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The Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments

Film · 1956

Original languageEnglish

Runtime3 hours 40 minutes

GenreDramaHistory

Set inc. 1250 BCE≈ date uncertain
Letterboxd average
3.9 / 5
Saltiness

Fewer grains = more historically accurate.

Shelfmark MS 0048Last checked

Directed byCecil B. DeMille
about 3,200 years
between the events and the release
about 1250 BCE → 1956

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Event

The story of the flight of the ancient Israelites from slavery in Egypt as described by the Pentateuch. The precise basis for the story may be an amalgamation of events from the end of the Bronze Age, though generally speaking, historical consensus dismisses the conventional telling as largely non-historical.

filed under 1250 BCE

Runs throughBronze Age2 titlesRamesside Period2 titles

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Production Information

Written by
Aeneas MacKenzieJesse Lasky Jr.Jack GarissFredric M. Frank
Cinematography
Loyal Griggs
Costume design
Edith HeadRalph JesterJohn JensenDorothy JeakinsArnold Friberg
Music by
Elmer Bernstein
Production country
United States
Budget
$13 million
Box office
$122.7 million

Credits, budget, box office and production countries from TMDB.

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