The Ten Commandments (2006) (TV)

Director:

Robert Dornhelm

Writer (WGA):

Ron Hutchinson (written by)

Release Date:

14 April 2006 (Germany)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Biography | Drama | History | War

Tagline:

A grand retelling of the epic story of Moses.

Plot:

A telling of the biblical tale, where Moses returns to Egypt to free the Hebrews from slavery.

Plot Keywords:

Moses | Egypt | Biblical | Biblical Plagues | Religion

Awards:

Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 nomination

Cast

Naveen Andrews	...	Menerith
Ashley Artus	...	Sichem
Claire Bloom	...	Rani
Silas Carson	...	Jered
Paschal Friel	...	Amon
Peter Gevisser	...	Reuven
Patrick Gordon	...	Balaam
Ben Hammersley	...	Young Moses
Greg Hicks	...	Jekuthiel
Louis Hilyer	...	Amram
Lisa Jacobs	...	Jochebed
Tom Keller	...	Yitzchak
Padma Lakshmi	...	Princess Bithia
Susan Lynch	...	Miriam
Mía Maestro	...	Zipporah
Marina Morgan	...	Leah
Richard O'Brien	...	Tutor
Paul Rhys	...	Ramses
Linus Roache	...	Aaron
Rudy Ruggiero	...	Tribes Guard #1
Karim Saleh	...	Joshua
Adrian Schiller	...	Shemaiah
David Schneider	...	Tobia
Dougray Scott	...	Moses
Omar Sharif	...	Jethro
Matthew Sim	...	Sorcerer
Hannah Taylor-Gordon	...	Rachel (as Hannah Taylor Gordon)
John Wark	...	Laban

Directed by
Robert Dornhelm

Writing credits (WGA)
Ron Hutchinson		(written by)

Produced by
Bernard Dudek	....	producer
Robert Halmi Sr.	....	producer
Laura Julian	....	line producer
Paul Lowin	....	producer

Original Music by
Randy Edelman

Cinematography by
Edward J. Pei

Film Editing by
Mark Conte
Victor Du Bois
Klaus Hundsbichler
Ingrid Koller

Casting by
Joyce Gallie
Lynn Kressel
Sally Osoba

Production Design by
Keith Wilson

Art Direction by
Alistair Kay

Set Decoration by
Luca Tranchino

Costume Design by
Ann Hollowood

Makeup Department
Sonia Akouz	....	makeup artist
Khalid Alami	....	key makeup artist
Michele Baylis	....	makeup department head
Michele Baylis	....	makeup designer
Zineb Bendoula	....	hair stylist
Zhor Bennani	....	makeup artist
Jennifer Harty	....	makeup artist
Vicki Lang	....	makeup artist
Angie Mudge	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Zakaria Alaoui	....	production supervisor
Gavin Barclay	....	post-production supervisor
Omar Chraibi	....	unit manager
Nigel Marchant	....	production supervisor
Tamás Mink	....	unit manager
Karen Mayeda Vranek	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tarik Ait Ben Ali	....	second second assistant director: Morocco
Michelangelo Csaba Bolla	....	first assistant director
Werner Boote	....	second unit director
Yann Mari Faget	....	second second assistant director: Morocco
Ahmed Hatimi	....	assistant director: Morocco
Zinedine Ibnou Jabal	....	second assistant director
Larbi Idrissi	....	second assistant director: second unit
Andrew McEwan	....	second assistant director: second unit
Mohamed Nesrate	....	first assistant director: second unit
Peter Palka	....	third assistant director
Trevor Puckle	....	second assistant director
Tarik Saqi	....	second assistant director: second unit
Ali Tahiri	....	first assistant director: second unit

Art Department
Alessandro Alberti	....	assistant art director
Abdellah Baadil	....	art department runner
Elhoussaine Baouzine	....	construction secretary
Harold Burst	....	head of department plasterer
Bryn Court	....	sculptor
Warren Flanagan	....	concept illustrator
Mike Fowlie	....	property master
Marco Furbatto	....	draughtsman
Alan Harvey	....	props
Abdenabi Izlaguen	....	art department assistant
Hanane Jabir	....	draughtswoman
Mickey Law	....	construction coordinator
Terry Law	....	head carpenter
Aziz Mhand	....	props
Philip Murphy	....	props
Rachid Quiat	....	assistant art director
Amin Rharda	....	props buyer
Gianpaolo Rifino	....	draughtsman
Zhivko Zhelyazkov	....	storyboard artist
Abdenabi Izlaguen	....	props buyer (uncredited)

