The Ten Commandments (1956)

Movie Details

Original Title The Ten Commandments

Original Language EN

Budget $13,000,000

Revenue $122,700,000

Status Released

Popularity 5.3

Cast

Charlton Heston

Moses

Popularity: 7.0

Yul Brynner

Rameses

Popularity: 1.1

Anne Baxter

Nefretiri

Popularity: 2.2

Edward G. Robinson

Dathan

Popularity: 2.1

Yvonne De Carlo

Sephora

Popularity: 0.9

Debra Paget

Lilia

Popularity: 0.6

John Derek

Joshua

Popularity: 0.8

Cedric Hardwicke

Sethi

Popularity: 1.1

Nina Foch

Bithiah

Popularity: 4.6

Martha Scott

Yochabel

Popularity: 1.4

Judith Anderson

Memnet

Popularity: 4.8

Vincent Price

Baka

Popularity: 1.0

Key Crew

Screenplay Fredric M. Frank, Jesse Lasky Jr., Jack Gariss

Director Cecil B. DeMille

Producer Cecil B. DeMille

Editor Anne Bauchens

Production

Paramount Pictures

Motion Picture Associates

Videos & Trailers

On Filming the Ten Commandments (1956) Produced by The Christophers

Featurette

Parting the Red Sea Clip

Clip

Introduction and Overture to The Ten Commandments by Cecil B. DeMille

Clip

Paramount Movies Trailer

Trailer

1966 Re-Release Trailer

Trailer

Image Gallery

Backdrops

Posters

Keywords

epic egypt israel moses ten commandments christianity slavery miracle bible judaism religion ancient egypt technicolor old testament pharaoh passover christian film 13th century bc biblical epic

Reviews from TMDB

Cat Ellington

Feb 22, 2017

(The King of Egypt - with his sword drawn - and his Queen, together, converse about killing Moses, servant of the Most High God) ... Queen Nefretiri: 'Bring it back to me, stained with his blood!' Pharoah Rameses: 'I will... to mingle with your own!' Inspired by the Book of Exodus, this C ... Read more

John Chard 9/10

Apr 12, 2020

His God "is" God! The Ten Commandments is at the top end of Hollywood historical epics. It was to be Cecil B. DeMille's last ever directing assignment and he bows out with a gargantuan epic that to this day stands as a testament to his brilliant talent as one of the masters of epic film making. ... Read more

moard

Nov 20, 2023

As good today as in 1956 This film consists of an all star cast and is an amazing movie. The special effects are incredible especially for 1956. The acting is clearly amazing in this account of Moses and the Ten Commandments. 9-10