The Ten Commandments (1956 Film)

The Ten Commandments
Directed by	Cecil B. DeMille
Produced by	Cecil B. DeMille
Written by	Æneas MacKenzie Jesse L. Lasky Jr. Jack Gariss Fredric M. Frank
Narrated by	Cecil B. DeMille
Starring	Charlton Heston Yul Brynner Anne Baxter Edward G. Robinson
Music by	Elmer Bernstein
Cinematography	Loyal Griggs
Editing by	Anne Bauchens
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)	October 5, 1956
Running time	220 min
Country	USA
Language	English

The Ten Commandments is a Biblical epic film released in 1956 by Paramount Pictures, produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille, and starring Charlton Heston and Yul Brynner. It is based on the story of Moses as derived from the Biblical books of Genesis and Exodus and other sources. It is an expanded semi-remake of DeMille's 1923 silent version of The Ten Commandments, which was also released by Paramount and entered the public domain in 2019.

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• The Ten Commandments (1956) at IMDb