Sound Department
Brahim Ait Belkas	....	boom operator: second unit
Sean Byrne	....	sound editor
Tim Chilton	....	foley artist
Bob Costanza	....	sound effects editor
Alistair Crocker	....	sound mixer
Kevin Fisher	....	sound effects editor
James Harbour	....	sound recordist: second unit
Adam Margetts	....	boom operator
Stacey Michaels	....	adr foley mixer
Stacey Michaels	....	adr mixer
Terry O'Bright	....	sound re-recording mixer
Alex Raspa	....	adr mixer: New York
Jonathan Rimas	....	adr mixer
Keith Rogers	....	sound re-recording mixer
David Torres	....	foley mixer
Colin Wood	....	boom operator

Special Effects by
Stuart Brisdon	....	special effects supervisor
Ferenc Deák	....	special effects coordinator
Szilard Gergely	....	special effects technician
Mark Haddenham	....	special effects senior technician
Ian Lowe	....	senior special effects technician
Lawrence Michael	....	special effects floor supervisor: second unit
Attila Sarkadi	....	special effects technician
Nigel Wilkinson	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Kris Anderson	....	digital compositor
Hassan Elsayed Ashraf	....	CG lead effect animator
László Aszalós	....	3D painter
András Miklós Balogh	....	CG effects artist
Dave Bannister	....	digital compositor: Rushes
Daniel Barrow	....	visual effects producer: post production
Paul Beard	....	visual effects line producer: Men From Mars
Zoltán Benyó	....	CG supervisor
Gary J. Brown	....	digital effects artist
Péter Bujdosó	....	concept artist
Melanie Byrne	....	assistant visual effects producer: Rushes
Graham Cristie	....	digital artist
Harriet Donington	....	visual effects producer
Hozelito Duric	....	CG crowd simulation
Chris Elson	....	digital compositor: Rushes
Guy Elson	....	digital compositor: Rushes
Péter Farkas	....	CG roto artist
Ádám Fiers	....	assistant compositor
James Foster	....	digital artist
Shuna Frood	....	visual effects producer: Men From Mars
Katie Goodwin	....	visual effects artist
Tom Hocking	....	digital effects artist
György Horváth	....	CG workflow manager
Louise Hussey	....	digital effects producer
Veress Kovács István	....	matte painter
Matthew Jacques	....	digital artist
Hayden Jones	....	lead digital artist
Lehel Karsa	....	CG effects animator
Pál Klemm	....	compositor
Isaac Layish	....	digital effects artist
Andras Liptak	....	visual effects assistant
Alex Llewellyn	....	digital compositor
Imre Lovász	....	framework & technical manager
Victoria McDowell	....	visual effects line producer
Alexandra C. Mende	....	visual effects editor
Károly Mesterházy	....	3D lead effects artist
Miklós Mesterházy	....	3D effects artist
Sándor Molnár	....	CG character modeler
Marcell Nagy	....	3D matte painter
András Ónódi	....	CG effects artist
Tom Pegg	....	digital effects artist
Ágoston Princz	....	3D effects animator
Jonathan Privett	....	digital effects supervisor: Rushes
Veljko Radenkovic	....	CG crowd simulation
Jackie Rowson	....	digital effects artist
László Sebõ	....	CG effects supervisor
David Sjodin	....	digital compositor: Rushes
Peter Sved	....	CG artist
Péter Svéd	....	CG artist
Mátyás Szabó	....	3D animator
Miklós Szabó	....	compositor
Zoltán Szegedi	....	CG artist
Gábor Székely	....	technical assistant
Ria Tamok	....	compositor
Gábor Tóth	....	compositor
Jenõ Udvardi	....	visual effects supervisor
Gábor Vaszkun	....	lead character animator
Péter Zavorszky	....	visual effects production manager
Jez Tucker	....	senior systems administrator (uncredited)

Stunts
Rachid Abbad	....	stunts
Joseph Beddelem	....	stunt performer
Othman Ilyassa	....	stunt performer (as Othman Il Yassa)
Philippe Losson	....	stunt performer
Abdellah Oukseh	....	stunts
Francois Poirier	....	stunt performer
Cedric Proust	....	stunt arranger
Cedric Proust	....	stunt coordinator
Florian Robin	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Alessandro Bolognesi	....	Steadicam operator
Alessio Bramucci	....	best boy electric
Patrick Bramucci	....	gaffer
Dai Evans	....	grip: second unit
Christopher Haifley	....	clapper loader: "a" camera (as Chris Haifley)
Jeroen Hendriks	....	camera technician
Rupert Lloyd-Parry	....	grip: second unit
Ermanno Lubich	....	focus puller: "b" camera
Josef Mittendorfer	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Michael Nassuato	....	clapper loader: "b" camera
Pal Paluch	....	key dolly grip
Michael Riebl	....	director of photography: second unit
Michael Rintoul	....	camera operator: "a" camera
James Sprattley	....	focus puller: "a" camera (as James Spratley)
Gerry Vasbenter	....	Steadicam operator
Gerry Vasbenter	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Derek Walker	....	Steadicam operator
Derek Walker	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Ken Woroner	....	still photographer

