The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966)
Covering only the first 22 chapters of the Book of Genesis, vignettes include: Adam and Eve frolicking in the Garden of Eden until their indulgence in the forbidden fruit sees them driven out; Cain murdering his brother Abel; Noah building an ark to preserve the animals of the world from the coming flood; and Abraham making a covenant with God.
Director:
John Huston
Writer:
Christopher Fry
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Michael Parks as Adam |
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Ulla Bergryd as Eve |
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Richard Harris as Cain |
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John Huston as Noah |
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Stephen Boyd as Nimrod |
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George C. Scott as Abraham |
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Ava Gardner as Sarah |
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Peter O'Toole as The Three Angels |
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Zoe Sallis as Hagar |
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Gabriele Ferzetti as Lot |
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Eleonora Rossi Drago as Lot's wife |
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Franco Nero as Abel |
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Pupella Maggio as Noah's wife |
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Robert Rietti as Abraham's Steward |
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Peter Heinze as Ham |
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Roger Beaumont as |
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Gianluigi Crescenzi as |
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Maria Grazia Spina as Lot's daughter # 2 |
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Angelo Boscariol as Shem |
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Claudie Lange as Nimrod's wife |
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Anna Orso as Shem's wife |
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Adriana Ambesi as Lot's daughter # 1 |
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Eric Leutzinger as Japhet |
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Michael Steinpichler as |
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Gabriella Pallotta as Ham's wife |
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Alberto Lucantoni as Isaac |
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Rossana Di Rocco as Japhet's wife |
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Luciano Conversi as Ismael |
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Giovanna Galletti as Sinful Woman |
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Lars Bloch as Archangel (uncredited) |
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Flavio Bennati as Serpent (uncredited) |
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Salvatore Billa as Abraham's Follower (uncredited) |
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Giovanni Di Benedetto as Nimrod's Man (uncredited) |
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Ivan Rassimov as Dignitary at Babylon (uncredited) |
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Romano Moraschini as Sinful Man (uncredited) |
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Veriano Ginesi as Sinful Man (uncredited) |
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Alberigo Donadeo as Sinful Man (uncredited) |
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Amerigo Santarelli as Sinful Man (uncredited) |
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Mimmo Poli as Sodomite (uncredited) |
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Fred Coplan as Abraham's Follower (uncredited) |
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Peter Sallis as Minor Role (uncredited) |
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Alexandra Hay as Extra (uncredited) |
| Directing | John Huston | Director |
| Production | Dino De Laurentiis | Producer |
| Camera | Giuseppe Rotunno | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Ralph Kemplen | Editor |
| Production | Guidarino Guidi | Casting |
| Art | Mario Chiari | Art Direction |
| Art | Enzo Eusepi | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maria De Matteis | Costume Design |
| Crew | Linwood G. Dunn | Special Effects |
| Writing | Yvonne Axeworthy | Script Editor |
| Sound | Murray Spivack | Recording Supervision |
| Sound | Franco Ferrara | Conductor |
| Sound | Gilbert D. Marchant | Music Editor |
| Sound | Goffredo Petrassi | Music Consultant |
| Editing | Eunice Mountjoy | Assistant Editor |
| Crew | Virgilio Ponti | Stunts |
| Camera | Giuseppe Di Biase | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Franco Nero | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Donald C. Rogers | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Camera | Piero Servo | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Giuseppe Maccari | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Vladimiro Salvatori | Grip |
| Lighting | Cristo Verrillo | Electrician |
| Crew | Carlo Rambaldi | Special Effects |
| Crew | Carlo De Marchis | Special Effects Assistant |
| Crew | Augie Lohman | Special Effects |
| Crew | Zeus Ianiro | Special Effects |
| Sound | Basil Fenton-Smith | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Leslie Hodgson | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Fred Hynes | Recording Supervision |
| Sound | John Blunk | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Wayne Fury | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Marvin Walowitz | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | James D. Young | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Production | Piero De Luca | Production Manager |
| Directing | Ottavio Oppo | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Vana Caruso | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Ernst Haas | Second Unit Director |
| Art | Enzo Eusepi | Set Dresser |
| Art | Aldo Puccini | Set Designer |
| Art | Italo Tomassi | Painter |
| Art | Luciano Puccini | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Art | Tani | Property Master |
| Art | Mario Scisci | Set Designer |
| Art | Pasquale Romano | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Stephen B. Grimes | Assistant Art Director |
| Crew | Katherine Dunham | Choreographer |
| Production | Fred Sidewater | Producer's Assistant |
| Production | Ralph B. Serpe | Producer's Assistant |
| Production | Giorgio Morra | Production Assistant |
| Directing | Gladys Hill | Assistant Director Trainee |
| Production | Salvatore Garofalo | Consulting Producer |
| Production | W.M. Merchant | Consulting Producer |
| Production | Angelo Lombardi | Consulting Producer |
| Sound | ToshirÅ Mayuzumi | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Christopher Fry | Screenplay |
| Crew | Orson Welles | Additional Writing |
| Crew | Mario Soldati | Additional Writing |
| Writing | Jonathan Griffin | Writers' Assistant |
| Writing | Ivo Perilli | Writers' Assistant |
| Writing | Vittorio Bonicelli | Writers' Assistant |
| Production | Luigi Luraschi | Associate Producer |
| Crew | Ennio Morricone | Additional Music |
| Editing | Alberto Gallitti | Additional Editing |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alberto De Rossi | Makeup Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elda Magnanti | Hairdresser |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sandro Melaranci | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Bruno Todini | Production Manager |
| Writing | Orson Welles | Scenario Writer |