The ten commandments [1956]

Resource Information

The work The ten commandments [1956] represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Worthington Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The ten commandments [1956]

Statement of responsibility

Paramount Pictures ; written by Aeneas MacKenzie ... [et al.] ; directed by Cecil B. DeMille

Title variation

• 10 commandments
• Cecil B. DeMille's The ten commandments

Contributor

• Paramount Pictures Corporation
• Anderson, Judith
• Baxter, Anne
• Brynner, Yul
• Carradine, John
• De Carlo, Yvonne
• DeMille, Cecil B., (Cecil Blount), 1881-1959
• Derek, John, 1926-1998
• Foch, Nina
• Hardwicke, Cedric, 1893-1964
• Heston, Charlton
• Paget, Debra, 1933-
• Price, Vincent, 1911-1993
• Robinson, Edward G., 1893-1973
• Scott, Martha, 1914-2003

Subject

• Bible stories -- Drama
• Epic films
• Feature films
• Moses, (Biblical leader) -- Drama

Genre

• Drama
• Epic films
• Feature films

Language

eng

Summary

Lavish Biblical epic that tells the life story of Moses, who turned his back on a privileged life to lead his people to freedom outside Egypt

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Loyal Giggs ; art director, Albert Nozaki ; editor, Anne Bauchens ; music, Elmer Bernstein ; costume designer, Arnold Friberg ... [et al.]

Intended audience

MPAA rating: G

Language note

Audio and subtitles in English (SDH), French, Spanish or Portuguese

PerformerNote

Cast: Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson, Yvonne De Carlo, Debra Paget, John Derek, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Nina Foch, Martha Scott, Judith Anderson, Vincent Price, John Carradine

Runtime

231

Target audience

general

Technique

live action