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==Synopsis==[[Image:Ten_Commandments_Cover.jpg|thumb|Poster for the movie]] The Ten Commandments is a 1956 epic film directed by [[Cecil B. DeMilleDeMill]], which tells in a Hollywood style the [[Bible]] story of [[Moses]] (played by [[Charlton Heston]]) as he comes to know [[God]] and to get Pharaoh Ramses ([[Yul Brynner]]) to let the Israelites leave [[Egypt]]. ==Contents== {{topics}}* [[Exodus]] | [[Exodus 20]] | [[Ten Commandments]]* [[The Ten Commandments (1923 film)]] {{opinions}} {{quotes}} ==Main article== The Ten Commandments is a 1956 epic film from Paramount Studios in VistaVision directed by [[Cecil B. DeMille]]. It tells in Hollywood style the [[Bible]] story of [[Moses]] (played by [[Charlton Heston]]) as he comes to know [[God]] and struggles to get Pharaoh Ramses ([[played by Yul Brynner]]) to let the [[Israel]]ites leave [[Egypt]].
link to Cecil B. DeMill
{{quote | text="It would take more than a man to lead the slaves from bondage. It would take a god." Words of [[Moses]] in the film}}
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topic_name = The 10 Commandments (1956 film)
[[Image:Ten_Commandments_Cover.jpg|thumb|center|Poster for the movie]] |
subtopics = [[Exodus]], [[Exodus 20]], [[Ten Commandments]]
* [[The Ten Commandments (1923 film)]] |
opinion_pieces = {{short_opinions}} |
}}
It is the 5th highest grossing movie of all time, adjusted for inflation, with collections of $838,400,000. In non-adjusted dollars, it held the record as the highest-grossing film with a religious storyline until the 2004 film [[The Passion of the Christ]].
DeMille had previously made the film in a silent 1923 version.
==Quotes==
Words of [[Moses]] in the film
: It would take more than a man to lead the slaves from bondage. It would take a god.
: Blood makes poor mortar.
Words of Ramese II in the film
: His God... is God!
Words of [[Joshua]] in the film
: God made men. Men made slaves.
==Links==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ten_Commandments_(1956_film) Wikipedia - The Ten Commandments (1956 film)]
{{returnto}} [[Christianity]] -> [[Christian movies]] [[Category:Christian movies]]
