The Ten Commandments (TV 2006)

A telling of the biblical tale, where Moses returns to Egypt to free the Hebrews from slavery.

Director:

Robert Dornhelm

Writer:

Ron Hutchinson

Stars:

Dougray Scott, Linus Roache, Naveen Andrews

Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 nomination.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Dougray Scott	...	Moses
Linus Roache	...	Aaron
Naveen Andrews	...	Menerith
Mía Maestro	...	Zipporah
Paul Rhys	...	Ramses
Richard O'Brien	...	Anander
Silas Carson	...	Jered
Padma Lakshmi	...	Princess Bithia
Susan Lynch	...	Miriam
Claire Bloom	...	Rani
Omar Sharif	...	Jethro
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rachid Abbad	...	Overseer #3
Latefa Ahrrare	...	Tribes Woman #3
Ashley Artus	...	Sichem
Hicham Bahloul	...	Tribeman #2

Storyline

When an oracle prophesizes that a child will become Prince of Egypt, a time of danger approaches the kingdom. The Egyptian Pharaoh orders the massacre of all newborn males. But one child, Moses-the son of a Hebrew slave-escapes certain death when he is set adrift on the Nile. As years pass, he is raised in a royal Egyptian household and, with no memory of his family, rises to the stature of prince. Upon discovery of his true heritage, and inspired by a fiery message from God, Moses embarks upon a noble and desperate fight to reclaim his destiny as the leader and liberator of the Hebrew people.

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Plot Keywords:

moses | egypt | biblical | biblical plagues | religion | 

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Taglines:

A grand retelling of the epic story of Moses.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Biography | Drama | History | War

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Certificate:

PG-13

Details

Official Sites:

RHI Entertainment RHI-TV

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 April 2006 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Les dix commandements

Filming Locations:

Hungary

Company Credits

Production Co:

Actuality Productions, Hallmark Entertainment, History Channel

Technical Specs

Runtime:

167 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The infant playing baby Moses was named Moses in real life after his mother, an extra in the series, gave birth to him during the making of the series. The director ask her if they could cast him as Moses and she was so honored that she named the baby after him.

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Quotes

Moses: This is my flock, I can not abbandon it.
Zipporah: We'll stay with you.

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Connections

Referenced in The Making of 'The Ten Commandments' (2006)

User Reviews

10 Commandments 2006 miniseries..totally let me down

I watched this series out of curiosity,wanting to see if they could possibly and with ALL this modern technology,out do Cecil B. DeMille's classic epic of 1956, starring Charleton Heston,Yul Brenner and Sir Cedric Hardwicke. Of course, I was let down. Yes, they had all the Biblical characters correct, but they didn't give us any of the spectacular theatrical scenes, that held your interest throughout the first movie. If you going to have a mini-series, you have to have some "rivoting" scenes, the "Burning bush", Parting the "RED Sea",drowning "Pharohs Armies", "building Sethi's Pyramids", could have been done with todays' technology on the scale of blockbuster movies such as "Lord of the Rings" or the Matrix. Obviously, they didn't want to leave a LASTING impression of "faith and sacrifice", which is much needed in these trouble times.