What is The Ten Commandments?
{{italic title}} '''''The Ten Commandments''''' is a [[movie]] from 1956. It stars [[Charlton Heston]] as [[Moses]] and [[Yul Brynner]] as [[Rameses II]]. It was directed and produced by [[Cecil B. DeMille]]. It is based on the books of [[Philo of Alexandria]], [[Josephus]], [[Eusebius]], the [[Midrash]] and the [[Exodus|Book of Exodus]]. == Reception == ''The Ten Commandments'' won the [[Academy Award for Best Visual Effects]]. [[Charlton Heston]] was nominated for a [[Golden Globe]] for best actor in a drama. The critics at the time generally liked it but they also noticed the differences between the story of the [[Exodus]] as told in the [[Bible]] and what the [[movie]] said. {{DEFAULTSORT:Ten Commandments}} [[Category:1956 movies]] [[Category:1950s epic movies]] [[Category:1950s family movies]] [[Category:1950s historical movies]] [[Category:Best Picture Oscar]] [[Category:Movies based on the Bible]] [[Category:Movies directed by Cecil B. DeMille]] [[Category:American drama movies]] [[Category:American epic movies]] [[Category:Paramount Pictures movies]] [[Category:Movies that won the Best Visual Effects Academy Award]] [[Category:Movies set in Egypt]]