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Charles De Roche, Charles de Rochefort, Clarence Burton

Cecil B. DeMille's original silent version of the classic biblical tale is a two-part saga that moves from Old Testament times to the immorality of the Roaring Twenties. The tale of Moses is told as a...( read more  read more... ) prologue: Divinely inspired, Moses (Theodore Roberts) frees the Jewish slaves of Egypt from the bondage of the whip-wielding pharaoh Rameses (Charles De Roche). In true DeMille style, the director lavishly re-creates the splendor and decadent wealth of Ancient Egypt with a stylish 1920s Art Deco flair. A cast of thousands flees the great city and passes through the parted Red Sea in a stunning, technologically advanced sequence. The film also features hand-painted frames of fire and brimstone that engulf the screen and fade to black when DeMille deftly switches gears and tells a modern moral parable set in the 1920s household of a pious widow (Edythe Chapman) who reads from the Bible to her grown sons, expounding on the moral virtue of the Ten Commandments. This early classic is an intriguing combination of DeMille's passion for biblical spectacle and his love of entertaining morality tales.

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Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille

Release Date: January 1, 1923

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DVD Release Date: March 21, 2006

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  • puffchunk
    November 22, 2007
    puffchunk
    This has got to be the most over played film on TV in the world. It's okay, but it certainly feels like I'm at a play, not a movie.
  • AgentLexi2132
    August 18, 2007
    AgentLexi2132
    Religious bullshit!
  • merlynsprankling
    June 10, 2008
    merlynsprankling
    Be inspired, persecuted and be saved.
  • blanchnil01
    March 7, 2009
    blanchnil01
    great and wonderful stuff will love to see it over and over again thank God !
  • mega7b
    February 23, 2009
    mega7b
    I've seen this movie so many times (the first time was when i was 6), but until now, it still never cease to amaze & remind the adult in me to "toe the line"!!! I HIGHLY RECOMMEND TO CHECK THIS FILM - - - FOREVER!
  • javengiamaqt
    February 1, 2009
    javengiamaqt
    grew up watching this movie, watched ever year on t.v.:)
  • Rhinna007
    December 27, 2008
    Rhinna007
    When you know better
    you r expected to do better
  • Soundsofmadness
    October 17, 2008
    Soundsofmadness
    No thankyou - Not interested
  • Ghw12158
    September 12, 2008
    Ghw12158
    good but not the best
  • MissSherryW
    September 2, 2008
    MissSherryW
    I would like to see this one.

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  • theadding
    October 11, 2007
    theadding
    I have always loved this movie. I have it in vhs and on dvd. I play it on the opposite television from the one on cable tv just to see how badly each network has butchered it for airplay. Love it love it love it!!!!!
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