Rent The Ten Commandments (1956)
3.8 of 5 from 113 ratings
3h 42min
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- Synopsis:
- For sheer pageantry and spectacle, few motion pictures can claim to equal the splendor of Cecil B. DeMille's 1956 remake of this epic "The Ten Commandments". Filmed in Egypt and the Sinai with one of the biggest sets ever constructed for a motion picture, this version tells the story of the life of Moses (Charlton Heston) once favoured in the Pharaoh's (Yul Brynner) household, who turned his back on privileged life to lead his people to freedom. With a rare on-screen introduction by Cecil B. DeMille himself.
- Actors:
- Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson, Yvonne De Carlo, Debra Paget, John Derek, Cedric Hardwicke, Nina Foch, Martha Scott, Judith Anderson, Vincent Price, John Carradine, Olive Deering, Douglass Dumbrille, Frank DeKova, Henry Wilcoxon, Eduard Franz, Donald Curtis, Lawrence Dobkin
- Directors:
- Cecil B. DeMille
- Producers:
- Cecil B. De Mille
- Voiced By:
- Donald Hayne, Edmund Penney
- Narrated By:
- Cecil B. DeMille
- Writers:
- Dorothy Clarke Wilson, J.H. Ingraham, A.E. Southon, Æneas MacKenzie, Jesse Lasky Jr., Jack Gariss, Fredric M. Frank
- Others:
- John Fulton, John Jensen, Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Hal Pereira, Loyal Griggs, Ray Moyer, Ralph Jester, Anne Bauchens, Loren L. Ryder, Samuel M. Comer, Walter H. Tyler, Albert Nozaki, Arnold Friberg
- Aka:
- Prince of Egypt
- Studio:
- Paramount
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Drama
- Collections:
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- Awards:
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 04/02/2013
- Run Time:
- 231 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Digital 2.0, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, French Dolby Digital 1.0, Portuguese Dolby Digital 2.0, Spanish Dolby Digital 1.0
- Subtitles:
- English, English Hard of Hearing, French, Portuguese, Spanish
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Commentary by Katherine Orrison, Author of "Written in Stone: Making Cecil B. DeMille's Epic, The Ten Commandments"
- Newsreel: The Ten Commandments Premiere in New York
- Theatrical Trailers: 1956 "Making of" Trailer / 1966 Trailer /1989 Trailer
- Disc 1:
- This disc includes the main feature part 1
- special features - Disc 2:
- This disc includes the main feature part 2
- special features
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 29/03/2021
- Run Time:
- 232 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, French Parisian Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono, German Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
- Subtitles:
- English, English Hard of Hearing, French Parisian, German
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- Technicolor
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Commentary by Katherine Orrison, Author of "Written in Stone: Making Cecil B. DeMille's Epic, 'The Ten Commandments'
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Reviews (1) of The Ten Commandments
Sunday Roast in Technicolor - The Ten Commandments review by griggs
Nearly four hours about stone tablets and plagues shouldn’t be this easy to sit through. I’d geared up for a noble trudge; instead, it moves with the confidence of a film that knows exactly how to hold a crowd.
Yes, parts of the script creak. And yes, some of the performances look like the cast had a hearty breakfast of scenery. But that’s half the fun. DeMille stages everything on a “go big or go home” scale, with colour and production design doing heavy lifting in the best way. When the sea parts, it’s not an effect you politely admire — it’s a full-on cinema moment.
Cecil B. DeMille doesn’t do understatement. He does commandment-sized storytelling, with a straight face and a raised eyebrow. The Ten Commandments is old-school Hollywood at full volume: excessive, sincere, and oddly comforting — like a lavish Sunday roast: too much, a bit old-fashioned, and somehow exactly what you wanted.
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