The Ten Commandments (1923 film)
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The Ten Commandments is a 1923 American silent religious epic film produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille. Written by Jeanie MacPherson, the film is divided into two parts: a prologue recreating the biblical story of the Exodus and a modern story concerning two brothers and their respective views of the Ten Commandments.
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Directed by | Cecil B. DeMille |
Story by | Jeanie MacPherson |
Produced by | Cecil B. DeMille |
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Edited by | Anne Bauchens |
Color process | Technicolor |
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Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 136 minutes |
Country | United States |
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Budget | $1.5 million[1] |
Box office | $4.2 million[1][2] |
Lauded for its "immense and stupendous" scenes, use of Technicolor process 2, and parting of the Red Sea sequence,[3] the expensive film proved to be a box-office hit upon release.[4] It is the first in DeMille's biblical trilogy, followed by The King of Kings (1927) and The Sign of the Cross (1932).
The Ten Commandments is one of many works from 1923 that entered the public domain in the United States in 2019.[5]