The Ten Commandments (1956)
The Ten Commandments (1956)


Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.

Charlton Heston
Moses

Yul Brynner
Rameses

Anne Baxter
Nefretiri

Edward G. Robinson
Dathan

Yvonne De Carlo
Sephora

Debra Paget
Lilia

John Derek
Joshua

Cedric Hardwicke
Sethi

Nina Foch
Bithiah

Martha Scott
Yochabel

Judith Anderson
Memnet

Vincent Price
Baka

John Carradine
Aaron

Olive Deering
Miriam

Douglass Dumbrille
Jannes

Frank De Kova
Abiram

Henry Wilcoxon
Pentaur / Associate Producer

Eduard Franz
Jethro

Donald Curtis
Mered

Lawrence Dobkin
Hur Ben Caleb

H.B. Warner
Amminadab

Julia Faye
Elisheba

Lisa Mitchell
Jethro's Daughter

Noelle Williams
Jethro's Daughter

Joanna Merlin
Jethro's Daughter

Pat Richard
Jethro's Daughter

Joyce van der Veen
Jethro's Daughter

Diane Hall
Jethro's Daughter

Abbas El Boughdadly
Rameses' Charioteer

Fraser Clarke Heston
The Infant Moses

John Miljan
The Blind One

Francis McDonald
Simon

Ian Keith
Rameses I

Paul De Rolf
Eleazar

Woody Strode
King of Ethiopia

Tommy Duran
Gershom

Eugene Mazzola
Rameses' Son

Ramsay Hill
Korah

Joan Woodbury
Korah's Wife

Esther Brown
Princess Tharbis

Rushdy Abaza
(as Rushti Abaza)

Dorothy Adams
Slave Woman / Hebrew at Golden Calf / Hebrew at Rameses' Gate

Eric Alden
High Ranking Officer / Taskmaster / Slave / Officer

E.J. André
Sheik of Hazerath

Babette Bain
Little Miriam

Baynes Barron
Taskmaster

Kay Bell
Taskmaster / Red-Bearded Slave

Mary Benoit
Guardian of the Prince / Court Woman / Hebrew at Dathan's Tent / Hebrew at Crag and Corridor / Mother

Henry Brandon
Commander of the Hosts

Robert Carson
Eleazar as an Adult

Bobby Clark
Little Boy in Exodus

Rus Conklin
Whip-Scarred Brick-Carrier / Hebrew at Dathan's Tent

Mike Connors
Amalekite Herder (as Touch Connors)

Henry Corden
Sheik of Sinai

Edna Mae Cooper
Woman of the Court

Kem Dibbs
Corporal

Maude Fealy
Slave Woman / Hebrew at Crag and Corridor

Mimi Gibson
The Blind One's Granddaughter

Gavin Gordon
Trojan Ambassador

Diane Gump
Slave

Nancy Hale
Court Lady in Pool

June Jocelyn
Court Lady / Hebrew at Crag and Corridor / Hebrew at Dathan's Tent / Wife of Overseer

Richard Kean
Old Hebrew at Moses' House / Hebrew Toward Corridor

Gail Kobe
Pretty Slave Girl

Fred Kohler Jr.
Foreman

Kenneth MacDonald
Hebrew at Crag and Corridor / Slave

Peter Mamakos
Chief Driver

Irene Martin
Tuya

George Melford
Hebrew at Golden Calf / Nobleman

John Merton
Architect's Assistant

Amena Mohamed
Architect's Assistant

Paula Morgan
Hebrew Woman / Slave Woman

Dorothy Neumann
Hebrew at Crag and Corridor / Slave / Hebrew at Dathan's Tent

John Parrish
Sheik of Rephidim

Rodd Redwing
Taskmaster / Hebrew at Golden Calf

Addison Richards
Fan Bearer

Keith Richards
Hebrew at Golden Calf / Courtier / Slave / Hebrew at Dathan's Tent / Hebrew at Crag and Corridor / Overseer

