USA, Czech Republic, UK, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, 1996
135mm film, Eastmancolor, 4:3
mono, English
An American/Czech/British/French/Italian/German/Spanish religious fantasy television film directed by Roger Young.
Plot Summary
The Pharaoh Ramses orders that all Hebrew male children be murdered, but Moses is saved when his mother puts him in a basket in the river Nile. He is found by princess and raised as the brother of Memfta, the heir to the throne of Egypt. As an adult, Moses is called by God to lead his people from Egypt to the promised land after Egypt has been devastated by a series of plagues. The massive train of refugees is regularly helped out when God intervenes during their forty year search for a new home.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Roger Young
Antena 3 Televisión/BSkyB/Beta Film GmbH/Czech TV/France 2 Cinéma/Lube Productions/Lux Vide S.p.a./MTM Enterprises Inc/NCRV Television/Quinta Communications/Rai Uno Radiotelevisione Italiana/Taurus Film/Turner Network Television/Turner Pictures Worldwide
Executive Producers: Mark Galvin, Gerald Rafshoon
Producer: Lorenzo Minoli
Producer for Beta Film: Heinrich Krauss
Producer for RAI: Roberto Pace
Producer for DQ: Melissa Taylor
Co-Producer: Luca Bernabei
Line Producer: Laura Fattori
Script: Lionel Chetwynd
Director of Photography: Raffaele Mertes
Editor: Benjamin A. Weissman
Music: Marco Frisina
Sound Mixer: Bernard Bats
Costume Designer: Enrico Sabbatini
Key Make Up: Mario Michisanti
Key Hair: Elda Magnanti
Special Effects: Renato Agostini, Stefano Corridori, Claudio Quaglietti
Visual Effects Supervisor: Tim Landry
Production Designers: Paolo Biagetti, Enrico Sabbatini
Locations: Agadir, Morocco; Ouarzazate, Morocco
Casting: Jeremy Zimmerman, Cornelia von Braun *
German Casting: Cornelia von Braun
Italian Casting: Shaila Rubin
Cast
Ben Kingsley (Moses)
Frank Langella (Memefta)
David Suchet (Aaron)
Christopher Lee (Ramses)
Anna Galiena (Ptira)
Enrico Lo Verso (Joshua)
Geraldine McEwan (Miriam)
Maurice Roëves (Zerack)
Anthony Higgins (Korah)
Philippe Leroy (Tuntmin)
Philip Stone (Jethro)
Anton Lesser (Eliav)
Anita Zagaria (Jochabed)
Dudley Sutton (high priest)
Federico Pacifici (Hur)
Urbano Barberini (Nahbi)
Paolo Calabresi (Palti)
Riccardo Salerno (Caleb)
Bruno Bilotta (taskmaster)
Lawrence Blight (Moses aged 7)
Alternative Titles
La Bibbia: Mosè – Italian title
References
Periodicals
- Variety 8 April 1996 p.38 – credits, review (by Jonathan Taylor)
