The Ten Commandments
Moses, raised as a prince of Egypt in the Pharaoh's household, learns of his true heritage as a Hebrew and his divine mission as the deliverer of his people from slavery.
- Rated
- G
- Runtime
- 3h 40m
- Released
- 1956
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 1956
Storyline
Moses, raised as a prince of Egypt in the Pharaoh's household, learns of his true heritage as a Hebrew and his divine mission as the deliverer of his people from slavery.
Top credits
Charlton Heston — Moses
Yul Brynner — Rameses
Anne Baxter — Nefretiri
Edward G. Robinson — Dathan
Awards
1 win & 6 nominations
See all awards →Did you know
• At least 14,000 extras and 15,000 animals were used in this movie.
• H.B. Warner: Amminadab, an old Hebrew man about to die in the desert, during the Exodus sequence. At the time of filming, Warner was as frail in real life as he appeared in this movie. Producer and director Cecil B. DeMille wanted Warner to play "The Blind One" so badly that he arranged for an ambulance to pick Warner up at his nursing home and bring him to the set for his cameo.
• Cecil B. DeMille picked Charlton Heston for the role of Moses because he bore a resemblance to Michelangelo's statue of Moses in Rome, Italy. Heston played Michelangelo in "The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)".
Box Office
Gross (Domestic): $65,500,000
User reviews
Still does it for me
Colossal biblical kitsch, courtesy of Cecil B. DeMille.
...and even very much cattle
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Stereo, Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1, 2.20 : 1, 1.85 : 1
- Color
- Color
