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To escape the edict that condemned all first-born Hebrew males by Egypt's Pharoah, Rameses I, the infant Moses is set adrift on the Nile in a reed basket. Saved by the pharaoh's daughter Bithiah, he is adopted by her and brought up in the court of her brother, Pharaoh Seti. Moses gains Seti's favor and the love of the throne princess Nefertiri. He also gains the hatred of Seti's son, Rameses. When his Hebrew heritage is revealed, Moses is cast out...
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English
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Judah Ben-Hur is a young Jewish nobleman from a prominent who is reunited with his childhood friend Messala. Messala returns to Judea as a Roman tribune. There is a genuine friendship between the two men, yet the clash of their cultures drives a wedge between them. That wedge finally drives Messala to banish Judah to the slave galleys and sends his mother and his sister to prison. From that point forward, Judah's life becomes a quest: a quest to survive...
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Escaping death, a Hebrew infant named Moses is raised in a royal household to become a prince. Moses discovers what his true heritage is, and starts on his quest to reclaim his destiny as leader and liberator of the Hebrew people.
7) The ten
Publisher
Distributed by Warner/Elektra/Atlantic
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
No one will ever mistake Jeff Reigert for Moses, but like Moses, it is Jeff's job to introduce the world to the Ten Commandments. However, Jeff is not exactly the picture of virtue. In fact, Jeff is surrounded by gigantic replicas of the famous stone tablets. He is so busy juggling his wife Gretchen and his girlfriend, that he can barely get through a single commandment without breaking one himself.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Filmed in Egypt and the Sinai with one of the biggest sets ever constructed for a motion picture, this version tells the story of the life of Moses. Once favored in the Pharaoh's bousehold, Moses turned his back on a privileged life to lead his people to freedom. No celebrating its 55th anniversary, this film has been fully restored.
9) Dekalog
Series
Criterion collection volume 837
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Polish
Description
Originally made for Polish television, Dekalog focuses on the residents of a housing complex in post-Communist Poland, whose lives become subtly intertwined as they face emotional dilemmas that are at once deeply personal and universally human. Using the Ten Commandments for thematic inspiration and an overarching structure, the ten hour-long films deftly grapple with complex moral and existential questions concerning life, death, love, hate, truth,...
10) Dekalog
Series
Criterion collection volume 837
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Polish
Description
A series of ten made-for-television films with themes drawn from the Ten Commandments, presenting the intertwined lives of the residents of a housing complex in late-Communist Poland.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Throughout film history, Hollywood has produced a number of sweeping epics and generation-defining movies. However, one Biblical saga - Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments - has withstood the test of time. Beginning with the original 1923 silent film, a powerful story unfolds comparing the Old Testament morality to contemporary immorality. The 1956 film is universally acknowledged among critics as a cinematic masterpiece with a legendary cast...
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