The Ten Commandments (1956)
Table of contents
- Basic facts
- Links and resources
- Titles
- Crew
- Cast
- Companies
- About the film
- Plot summary
- Swedish censorship / rating
- Technical specifications
- Comments
- Original work
- Production location
- Release dates
- Soundtrack listing
- Awards
- Related films
- Subjects
- Holdings Film
- Holdings Posters
- Holdings Archive materials
- Holdings Scripts
- Holdings Stills
- Holdings Promotion materials
Basic facts
| Original title | The Ten Commandments |
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| Film type | Feature |
| Category | Fiction |
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| Classification | Allowed from age 11 |
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Cast
Titles
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Crew
| Director | |
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| Screenplay | |
| Producer | |
| Production Manager |
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| Director of Photography |
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| Music | |
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| Production Designer |
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| Film Editor | |
| Production Mixer |
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| Assistant Director | |
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| Advisor |
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| Dubbing Director | |
| Second Unit Director | |
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| Production Assistant | |
| Production Secretary | |
| Unit Publicist | |
| Camera Operator | |
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| Special Photographic Effects |
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| Assistant Cameraman | |
| Process Photography | |
| Optical Printer | |
| Musical Arrangement |
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| Music Editor | |
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| Propman | |
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| Make-up Supervisor | |
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| Construction Coordinator | |
| Production Illustrator | |
| Boom Operator | |
| Sound Editor | |
| Re-recording Mixer | |
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Cast
Companies
| Production Company | Motion Picture Associates, Inc. | ||
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| Paramount Pictures Corporation | (©) | ||
| A Cecil B. DeMille Production | |||
| Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) | Film AB Paramount | 1960 | |
| Distributor in Sweden (DVD) | Paramount Home Entertainment (Sweden) AB | 2004 |
Swedish censorship / rating
| Censorship number | 94024 |
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| Date | 1960-12-09 |
| Classification | Allowed from age 11 |
| Original length | 6065 meters |
| Censorship number | 94024 |
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| Date | 1959-06-16 |
| Classification | Allowed from age 15 |
| Original length | 6065 meters |
Technical specifications
| Aspect ratio | 1.85:1 (VistaVision) |
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| Sound type | Sound |
| Sound system | Perspecta Stereophonic Sound |
| Colour type | Colour |
| Colour system | Technicolor |
| Carrier type | 35 mm |
| Frames per second | 24 |
| Length in metres | 6065 meter |
| Length in minutes | 221 min |
Original work
| Original title | Prince of Egypt (Novel) | |
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| Author | Dorothy Clarke Wilson |
| Original title | The Pillar of Fire (Book) | |
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| Author | Joseph Holt Ingraham |
| Original title | On Eagle's Wings (Book) | |
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| Author | G.E. Southon |
| Author | Flavius Josefus |
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| Author | Eusebios av Caesarea |
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| Author | Filon från Alexandria |
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| Original title | Midrash Rabbah (Story) |
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| Original title | Koranen (Book) |
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| Original title | Talmud (Book) |
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| Original title | Mishna (Book) |
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| Original title | Gamla Testamentet (Book) |
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| Original title | Nya Testamentet (Book) |
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Production location
| Paramount Studios | Los Angeles | USA | ||||
| Cairo | Egypt | |||||
| Abu Ruwash | Egypt | |||||
| Beni Youssef | Egypt | |||||
| Sinaiberget | Egypt | |||||
| Sinaihalvön | Egypt |
Release dates
| First showing | 1956-10-05 | USA | 221 min | |||
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| Release in Stockholm | 1960-11-26 | Palladium | Sweden | 221 min | ||
| Cinematheque screening, archive copy | 1995-10-11 | |||||
| 1995-10-17 | ||||||
| TV showing | 1997-03-29 | Kanal 5 | Sweden | |||
| DVD release | 2004-06-30 | Sweden |
Related films
| Precious Images (1986) | The Ten Commandments (1956) |
Holdings Film
The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se
| Element type | |
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| Carrier type | 35 mm |
| Length | 6000 |
Holdings Posters
| Size | Smaller than 40 x 75 cm |
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| Size | About 70 x 100 cm |
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| Size | About 70 x 100 cm |
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| Size | Larger than 80 x 110 cm |
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| Size | Smaller than 40 x 75 cm |
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Holdings Stills
| Black and white print | SET |
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| Colour prints | SET |
| Behind the scenes prints | SET |
| Slides | 16 |
| Album | No |
Holdings Promotion materials
| Type | Program/Reklamtryck |
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| Type | Program folio |
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