The Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments (1956) starring Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson, Yvonne de Carlo. Directed by Cecil B. DeMille. Storytelling on a grand scale; even at three and a half hours it doesn't become boring, as Moses (Heston) leads the Hebrews out of captivity in Egypt. Brynner makes a great villain as the pharoah Rameses, although it's hard to understand why he doesn't kill Moses early in the action. It's all a lot of superstitious nonsense, of course, but at the same time it's a majestic story. (Subtitles in English are available; I chose the closed captions.) Grade: A-