"Moses the Lawgiver" (1974) TV mini-series

Director:

Gianfranco De Bosio

Writers:

Vittorio Bonicelli (writer)
Anthony Burgess (writer)

Release Date:

21 June 1975 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

Bird Catching | Moses | Pharaoh | Exodus | Cave

Cast

Burt Lancaster	...	Moses
Anthony Quayle	...	Aaron
Ingrid Thulin	...	Miriam
Irene Papas	...	Zipporah
Aharon Ipalé	...	Joshua
Joseph Shiloach	...	Dathan
Marina Berti	...	Eliseba
Shmuel Rodensky	...	Jethro
Mariangela Melato	...	Princess Bithia
Laurent Terzieff	...	Pharaoh Mernefta
Bill Lancaster	...	Young Moses (as William Lancaster)
Jacques Herlin	...	Magician
Galia Kohn
Mario Ferrari	...	Pharaoh Ramses II
Simonetta Stefanelli	...	Cotbi

Also Known As:

Mosè (Italy) (short title)
Mosè, la legge del deserto (Italy)
Moses (USA) (theatrical title)

Runtime:

UK:141 min (theatrical version) | USA:360 min

Country:

UK | Italy

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:A (1975) | UK:PG | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Morocco

Company:

Associated Television (ATV)

Trivia:

Just as Charlton Heston's son Fraser played the infant Moses in The Ten Commandments (1956), Burt Lancaster's son Bill (as William) plays Moses as a young man.

Quotes:

Aaron: [immediately after forging the golden calf at Mount Herob] ... Children of Israel, this which you see here... this is not God. The very idea is absurd! But it will *remind* you of God, each and every day that you pass by it.

Movie Connections:

Version of The Life of Moses (1909)

ONLY FOR LANCASTER'S FANS

I've seen this movie just because of Burt Lancaster. The whole picture is bad. The direction, the cinematographer, the actors. The only exception besides Lancaster is the score by Ennio Morriconne.