Heath Ledger, Christopher Plummer, Andrew Garfield, Lily Cole, Verne Troyer, and Tom Waits star in the film, though Ledger's death one-third of the way through filming caused production to be temporarily suspended.
The Prince of Egypt is an adaptation of the Biblical story of The Exodus. When You Believe is sung in the film by characters Tzipporah and Miriam, and a chorus of people departing from the slavery of Egypt to the Red Sea and the Promised Land.chwartz's original version was titled When You Believe, while Edmonds' enhanced version was titled The Prince of Egypt (When You Believe). When You Believe is a slow tempo ballad, which incorporates pop and contemporary R&B genres.
The Nile also has a high place in Egyptian mythology and belief. In addition, the flow of the river determined how their trade routes were set up. The stones available in the land determined what kind of buildings the people were able to build, and the abundance of stones to mine led to the many monuments left behind thousands of years later.