Very different from the 1956 remake, this silent epic (also directed by Cecil B. DeMille) consists of two segments: the first (shorter) part is set during the Exodus of Jews from Egypt, the second (longer) part is set in 1920's America. The latter story cleverly integrates almost every commandment into a tale of a carpenter who covets his brother's wife.
February 13, 1970
The Ten Commandments (1923) ***
Very different from the 1956 remake, this silent epic (also directed by Cecil B. DeMille) consists of two segments: the first (shorter) part is set during the Exodus of Jews from Egypt, the second (longer) part is set in 1920's America. The latter story cleverly integrates almost every commandment into a tale of a carpenter who covets his brother's wife.
