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Moses the Lawgiver (1974)

Moses the Lawgiver poster
Directed by
Gianfranco De Bosio
Genre
drama film, sword-and-sandal film
Country
United Kingdom, Italy
Length
1 season, 6 episodes
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This miniseries tells the story of Moses leading the Israelites out of Egypt. It shows his rise as a lawgiver and prophet.

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What happens

Moses the Lawgiver is a six-hour television miniseries filmed in 1973/74 and starring Burt Lancaster as Moses. It was an ITC/RAI co-production filmed in Rome and on location in Israel and Morocco. Many of the writers, cast and crew contributed to another ITC/RAI Biblical co-production, the ambitious miniseries Jesus of Nazareth, released in 1977. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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