The Ten Commandments
The Ten Commandments is a movie from 1956. It stars Charlton Heston as Moses and Yul Brynner as Rameses II. It was directed and produced by Cecil B. DeMille. It is based on the books of Philo of Alexandria, Josephus, Eusebius, the Midrash and the Book of Exodus.
Reception
[change | change source]The Ten Commandments won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. Charlton Heston was nominated for a Golden Globe for best actor in a drama. The critics at the time generally liked it but they also noticed the differences between the story of the Exodus as told in the Bible and what the movie said.
Categories:
- 1956 movies
- 1950s epic movies
- 1950s family movies
- 1950s historical movies
- Best Picture Oscar
- Movies based on the Bible
- Movies directed by Cecil B. DeMille
- American drama movies
- American epic movies
- American historical movies
- Paramount Pictures movies
- Movies that won the Best Visual Effects Academy Award
- Movies set in Egypt