The Ten Commandments (1956)
Nota IMDB: 7.8
***** Un premiu si 6 nominalizari Oscar, o nominalizare Globul de Aur
Regia:Cecil B. DeMille
Cu:Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson
Gen film:Drama,Familie
Treizeci de ani mai tarziu, De Mille – acum la apogeul profesiei sale datorita succeselor precum „Samson si Dalida" (1949) si „Marele spectacol al lumii" (1952) – depaseste entuziasmul creat in jurul filmului mut original prin reecranizarea in 1956 a „Celor zece porunci".
Filmat in Egipt si Sinai si beneficiind de unul din cele mai mari platouri de filmare construite vreodata pentru un film, suprasaturatul cu vedete, extravaganta Technicolor-ului relateaza povestea vietii lui Moise (Charlton Heston), cel care a intors spatele unei vieti privilegiate pentru a-si conduce poporul spre libertate. Aceasta epopee a marelui ecran clasic a fost nominalizata pentru sapte premii ale Academiei Americane de Film, inclusiv pentru categoria „Cel mai bun film al anului 1956".
Incercand sa impiedice implinira unei profetii nefaste, faraonul ordona uciderea tuturor pruncilor iudei. Doar cel abandonat pe Nil scapa cu viata, gasit de sora faraonului. Invidiat, dupa ani, de mostenitorul tronului, Moise e alungat in desert, unde are revelatii divine care-l conduc la dezrobirea poporului iudeu.
Distributie:
Charlton Heston Moses
Yul Brynner Rameses
Edward G. Robinson Dathan
Yvonne De Carlo Sephora
Vincent Price Baka
Anne Baxter Nefretiri
Richard Farnsworth Chariot driver
John Carradine Aaron
John Derek Joshua
Debra Paget Lilia
Mike Connors Amalekite herder
Fraser Clarke Heston Infant Moses
Peter Baldwin Courtier
Woody Strode King of Ethiopia/Litter carrier-slave
Joanna Merlin Jethro's daughter
Cedric Hardwicke Sethi
H.B. Warner Amminadab
Judith Anderson Memnet
Henry Corden Sheik of Sinai
Michael Ansara Taskmaster
Frankie Darro Slave
Clint Walker Sardinian Captain
Jon Peters Boy on Donkey crossing Red Sea
Gordon Mitchell Egyptian guard
Tim Cagney Moses' son, age 6
Kenneth MacDonald Hebrew at Crag & Corridor/Slave
Francis McDonald Simon
Charlotte Knight Slave
Ian Keith Rameses I
Stanley Price Slave Carrying Load
Patricia Hitchcock Court Lady
Frank Wilcox Wazir
Dan White Slave
Frank Hagney Hebrew at Golden Calf
Eduard Franz Jethro
Martha Scott Yochabel
Bob Herron Courier
Douglass Dumbrille Jannes
Peter Hansen Young Aide
Stuart Randall Elder of Joseph
Henry Brandon Commander of the Hosts
Norman Leavitt Slave
Paul Harvey Royal Physician
Mickey Simpson Overseer Watching from Door
Gavin Gordon Trojan Ambassador
Eddie Kane Hebrew at Crag & Corridor
Rodd Redwing Taskmaster/Hebrew at Golden Calf
Henry A. Escalante Taskmaster/Palace Guard
Mimi Gibson Little Egyptian Girl
Walter Woolf King Herald
Edward Earle Slave
Addison Richards Fan Bearer
Baynes Barron Taskmaster
Carl Saxe Amalekite/High Priest
Norman Bartold Signalman
Edmund F. Penney High Priest
Edmund Hashim Captain of the Guards/Officer/Captain of Trumpeters
Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer Slave
John Miljan The Blind One
Arthur Batanides Hebrew at Rameses' Gate/Hebrew at Golden Calf
George Baxter 2nd Wazir
John Frederick Officer/Egyptian captain
Luis Alberni Old Hebrew
Kem Dibbs Corporal
Onslow Stevens Lugal
Chief Leonard George Slave
Neyle Morrow Slave/Hebrew at Dathan's Tent/Standard Bearer/Hebrew at Golden Calf
Nico Minardos Courtier
Emmett Lynn Old Slave/Hebrew at Golden Calf
Mary Benoit Guardian of the Prince/Court Woman/Hebrew at Dathan's Tent/Hebrew at Crag & Corridor/Mother
Charmienne Harker Court Lady/Lady from Crete
Jaclynne Greene Mother
Tony Dante Libyan Captain
Lillian Buyeff Mother
Vicki Bakken Egyptian courtesan