The Ten Commandments
Year | 1956 |
Starring | Anne Baxter, Charlon Heston, Edward G. Robinson, Vincent Price, Yul Brynner, Yvonne De Carlo |
Director(s) | Cecil B. DeMille |
Rating | G |
Genre(s) | Adventure, Drama, History |
Runtime | 220 min |
The pharaoh’s daughter discovers the abandoned infant Moses and takes him to the shelter of her family. Moses is righteous and kind, the favored successor to the kingdom, which results in the deep-seated jealousy of Prince Rameses. Rameses and Moses compete for the throne and the love of the young princess, Nefretiri, until Moses learns the truth about his origins and joins the Jewish slaves in their fight for freedom. After receiving the Ten Commandments from God, Moses helps free the Jews from the pharaoh’s tyrannical rule, surmounting all obstacles in his way–including the parting of the Red Sea.