I dieci comandamenti (1923)
Nel 1923, Cecil B. DeMille esordisce nel filone biblico con la versione muta dei "Dieci Comandamenti", con Theodore Roberts nel ruolo di Mosè e Charles de Rochefort in quello di Ramses. Rispetto al remake del 1956, l'edizione originale ha una seconda parte di ambientazione contemporanea di non grande interesse mentre tutta la parte storica è sorprendente. La storiaè quella tradizionale: Mosè chiede al faraone di liberare gli ebrei ma lui non accetta. Vengono mandate dunque sull'Egitto le famose piaghe, fino a quando Ramses non sarà costretto ad accettare la proposta del profeta. Inseguito dall'esercito del faraone, Mosè apre le acque del Mar Rosso e le attraversa col suo popolo, richiudendole poi sull'esercito egiziano e distruggendo l'armata. Giunto sul Sinai il profeta riceve poi i dieci comandamenti mentre, a valle, gli ebrei adorano un idolo d'oro. Mosè, sceso dal Sinai, punisce gli idolatri...
Direttore: Cecil B. DeMille
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Theodore Roberts as Moses - The Lawgiver |
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Charles De Rochefort as Rameses - the Magnificent: Prologue |
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Estelle Taylor as Miriam - the Sister of Moses: Prologue |
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Julia Faye as The Wife of Pharaoh |
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Pat Moore as The Son of Pharaoh - Prologue |
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James Neill as Aaron - Brother of Moses: Prologue |
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Lawson Butt as Dathan - The Discontented |
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Clarence Burton as The Taskmaster - Prologue |
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Noble Johnson as The Bronze Man - Prologue |
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Edythe Chapman as Mrs. Martha McTavish |
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Richard Dix as John McTavish |
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Rod La Rocque as Dan McTavish |
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Leatrice Joy as Mary Leigh |
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Nita Naldi as Sally Lung - a Eurasian |
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Robert Edeson as Redding - an Inspector |
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Charles Ogle as The Doctor |
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Agnes Ayres as The Outcast |
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Genevieve Belasco as (uncredited) |
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Wilson Benge as Extra (uncredited) |
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Virginia Bradford as Extra (uncredited) |
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Arthur Edmund Carewe as Israelite Slave (uncredited) |
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Gino Corrado as Extra (uncredited) |
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Dorothy Dale as Egyptian Girl (uncredited) |
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Cecilia de Mille as Extra (uncredited) |
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Attilio Degasparis as Child Extra (uncredited) |
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Louise Emmons as Elderly Israelite (uncredited) |
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Charles Farrell as Israelite Slave (uncredited) |
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Viscount Glerawly as Extra (uncredited) |
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Rex Ingram as Israelite Slave (uncredited) |
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Roscoe Karns as The Boy in the Rain (uncredited) |
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Jack Montgomery as Israelite Slave (uncredited) |
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Kathleen O'Shee as Israelite Slave (uncredited) |
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Jack Padjan as Israelite Slave (uncredited) |
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Eugene Pallette as Israelite Slave (uncredited) |
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John J. Richardson as Israelite Slave (uncredited) |
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Mabel Richardson as Israelite Woman (uncredited) |
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Robert St. Angelo as Extra (uncredited) |
| Directing | Cecil B. DeMille | Director |
| Production | Cecil B. DeMille | Producer |
| Writing | Jeanie Macpherson | Story |
| Camera | Eugene Richee | Still Photographer |
| Art | Paul Iribe | Art Direction |
| Editing | Anne Bauchens | Editor |
| Camera | Bert Glennon | Director of Photography |
