---
title: 'The Ten Commandments (1956)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Cecil B. DeMille'
released: '1956-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 220
certification: 'G'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-ten-commandments-1956'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049833/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Ten Commandments (1956)

1956 · G · 220 min · Drama, Adventure, History · United States


## Synopsis

The Ten Commandments is a 1956 American epic biblical adventure drama film produced, directed, and narrated by Cecil B. DeMille, shot in VistaVision, and released by Paramount Pictures. Based on the Bible's Book of Exodus and other sources, it dramatizes the story of the life of Moses, an adopted Egyptian prince who becomes the deliverer of his real brethren, the enslaved Hebrews, and thereafter leads the Exodus to Mount Sinai, where he receives the titular commandments from God. The film stars Charlton Heston in the lead role, Yul Brynner as Rameses, Anne Baxter as Nefretiri, Edward G. Robinson as Dathan, Yvonne De Carlo as Sephora, Debra Paget as Lilia, and John Derek as Joshua; and features Sir Cedric Hardwicke as Sethi I, Nina Foch as Bithiah, Martha Scott as Yochabel, Judith Anderson as Memnet, and Vincent Price as Baka, among others.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Cecil B. DeMille](https://cinepixo.com/people/cecil-b-demille)
- **Screenplay:** [Fredric M. Frank](https://cinepixo.com/people/fredric-m-frank), [Jesse Louis Lasky Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/jesse-louis-lasky-jr), [Æneas MacKenzie](https://cinepixo.com/people/neas-mackenzie), [Jack Gariss](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-gariss)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Elmer Bernstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/elmer-bernstein)
- **Producer:** [Cecil B. DeMille](https://cinepixo.com/people/cecil-b-demille), [Henry Wilcoxon](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-wilcoxon)
- **Director of Photography:** [Loyal Griggs](https://cinepixo.com/people/loyal-griggs)
- **Editor:** [Anne Bauchens](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-bauchens)

## Cast

- [George Robotham](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-robotham) as Attendant
- [Carl Switzer](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-switzer) as Slave
- [Jack Mather](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-mather-2) as High Priest
- [H. B. Warner](https://cinepixo.com/people/h-b-warner) as Amminadab
- [Rus Conklin](https://cinepixo.com/people/rus-conklin) as Brick-Carrier
- [Julia Faye](https://cinepixo.com/people/julia-faye) as Elisheba
- [Paul De Rolf](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-de-rolf) as Eleazar
- [Francis McDonald](https://cinepixo.com/people/francis-mcdonald) as Simon
- [Ted Allan](https://cinepixo.com/people/ted-allan-2) as Hebrew
- [George Khoury](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-khoury) as Hebrew
- [Donald Curtis](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-curtis) as Mered
- [Neyle Morrow](https://cinepixo.com/people/neyle-morrow) as Slave
- [Yvonne De Carlo](https://cinepixo.com/people/yvonne-de-carlo) as Zipporah
- [Yul Brynner](https://cinepixo.com/people/yul-brynner) as Ramesses II
- [Robert Bice](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-bice) as Sergeant

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Official site: http://www.paramount.com/movies/ten-commandments
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-ten-commandments-1956
Film facts: Wikidata (Q746733); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.