![]() At the same time Nefretiri tries to romantically reconnect with Moses, but he spurns her, and she in turn hardens Pharaoh even further against him. Pharaoh, needless to say, isn’t particularly moved when Moses tells him to “Let my people go!” As a result, the famous plagues descend on Egypt. In Egypt, Moses and his brother Aaron go head-to-head with now Pharaoh Ramses, his old rival, who has married Nefretiri and has a small son. Coming down from Sinai, he is no longer himself. He has a mystical experience with God, and acknowledges his mission to lead his people to the Promised Land. Moses is skeptical at first, but then he spies a burning bush that is not consumed by the flames on top of the Holy Mountain and decides he must see it more closely. One day Moses runs into Joshua, who has escaped from captivity and come to hail him as the Chosen One who will lead the Children of Israel out of bondage. He eventually marries Sephora, even though he is still mooning over Nefretiri who had thrown herself at his feet during his trial before Pharaoh and vowed she would never forget him. When he seems doomed to die, he is rescued by Bedouin shepherdess, Sephora, and her bevy of younger sisters, all overjoyed at finding a real live man! He gradually adapts to his life as a member of the tribe and tends his flocks beneath Mount Sinai, considered to be inhabited by God. He then boisterously declares that he is favor of freedom for the slaves and is sent into exile in the desert. He is apprehended and brought before Pharaoh’s throne to the shock of all. In the course of his time there, he strangles an Egyptian taskmaster for trying to misuse an Israelite woman, Lilia, and for beating her lover, Joshua. ![]() Unbeknownst to everyone else, he goes down to the mud pits and works like a slave to be with his “people”. ![]() Favored by Seti and despised by his adopted cousin, Ramses, Moses wins great military victories and builds magnificent cities all while romancing with the seductive princess Nefretiri.īut his lavish lifestyle comes to a grinding halt when a Hebrew swaddling cloth reveals his true identity. However, his adopted mother is the only one who knows this, and goes the extra mile to conceal it from her brother, Pharaoh Seti, and the royal court. DeMille’s “baby” has grown and thrived because it succeeded in his mission to make the Bible exciting and touched a chord for the post-war world trying to assess the true meaning of liberty.Ĭharlton Heston stars as Prince Moses of Egypt, a Hebrew rescued from the Nile by Pharaoh’s daughter when he was only an infant. In spite of some far-fetched twists in the plot and hammy acting in places, Cecil B. With regards to The Ten Commandments, it still remains an Easter tradition set in stone for many. Some movies are so classic they should absolutely positively be seen at least one in a lifetime. Maturity: PG (for intense thematic elements)Ĭast: Charlton Heston (Moses), Yul Brynner (Pharaoh Ramses), Anne Baxter (Nefretiri), Yvonne De Carlo (Sephora), John Derik (Joshua), Debra Paget (Lilia), Edward G. Genre: Biblical/Drama/Epic/Inspirational/Religious ![]() Give me Charlton Heston and the burning bush anyday. Much better than the recent remake with Christian Bale as a confused, slightly insane Moses, with his ‘God’ as an annoying boy speaking in hallucinatory images. ( A recent review of an older film, the Ten Commandments hearkens back to a more golden, and more innocent, era of Hollywood. ![]()
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