The Ten Commandments is a 1956 American
religious epic film produced and directed by
Cecil B. DeMille, shot in
VistaVision (color by
Technicolor), and released by
Paramount Pictures. It dramatizes the
biblical story of the life of
Moses, an adopted
Egyptian prince who becomes the deliverer of his real brethren, the enslaved Hebrews, and therefore leads
the Exodus to
Mount Sinai, where he receives, from
God, the
Ten Commandments. It stars
Charlton Heston in the lead role,
Yul Brynner as
Rameses,
Anne Baxter as
Nefretiri,
Edward G. Robinson as
Dathan,
Yvonne De Carlo as
Sephora,
Debra Paget as Lilia, and
John Derek as
Joshua; and features
Sir Cedric Hardwicke as
Sethi,
Nina Foch as
Bithiah,
Martha Scott as
Yochabel,
Judith Anderson as Memnet, and
Vincent Price as Baka, among others.