice of God at the giving of the Ten Commandments is a chorus of several male voices including, principally, Heston's and DeMille's - recorded separately with one track laid on top of the other and tinkered with electronically. It is said that this was a very time-consuming and difficult process (probably less so today). The other voices of this chorus were those of actor and singer Delos Jewkes and DeMille's publicist and biographer Donald Hayne.
• Heston's version of Moses has been parodied numerous times, most notably in History of the World, Part I, in which Mel Brooks, playing Moses, brings fifteen commandments, with the extra five written on a third tablet. He drops and breaks the third tablet and hastily says, "Fifteen, er, ten commandments!"
• The Paramount mountain at the beginning of the movie is replaced with Mount Sinai and the sky is red.

• The infant Moses was played by Charlton Heston's then three-month old son, Fraser.

• The Second Edition DVD was the subject of some controversy, as the pictures in magazines for it stated "Thou Shalt Covet," basically going against and making a sacrilegious parody of the Ten Commandments' commandment, "Thou shalt not covet."

• Heston, Paget and Foch are the only remaining surviving main casts to date (May 01, 2007).

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Production

The screenplay was the creation of a committee of writers, headed by "Rev." J. H. Ingraham (actually a novelist who wrote Pillar of Fire) and "Rev." A. E. Southon (actually the novelist of On Eagle's Wings), who were listed as reverends to add credibility to the script. Dorothy Clarke Wilson, Aeneas MacKenzie, Jesse Lasky Jr., Jack Gariss, and Fredric M. Frank also contributed. Joseph Holt Ingraham (born January 26, 1809 in Portland, Maine; died December 18, 1860 in Holly Springs, Mississippi) was an American author. ... The Reverend is an honorary prefix added to the names of Christian clergy and ministers. ...

In the commentary for the DVD edition, Katherine Orrison (a protege and biographer of Henry Wilcoxon), describes the historical research that DeMille and associates did at the time. Orrison says that many details of Moses' life which were left out of the Bible are present in the Koran, which was sometimes used as a source. She also describes some coincidences in production; the man who designed Moses' distinctive rust-white-black striped robe used those colors because they looked impressive, and only later discovered that these are the actual colors of the Tribe of Levi. Arnold Friberg would later state that he was the one who designed Moses's costume. As a gift, after the production, DeMille gave Moses's robe to Mr. Friberg who still has it in his possession. Wilcoxon played the part of the priest in Caddyshack The Crusades box cover This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Arnold Friberg is an American artist born on December 21, 1913 in Winnetka, Illinois[1][2][3], son of a Swedish father and a Norwegian mother[3]. Perhaps his most famous and popular patriotic work[1][4][5] is his 1975 painting The Prayer at Valley Forge, a depiction of...

Artist Arnold Friberg, in addition to designing sets and costumes, also contributed the manner of Moses ordaining Joshua to his mission at the end of the film: Hands on Joshua's head. Frieberg, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, demonstrated the LDS manner of performing such ordinations, and DeMille liked it. Arnold Friberg is an American artist born on December 21, 1913 in Winnetka, Illinois[1][2][3], son of a Swedish father and a Norwegian mother[3]. Perhaps his most famous and popular patriotic work[1][4][5] is his 1975 painting The Prayer at Valley Forge, a depiction of... Joshua praying God to stop the Sun by Gustave Doré In Jewish mythology, Joshua or Yehoshua (Hebrew: יְהוֹשֻׁעַ, Tiberian: , Israeli: Yəhoshúa) was an Israelite leader who succeeded Moses. ... The Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the largest attraction in the citys Temple Square. ...

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Footnotes

References

• Orrison, Katherine (1990). Written in Stone: Making Cecil B. DeMille's Epic, The Ten Commandments. New York: Vestal Press. ISBN 1-879511-24-X. 
• The Ten Commandments at the Internet Movie Database

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