Abraham (1993 film)

1994 television movie directed by Joseph Sargent

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Abraham

Genre| Adventure
Biography
Drama
Written by| Robert McKee
Directed by| Joseph Sargent
Starring| Richard Harris
Barbara Hershey
Maximilian Schell
Vittorio Gassman
Music by| Marco Frisina
Ennio Morricone
Original language| English
Production
Producers| Laura Fattori
Lorenzo Minoli
Production location| Ouarzazate, Morocco
Cinematography| Raffaele Mertes
Editor| Michael Brown
Original release
Release| December 12, 1993 (1993-12-12)

Abraham is a 1993 television film based on the life of the Biblical patriarch Abraham produced by Five Mile River Films. It was shot in Ouarzazate, Morocco. Directed by Joseph Sargent, it stars Richard Harris (as Abraham), Barbara Hershey (as Sara), Maximilian Schell (as Pharao), and Vittorio Gassman (Terach). The film is the first in the Bible Collection series by TNT.

## Plot

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Abram lives in Harran, a rich city. His wife Sarai (Barbara Hershey) is childless, and their only heir is Eliezer of Damascus. One day he hears the voice of God, who says that he must leave Harran and travel to an unknown land. God promises to make a great nation from him and renames him Abraham and his wife Sarai as Sarah. The pattern for the plot is the Genesis chapters 11–25.

## Cast

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* Richard Harris as Abraham
* Barbara Hershey as Sarah
* Maximilian Schell as Pharaoh
* Vittorio Gassman as Terah
* Carolina Rosi as Hagar
* Andrea Prodan as Lot
* Gottfried John as Eliezer
* Kevin McNally as Nahor, son of Terah
* Simona Ferraro Chartoff as Lot's wife
* Aziz Khaldoun as young Serug
* Tom Radcliffe as adult Serug
* Jude Alderson as Mikah
* Evelina Meghangi as Reumah
* Danny Mertsoy as Ishmael (age 9)
* Giuseppe Peluso as Ishmael (age 16)
* Timur Yusef as Isaac (age 5)
* Taylor Scipio as Isaac (age 11)

## References

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* TV REVIEW `Abraham' on TNT-Gritty but Appealing. Los Angeles Times, April 2, 1994
* TV Weekend; A Biblical Patriarch For a Time of Worship. The New York Times, April 1, 1994

## External links

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* Abraham at IMDb

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Films directed by Joseph Sargent

* Street-Fighter (1959)
* One Spy Too Many (1966)
* The Spy in the Green Hat (1967)
* The Hell with Heroes (1968)
* The Sunshine Patriot (1968)
* Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)
* Tribes (1970)
* Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring (1971)
* Man on a String (1972)
* The Man (1972)
* The Man Who Died Twice (1973)
* Sunshine (1973)
* White Lightning (1973)
* The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
* Friendly Persuasion (1975)
* The Night That Panicked America (1975)
* Hustling (1975)
* MacArthur (1977)
* Goldengirl (1979)
* Amber Waves (1980)
* Coast to Coast (1980)
* Freedom (1981)
* Tomorrow's Child (1982)
* Nightmares (1983)
* Memorial Day (1983)
* Choices of the Heart (1983)
* Terrible Joe Moran (1984)
* Love Is Never Silent (1985)
* Passion Flower (1986)
* There Must Be a Pony (1986)
* Of Pure Blood (1986)
* Jaws: The Revenge (1987)
* The Karen Carpenter Story (1989)
* Day One (1989)
* The Incident (1990)
* Caroline? (1990)
* Ivory Hunters (1990)
* Never Forget (1991)
* Miss Rose White (1992)
* Somebody's Daughter (1992)
* Skylark (1993)
* Abraham (1994)
* World War II: When Lions Roared (1994)
* My Antonia (1995)
* Streets of Laredo (1995)
* Mandela and de Klerk (1997)
* Miss Evers' Boys (1997)
* The Long Island Incident (1998)
* Crime and Punishment (1998)
* The Wall (1998)
* A Lesson Before Dying (1999)
* For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (2000)
* Vola Sciusciù (2000)
* Bojangles (2001)
* Salem Witch Trials (2003)
* Out of the Ashes (2003)
* Something the Lord Made (2004)
* Warm Springs (2005)
* Sybil (2007)
* Sweet Nothing in My Ear (2008)

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