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The Ten Commandments

1956 American film directed by Cecil B. DeMille
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The Ten Commandments
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The Ten Commandments

Summary

The Ten Commandments is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,224 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Ten Commandments's video is recorded as The Ten Commandments (1956) - Trailer.webm[3].
  • The Ten Commandments's image is recorded as The-Ten-Commandments-1956-Paramount.jpg[4].
  • The Ten Commandments's instance of is recorded as film[5].
  • The Ten Commandments's director is recorded as Cecil B. DeMille[6].
  • The Ten Commandments's screenwriter is recorded as Æneas MacKenzie[7].
  • The Ten Commandments's screenwriter is recorded as Jesse Louis Lasky Jr.[8].
  • The Ten Commandments's screenwriter is recorded as Jack Gariss[9].
  • The Ten Commandments's screenwriter is recorded as Fredric M. Frank[10].
  • The Ten Commandments's composer is recorded as Elmer Bernstein[11].
  • The Ten Commandments's genre is recorded as drama film[12].
  • The Ten Commandments's genre is recorded as film based on a novel[13].
  • The Ten Commandments's genre is recorded as adventure film[14].
  • The Ten Commandments's genre is recorded as historical film[15].
  • The Ten Commandments's genre is recorded as sword-and-sandal film[16].
  • The Ten Commandments's cast member is recorded as Charlton Heston[17].
  • The Ten Commandments's cast member is recorded as Yul Brynner[18].
  • The Ten Commandments's cast member is recorded as Anne Baxter[19].
  • The Ten Commandments's cast member is recorded as Edward G. Robinson[20].
  • The Ten Commandments's cast member is recorded as Yvonne De Carlo[21].
  • The Ten Commandments's cast member is recorded as Debra Paget[22].
  • The Ten Commandments's cast member is recorded as John Derek[23].
  • The Ten Commandments's cast member is recorded as Cedric Hardwicke[24].
  • The Ten Commandments's cast member is recorded as Nina Foch[25].
  • The Ten Commandments's cast member is recorded as Martha Scott[26].
  • The Ten Commandments's cast member is recorded as Judith Anderson[27].

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Authorship and Creation

The Ten Commandments's director is recorded as Cecil B. DeMille[6]. Screenwriters include Æneas MacKenzie[7], Jesse Louis Lasky Jr.[8], Jack Gariss[9], and Fredric M. Frank[10]. Cast members include Charlton Heston[17], Yul Brynner[18], Anne Baxter[19], Edward G. Robinson[20], Yvonne De Carlo[21], and Debra Paget[22].

Publication

Genres include drama film[12], film based on a novel[13], adventure film[14], historical film[15], and sword-and-sandal film[16].

Why It Matters

The Ten Commandments ranks in the top 1% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,224 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Anne Baxter Cecil B. DeMille Cedric Hardwicke Charlton Heston Debra Paget Edward G. Robinson Elmer Bernstein film John Carradine Judith Anderson Martha Scott Mike Connors Nefertari Netflix Nina Foch Ramesses I Ramesses II Richard Farnsworth Robert Vaughn Seti I United States Vincent Price Yul Brynner Yvonne De Carlo

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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