Abraham is a 1994 television movie

Television movie

A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...

 based on the life of the Biblical patriarch

Patriarchs (Bible)

The Patriarchs of the Bible, when narrowly defined, are Abraham, the ancestor of all the Abrahamic nations; his son Isaac, the ancestor of the nations surrounding Israel/Judah; and Isaac's son Jacob, also named Israel, the ancestor of the Israelites...

 Abraham

Abraham

Abraham , whose birth name was Abram, is the eponym of the Abrahamic religions, among which are Judaism, Christianity and Islam...

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Plot

Abram lives in Haran

Haran

Haran or Aran is a figure in Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible. Haran was born in Ur Kaśdim , the son of Terah and thus a descendant of Shem. Haran's brothers were Abram/Abraham and Nahor...

, a rich city. His wife Sarah is childless, and their only heir is Eliezer

Eliezer

For the mathematician and Tamil activist see C.J. Eliezer; for the AI researcher and writer on rationality see Eliezer Yudkowsky; for the Levite priest of the Hebrew Bible, see Eleazar...

 of Damascus

Damascus

Damascus , commonly known in Syria as Al Sham , and as the City of Jasmine , is the capital and the second largest city of Syria after Aleppo, both are part of the country's 14 governorates. In addition to being one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, Damascus is a major...

. One day he hears the voice of God

God

God is the English name given to a singular being in theistic and deistic religions who is either the sole deity in monotheism, or a single deity in polytheism....

, who says that he must leave Haran and travel to an unknown land. God promises to make a great nation from him and renames him Abraham . The pattern for the plot is the Genesis chapters 11-25.

Cast

• Richard Harris as Abraham
• Barbara Hershey
  Barbara Hershey
  Barbara Hershey , also known as Barbara Seagull, is an American actress. In a career spanning nearly 50 years, she has played a variety of roles on television and in cinema, in several genres including westerns and comedies...
  
   as Sarah
• Maximilian Schell
  Maximilian Schell
  Maximilian Schell is an Austrian-born Swiss actor who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Judgment at Nuremberg in 1961...
  
   as Pharaoh
• Vittorio Gassman
  Vittorio Gassman
  Vittorio Gassman Knight Grand Cross OMRI , popularly known as Il Mattatore, was an Italian theatre and film actor and director...
  
   as Terah
• Carolina Rosi as Hagar
• Andrea Prodan
  Andrea Prodan
  Andrea Prodan Scottish-Italian film actor, composer and musician is the younger brother of Argentine rock star Luca Prodan. The Prodan family, after suffering internment in a Japanese concentration camp during WW II, was expelled from China due to Mao...
  
   as Lot
• Gottfried John
  Gottfried John
  -Life and work:During the 1970s and early 1980s, Gottfried John played various roles in films by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, notably that of Reinhold in the epic Berlin Alexanderplatz . He is internationally known for his portrayals of General Ourumov in the James Bond film GoldenEye and Julius...
  
   as Eliezer
• Kevin McNally
  Kevin McNally
  Kevin McNally is an English actor who has worked in theatre and radio extensively as well as in film and television.-Life and career:...
  
   as Nahor
• Simona Ferraro Chartoff as Lot's Wife
• Tom Radcliffe as Serug
• Jude Alderson as Mikah
• Evelina Meghangi as Reumah

Crew

• Written By: Robert McKee
  Robert McKee
  Robert McKee, born 1941, is a creative writing instructor who is widely known for his popular "Story Seminar", which he developed when he was a professor at the University of Southern California. McKee is the author of a "screenwriters' bible" called Story: Substance, Structure, Style and the...
  
  
• Director of Photography: Raffaele Mertes, A.I.C.
• Music Advisor: Ennio Morricone
  Ennio Morricone
  Ennio Morricone, Grand Officer OMRI, , is an Italian composer and conductor, who wrote music to more than 500 motion pictures and television series, in a career lasting over 50 years. His scores have been included in over 20 award-winning films as well as several symphonic and choral pieces...
  
  
• Music By: Marco Frisina
• Make-Up By: Mario Michisanti & Luigi Rocchetti
• Casting By: Davis & Zimmerman, London & Shaila Rubin, Rome
• Production Designers: Enrico Sabbatini
  Enrico Sabbatini
  Enrico Sabbatini was an Italian-born costume designer and production designer for the theater and cinema industries....
  
   & Paolo Biagetti
• Costume Designer: Enrico Sabbatini
  Enrico Sabbatini
  Enrico Sabbatini was an Italian-born costume designer and production designer for the theater and cinema industries....
  
  
• Film Editor: Michael Brown
• Production Manager: Laura Fattori
• Produced By: Lorenzo Minoli
• Executive Producer: Gerald Rafshoon
  Gerald Rafshoon
  Gerald Rafshoon is an American television producer and political operative. He is one of the four founding members of Unity08, and was the White House Communications Director under the presidency of Jimmy Carter Gerald Rafshoon is an American television producer and political operative. He is one...
  
  
• Directed By: Joseph Sargent
  Joseph Sargent
  Joseph Sargent is an American film director. He has directed many television movies, but his best known feature film works are probably White Lightning, MacArthur, Nightmares and Jaws: The Revenge, with his most popular film being The Taking of Pelham One Two Three. He has won four Emmy Awards...