Casting Department
Mohamed Essaghir Aabach	....	casting assistant
Lois J. Drabkin	....	casting associate
Lynn Kressel	....	casting: USA
Omar Tisli	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Abdelkrim Akallach	....	crowd wardrobe supervisor
Daryl Bristow	....	wardrobe supervisor
Jirina Eisenhamerova	....	wardrobe
Otmane Khammari	....	wardrobe assistant
Edwin Francis	....	costume coordinator: Rome (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Phillip Dawe	....	post-production assistant
Richard Glazerman	....	assistant editor
Alexandra C. Mende	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Elton Ahi	....	score engineer
David Bondelevitch	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Khalid Ameskane	....	transportation coordinator
Ali Bakkioui	....	transportation captain
Tim Earl	....	driver: camera car

Other crew
Mustapha Adidou	....	set construction coordinator
Khalid Banoujaafar	....	assistant location manager
Khalid Banoujaafar	....	location manager
Bill Barringer	....	location manager
Mohamed Benhmamane	....	location manager: Morocco
Camerin Burns	....	production assistant
Paul Cadiou	....	supervising production accountant
Mehdi Elkhaoudy	....	production assistant
Alice Hadley	....	contact: UK
Sam Holt	....	travel coordinator
Deirdre Horgan	....	script supervisor
Houda Jabrane	....	unit doctor
Richard Law	....	hod rigger
Myriam Loukili	....	production accountant
Bettina Lyster	....	production coordinator
Sanaz Missaghian	....	contact: UK
Ridouane Nassreddine	....	location assistant
Gareth Powell	....	epk director
Joel Proust	....	horse master
Andrew Pyke	....	assistant accountant
Bryan Rodman	....	floor runner
Rudy Ruggiero	....	dialogue coach
Widad Taha	....	production coordinator: Morocco
Peter Titterell	....	catering supervisor
Julia Wilson Dickson	....	dialogue coach (as Julia Wilson-Dixon)
Attila Zsédenyi	....	office assistant
James Cutting	....	close protection officer (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Actuality Productions
• Hallmark Entertainment
• History Channel

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (2006) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Bridge Entertainment Group (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Echo Bridge Home Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) (2007) (USA) (TV)

Special Effects

• Rushes Post Production (visual effects)
• Munky

Other Companies

• Hyperactive Broadcast  editing equipment
• Audiolink Radio Communications  walkie talkies
• Framepool  stock footage
• Mayflower Studios  adr recording studio
• Panavision UK  camera equipment provided by
• Runway  post-production

Runtime:

167 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:M | USA:PG-13 (DVD rating) | USA:TV-14 (TV rating) | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Hungary

Company:

Actuality Productions

Trivia:

The infant playing baby Moses was named Moses in real life after his mother, an extra in the series, gave birth to him during the making of the series. The director ask her if they could cast him as Moses and she was so honored that she named the baby after him.

Quotes:

Menerith: My son was taken, too.
Moses: I grieve with you.
Menerith: You... grieve? Wasn't this your doing?
Moses: It was God's.
Menerith: You willed it. Ramses will give you your freedom now. Your God won. I think your God is a cruel one.
Aaron: Years ago, Pharaoh sent his soldiers to kill our children.
Menerith: I wasn't among them! My son wasn't there! Why should we be punished?
Moses: I do what God tells me.

Movie Connections:

Remake of The Ten Commandments (1956)

Review from an atheists point of view

Despite being a nonbeliever I find religion very interesting. So I thought I would give this film a shot. It's not actually worth the rating I gave it, but I thought I would try to offset all the one star ratings it's been given by angry religious people. Anyway, to fully enjoy this movie I suggest doing what I did, namely read all the reviews of it while watching it. It's very interesting how the ratings range from top to bottom. Also the reason I'm writing this review is that it seem most if not all the other reviews are written by religious people who all compare it to the bible. Thats all good but viewing it as fiction, which the bible obviously is to me, might enable one to enjoy it differently. Well here it is: The acting range from laughable to pretty good 5 or 6 times. The special effects are nothing special these days, but acceptable, since they aren't really the drive of the movie. I quite liked the sets and the costumes, but I honestly don't know what they are supposed to look like historically so they might not be authentic. Overall what carried this movie was the story. Now the story was had a lot going for it interesting twists and turns. But unfortunately thats not enough. A really good story needs to not only have interesting exiting plots going on, it also needs to be believable. In case you don't know the story already I won't mention anything, I'll just say that having studied psychology and sociology for many years I found the behavior of many of the characters less realistic and the plot seems quite naive. So there... . enjoy 4 stars from me because I actually learned something.