The Ten Commandments (1923)

Directed by

Cecil B. DeMille

Genre

drama film, silent film, sword-and-sandal film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 26m

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 91 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This silent film has two parts. The first shows the biblical story of Moses and the Exodus. The second is a modern story about two brothers who have different attitudes toward the Ten Commandments.

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What happens

The Ten Commandments is a 1923 American silent religious epic film produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille. Written by Jeanie MacPherson, the film is divided into two parts: a prologue recreating the biblical story of the Exodus and a modern story concerning two brothers and their respective views of the Ten Commandments. Lauded for its "immense and stupendous" scenes, use of Technicolor process 2, and parting of the Red Sea sequence, the expensive film proved to be a box-office hit upon release. It is the first in DeMille's biblical trilogy, followed by The King of Kings (1927) and The Sign of the Cross (1932). DeMille later directed a sound remake of the film in 1956, which focuses solely on the Exodus scenes. The Ten Commandments is one of many works from 1923 that entered the public domain in the United States in 2019. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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