The Ten Commandments

Year: 1923

Runtime: 136 mins

Director: Cecil B. DeMille

DramaFantasyFaith and religionFaith and spiritual journeysReligious faith sin and forgiveness

The film opens with Moses leading the Hebrews out of Egypt, receiving the Ten Commandments and confronting the worship of a golden calf. It then jumps to modern San Francisco, where the timeless relevance of the law is illustrated through two rival brothers, John and Dan, vying for Mary’s affection and clashing when John discovers Dan used inferior materials to build a cathedral.

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