It is also one of the most financially successful films ever made, grossing approximately $122.7 million at the box office during its initial release it was the most successful film of 1956 and the second-highest grossing film of the decade. Yul Brynner won the National Board of Review Award for Best Actor for his role as Rameses and his other roles in Anastasia and The King and I. Charlton Heston was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture for his role as Moses. In 1957, the film was nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture, winning the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. At the time of its release on November 8, 1956, it was the most expensive film made up to that point. It is a partial remake of his 1923 silent film of the same title, and features one of the largest sets ever created for a film. Robinson as Dathan, Yvonne De Carlo as Sephora, Debra Paget as Lilia, and John Derek as Joshua and features Sir Cedric Hardwicke as Sethi, Nina Foch as Bithiah, Martha Scott as Yochabel, Judith Anderson as Memnet, and Vincent Price as Baka, among others.įilmed on location in Egypt, Mount Sinai, and the Sinai Peninsula, the film is DeMille's last and most successful work.

It stars Charlton Heston in the lead role, Yul Brynner as Rameses, Anne Baxter as Nefretiri, Edward G. It dramatizes the biblical story of the life of Moses, an adopted Egyptian prince who becomes the deliverer of his real brethren, the enslaved Hebrews, and therefore leads the Exodus to Mount Sinai, where he receives, from God, the Ten Commandments.

DeMille, shot in VistaVision, and released by Paramount Pictures. The Ten Commandments is a 1956 American religious historical epic film produced and directed by Cecil B.

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