Hal Sherman
Slave

Marcoreta Starr
Slave / Hebrew at Golden Calf

Onslow Stevens
Lugal

Clint Walker
Sardinian Captain

Amanda Webb
Hebrew at Golden Calf / Young Woman / Hebrew in Exodus

Frank Wilcox
Wazir

Jeane Wood
Slave / Hebrew at Crag and Corridor / Hebrew at Golden Calf

Luis Alberni
Old Hebrew at Moses' House

Lillian Albertson
Slave

Barbara Aler
Lady from Edon / Priestess / Hebrew at Golden Calf

Michael Ansara
Taskmaster

William Bagdad
Slave

Lesley-Marie Colburn
Slave Child

Fairy Cunningham
Court Lady / Slave

Kay Hammond
Grease Woman

Mary Ellen Kay
Court Lady in Pool

Robert Vaughn
Spearman / Hebrew at Golden Calf

Alan Wells
Hebrew at Crag and Corridor

Richard Farnsworth
Chariot Driver

Madeleine Taylor Holmes
Slave

Nico Minardos
Courtier

Arthur Batanides
Hebrew at Golden Calf/Hebrew at Rameses' Gate

Cecil B. DeMille
Narrator / Director / Producer

Ron Nyman
Egyptian Guard

Herbert Lytton
Sethi's Attendant / Hebrew at Crag and Corridor

Emmett Lynn
Old Slave / Hebrew at Golden Calf

Norman Leavitt
Slave

Charlotte Knight
Slave

Rex Ingram
Bit Part

Bob Herron
Courier / Stunts

John Hart
Cretan Ambassador

Frank Hagney
Hebrew at Golden Calf

Paul Wexler
Hebrew at Golden Calf

Charles Stevens
Slave

Steve Mitchell
Slave

Polly Burson
Slave / Stunts

Carl Switzer
Slave

Fredric M. Frank
Screenplay

Jesse Lasky Jr.
Screenplay

Loyal Griggs
Director of Photography

Jack Gariss
Screenplay

Hal Pereira
Art Direction

Walter H. Tyler
Art Direction

Æneas MacKenzie
Screenplay

Anne Bauchens
Editor

A.E. Southon
Novel

Dorothy Clarke Wilson
Novel

Albert Nozaki
Art Direction

J.H. Ingraham
Novel

W. Wallace Kelley
Additional Photography

Francisco Day
Assistant Director

LeRoy Prinz
Choreographer

Edward Salven
Assistant Director

Michael D. Moore
Assistant Director

John F. Warren
Additional Photography

Frank McCoy
Makeup Artist

Sam Comer
Set Decoration

Daniel McCauley
Assistant Director

Ray Moyer
Set Decoration

Ruth Godfrey
Choreographer

Wally Westmore
Makeup Supervisor

Frank Westmore
Makeup Artist

J. Peverell Marley
Additional Photography

Nellie Manley
Hairstylist

Loren Janes
Stunts

George R. Hughes
Thanks

Gene Garvin
Sound Recordist

Dorothy Jeakins
Costume Design

William C. Hayes
Thanks

Gordon Cole
Property Master

Frances Dawson
Other

Farciot Edouart
Special Effects

Arnold Friberg
Costume Design

C. Kenneth Deland
Production Manager

Labib Habachi
Thanks

Louis Mesenkop
Recording Supervision

Paul K. Lerpae
Special Effects

John Jensen
Costume Design

Rudolph Lupo
Thanks

Robert Goodstein
Property Master

Arthur Rosson
Assistant Director

Harry Lindgren
Sound Recordist

Ralph Jester
Costume Design

Donald Robb
Production Manager

Gladys Percey
Researcher

Ralph Marcus
Thanks

Jerry Cook
Construction Coordinator

Keith C. Seele
Thanks

Richard Mueller
Other

Henry Noerdlinger
Researcher

Donald MacLean
Other

Edith Head
Costume Design

Frank Caffey
Production Manager

John P. Fulton
Special Effects

Fouad Aref
Assistant Director

Elmer Bernstein
Original Music Composer

Olga Celeste
Animal Wrangler

Albert Simpson
Matte Painter

Norbert Haring
Grip
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Details.
Release DateOctober 5, 1956
StatusReleased
Running Time3h 40m
Content RatingG
Budget$13,000,000
Box Office$122,700,000
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
The Ten Commandments is a 1956 American epic religious drama film produced, directed, and narrated by Cecil B. DeMille, shot in VistaVision (color by Technicolor), and released by Paramount Pictures. Based on the biblical Book of Exodus and other sources, it dramatizes the story of the life of Moses, an adopted Egyptian prince who becomes the deliverer of his real brethren, the enslaved Hebrews, and thereafter leads the Exodus to Mount Sinai, where he receives, from God, the Ten Commandments. The film stars Charlton Heston in the lead role, Yul Brynner as Rameses, Anne Baxter as Nefretiri, Edward G. Robinson as Dathan, Yvonne De Carlo as Sephora, Debra Paget as Lilia, and John Derek as Joshua; and features Sir Cedric Hardwicke as Sethi, Nina Foch as Bithiah, Martha Scott as Yochabel, Judith Anderson as Memnet, and Vincent Price as Baka, among others.
Filmed on location in Egypt, Mount Sinai, and the Sinai Peninsula, The Ten Commandments was DeMille's most successful work, his first widescreen film, his fourth biblical production, and his final directorial effort before his death in 1959. It is a remake of the prologue of his 1923 silent film of the same title, and features one of the largest exterior sets ever created for a motion picture. Four screenwriters, three art directors, and five costume designers worked on the film. The interior sets were constructed on Paramount's Hollywood soundstages. The original roadshow version included an onscreen introduction by DeMille and was released to cinemas in the United States on November 8, 1956, and, at the time of its release, was the most expensive film ever made.
In 1957, the film was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, winning the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects (John P. Fulton, A.S.C.). DeMille won the Foreign Language Press Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director. Charlton Heston was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama). Yul Brynner won the National Board of Review Award for Best Actor. Heston, Anne Baxter, and Yvonne De Carlo won Laurel Awards for Best Dramatic Actor, 5th Best Dramatic Actress, and 3rd Best Supporting Actress, respectively. It is also one of the most financially successful films ever made, grossing approximately $122.7 million at the box office during its initial release; it was the most successful film of 1956 and the second-highest-grossing film of the decade. According to Guinness World Records, in terms of theatrical exhibition, it is the eighth most successful film of all-time when the box office gross is adjusted for inflation.
In 1999, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". In June 2008, the American Film Institute revealed its "Ten Top Ten"—the best ten films in ten American film genres—after polling over 1,500 people from the creative community. The film was listed as the tenth best film in the epic genre. The film has aired annually on U.S. network television in prime time during the Passover/Easter season since 1973.
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