Moses the Lawgiver [1975]

Country of Origin: UK / Italy
Date(s) of Broadcast: 1975
Number of Seasons: 1
Total Number of Episodes:
Average Episode Running Times:
Format: Technicolor     35mm
Ratio: 1.33:1
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: ATV / ITC / RAI
Executive Producer: Bernard J. Kingham
Producer: Vincenzo Labella

SCRIPT
Script: Vittorio Bonicelli, Anthony Burgess, Gianfranco De Bosio, Bernardino Zapponi

DIRECTION
Director: Gianfranco De Bosio
2nd Assistant Director: Ken Globus

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Marcello Gatti
Assistant Camera: Adolfo Bartoli

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editors: Peter Boita, Alberto Gallitti, Gerry Hambling
Assistant Editor: Noel Rogers

MUSIC
Music: Ennio Morricone
Songs / Dance Music: Dov Seltzer
Conductor: Bruno Nicolai

SOUND
Sound Editor: Eddy Joseph
Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Lionel Strutt
Dialogue Director: Ken Globus

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Costume Designer: Enrico Sabbatini
Assistant Costume Designer: Giovanni Viti

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Mario Bava

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Pier Luigi Basile

MISCELLANEOUS
Production Accountant: Alicia Rivera Frankl
Choreographer: Oshra El Kayam

LOCATIONS
Locations: Morocco; Negev Desert, Israel

CAST
Burt Lancaster [Moses]
Anthony Quayle [Aaron]
Ingrid Thulin [Miriam]
Irene Papas [Zipporah]
Aharon Ipalé [Joshua]
Joseph Shiloach [Dathan]
Marina Berti [Eliseba]
Shmuel Rodensky [Jethro]
Mariangela Melato [Princess Bithia]
Laurent Terzieff [Mernephta]
William Lancaster [young Moses]
Jacques Herlin
Galia Kohn
Mario Ferrari [Ramses II]
Simonetta Stefanelli [Cotbi]
Melba Englander [Mernephta's wife]
Antonio Piovanelli [Koreb]
Paul Muller
José Quaglio
Umberto Raho
John Francis Lane
Paul Varni
Dina Morrone
Giancarlo Badessi
Marco Steiner
Yossi Werzansky
Cosimo Cinieri
Renato Chiantoni
Amos Tal-Shir
Haim Bashi
Didi Liekov
Enzo Fiermonte
Haim Banai
Andrea Aureli
Percy Hogan
Fausto Di Bella
Mosko Alkalai [Amram]
John Bartha [Egyptian]
Richard Johnson [narrator]
Michele Placido
Paul L. Smith

AVAILABILITY

Brazil
Video Distributors: London Films; Top Tape

Canada
Theatrical Distributors: Astral Films

UK
Theatrical Distributors: Scotia-Barber

USA
Television Distributors: CBS Television
Theatrical Distributors: AVCO Embassy Pictures
Video Distributors: Live Video
DVD Distributors: Lions Gate Home Entertainment [16299]

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

UK
Rating: PG

USA
Rating: PG

TIMELINE

2004
September
21: USA - DVD release [Lions Gate Home Entertainment [16299]]

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Moisés - Brazilian title
Mosè - Italian title
Mosè, la legge del deserto - Italian title
Moses - US theatrical / West German title
A Terra Prometida - A Verdadeira História de Moisés - Brazilian title

LINKS

SEE ALSO
The Life of Moses [1909]
Moses [1996]
Moses und Aron [1974]
The Prince of Egypt [1998]
The Ten Commandments [1923]
The Ten Commandments [1956]

KEYWORDS

the bible, birds, caves, deserts, moses, pharaohs

Last Updated: 21 April, 2008