The Ten Commandments
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The Ten Commandments

1956 • 220 min • Drama · History

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1904 reviews
  • 100 Reviewers · 4 · 60%
  • 78 Audience · 1900 · 40%

Huu mtindo wa kihistoria unasimulia hadithi ya kibiblia ya Musa, kuanzia kugunduliwa kwake akiwa mchanga hadi uongozi wake wa watu wa Kiebrania kutoka utumwani Misri na kupokea Amri Kumi. Unaonyesha matukio makubwa, uigizaji wa kusisimua, na mada zenye nguvu za imani na uhuru.

Violence & peril
3/10
Language
0/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking
1/10
Romance & sensuality
2/10
Scary moments
4/10

Heads up

  • Taswira za utumwa na mateso makali ya watu.
  • Minyororo inayoonyeshwa kwa kuonekana inaweza kuwasumbua watazamaji wadogo.
  • Kugawanyika kwa kushangaza kwa Bahari Nyekundu na miujiza mingine.
  • Mhusika anaonyeshwa akinywa divai.

What it models well

  • Ujasiri mbele ya dhuluma
  • Umuhimu wa imani na uongozi
  • Kutafuta uhuru na heshima
  • Uingiliaji wa Mungu na miujiza

Talk about it after

  • Umuhimu wa kihistoria na kidini wa hadithi ya Kutoka.
  • Aina tofauti za uhuru na maana ya kuwa huru kweli.
  • Jinsi mtu mmoja anavyoweza kuhamasisha na kuongoza watu wengi kubadilika.
  • Dhana ya sheria ya kimungu na athari zake kwa jamii.

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Top billed cast

Director: Cecil B. DeMille • Crew: Fredric M. Frank, Jesse Lasky Jr., Jack Gariss, Æneas MacKenzie

Trailers & clips

On Filming the Ten Commandments (1956) Produced by The Christophers

Parting the Red Sea Clip

Introduction and Overture to The Ten Commandments by Cecil B. DeMille

Paramount Movies Trailer

1966 Re-Release Trailer

Trailer

Reviewer notes

Recommended

Until very recently, I had never actually made it all the way through this Cecil B. De Mille marathon. It is a glorious piece of cinema but no amount of beautiful colour and costumes can detract from what is really rather a staid, over-egged production. Sir Cedric Hardwicke helps open the proceedings as Seti, but once he has gone the film loses much of it's class and just becomes a vehicle for Charlton Heston and ...

Recommended

As good today as in 1956 This film consists of an all star cast and is an amazing movie. The special effects are incredible especially for 1956. The acting is clearly amazing in this account of Moses and the Ten Commandments. 9-10

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers

His God "is" God! The Ten Commandments is at the top end of Hollywood historical epics. It was to be Cecil B. DeMille's last ever directing assignment and he bows out with a gargantuan epic that to this day stands as a testament to his brilliant talent as one of the masters of epic film making. The story cribs from a number of biblical sources, some of which are hokum and not to be taken as a religio lesson,...

Recommended

(The King of Egypt - with his sword drawn - and his Queen, together, converse about killing Moses, servant of the Most High God) ... Queen Nefretiri: 'Bring it back to me, stained with his blood!' Pharoah Rameses: 'I will... to mingle with your own!' Inspired by the Book of Exodus, this Cecil B. DeMille-directed, Academy Award-winning biblical epic, the seventh most successful film of all-time, needs no...

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