A retelling of the Bible story. Pharaoh Ramses II decrees the death of all Hebrew children, but Moses, placed in a basket in the Nile by his mother, is taken by a royal Princess and raised as the brother of the heir to the throne of Egypt, Mermefta. Moses is called by God to lead his people from Egypt to the promised land. A very reluctant prophet, feeling unworthy of... Read all
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Crime
Cast:Soumaya Akaaboune , Ben Kingsley , Frank Langella , Christopher Lee , Anna Galiena , Enrico Lo Verso , David Suchet , Maurice Roëves , Anthony Higgins , Philippe Leroy , Philip Stone , Anton Lesser , Anita Zagaria , Dudley Sutton , Federico Pacifici , Urbano Barberini , Paolo Calabresi , Riccardo Salerno
Moses, a Hebrew boy, is saved from the Pharaoh's infanticide. He is raised by the Pharaoh's daughter ,but he is not comfortable among the Egyptians. When he kills an Egyptian taskmaster to save his brother,Aaron, he flees to Midian and marries. The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob via burning bush tells him to free the Hebrews from Egyptian slavery. Moses and Aaron using all manner of plagues and signs order the pharaoh, Mernefta, to free the Hebrews.
After the miraculous parting and of the Red Sea, the Israelites travel to the "Promised Land", Moses finds himself in the middle of a struggle between the justice of God and the rebellion of the Israelites.