The Ten Commandments
1956, NR, 220 min.
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson, Yvonne De Carlo.

DeMille was one of the movies’ most spectacular storytellers and his Technicolor version of this Biblical tale is a durable and star-studded extravaganza. The movie sports Oscars for its special effects: here you can witness the quintessential depiction of the parting of the Red Sea.

This article appears in November 22 • 1991 (Cover).

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.