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The Bible: In the Beginning is a 1966
1966 in film

The year 1966 in film involved some significant events....
 Biblical epic film recounting the first 22 chapters of the Book of Genesis. It was a joint American/Italian production conceived by Dino De Laurentiis
Dino De Laurentiis

Agostino De Laurentiis, usually credited as Dino De Laurentiis , is an Academy Award-winning Italy movie producer....
 and directed by John Huston
John Huston

John Marcellus Huston was an United States film director and actor. He was known for directing the films, The Maltese Falcon , The Asphalt Jungle , The Treasure of the Sierra Madre , Key Largo , The African Queen , The Misfits , and The Man Who Would Be King ....
. The music score is by Toshirô Mayuzumi. The production was photographed by Giuseppe Rotunno
Giuseppe Rotunno

Giuseppe Rotunno, A.S.C., A.I.C. is an Italian people cinematographer. Sometimes credited as Peppino Rotunno, he was a frequent collaborator of director Federico Fellini....
 in Dimension 150
Todd-AO

Todd-AO is an extremely high definition widescreen film format developed in the mid 1950s. It was co-developed by Mike Todd, a Broadway theatre producer, with American Optical Company in Buffalo, New York....
, a variant of the 70mm Todd-AO
Todd-AO

Todd-AO is an extremely high definition widescreen film format developed in the mid 1950s. It was co-developed by Mike Todd, a Broadway theatre producer, with American Optical Company in Buffalo, New York....
 format.

The film consists of four main sections: Adam and Eve
Adam and Eve

Adam and Eve are the First man or woman created by God in the Hebrew creation story told in Genesis 1-2....
, Cain and Abel
Cain and Abel

Cain and Abel were the first and second sons of Adam and Eve in the religions of Christianity, Islam and Judaism.Their story is told in and the Qur'an at 5:26-32....
, Noah's Ark
Noah's Ark

Noah's Ark is a large vessel featured in the mythology of Abrahamic religions. Narratives that include the Ark are found in the Hebrew Bible and the Qur'an ....
, and the story of Abraham
Abraham

Abraham is a man featured in the Book of Genesis and an important figure in several monotheistic religions. Judaism, Christianity and Islam traditions regard him as the founding Patriarchs of the Israelites, Ishmaelites and Edomite peoples....
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The Bible: In the Beginning is a 1966
1966 in film

The year 1966 in film involved some significant events....
 Biblical epic film recounting the first 22 chapters of the Book of Genesis. It was a joint American/Italian production conceived by Dino De Laurentiis
Dino De Laurentiis

Agostino De Laurentiis, usually credited as Dino De Laurentiis , is an Academy Award-winning Italy movie producer....
 and directed by John Huston
John Huston

John Marcellus Huston was an United States film director and actor. He was known for directing the films, The Maltese Falcon , The Asphalt Jungle , The Treasure of the Sierra Madre , Key Largo , The African Queen , The Misfits , and The Man Who Would Be King ....
. The music score is by Toshirô Mayuzumi. The production was photographed by Giuseppe Rotunno
Giuseppe Rotunno

Giuseppe Rotunno, A.S.C., A.I.C. is an Italian people cinematographer. Sometimes credited as Peppino Rotunno, he was a frequent collaborator of director Federico Fellini....
 in Dimension 150
Todd-AO

Todd-AO is an extremely high definition widescreen film format developed in the mid 1950s. It was co-developed by Mike Todd, a Broadway theatre producer, with American Optical Company in Buffalo, New York....
, a variant of the 70mm Todd-AO
Todd-AO

Todd-AO is an extremely high definition widescreen film format developed in the mid 1950s. It was co-developed by Mike Todd, a Broadway theatre producer, with American Optical Company in Buffalo, New York....
 format.

The film consists of four main sections: Adam and Eve
Adam and Eve

Adam and Eve are the First man or woman created by God in the Hebrew creation story told in Genesis 1-2....
, Cain and Abel
Cain and Abel

Cain and Abel were the first and second sons of Adam and Eve in the religions of Christianity, Islam and Judaism.Their story is told in and the Qur'an at 5:26-32....
, Noah's Ark
Noah's Ark

Noah's Ark is a large vessel featured in the mythology of Abrahamic religions. Narratives that include the Ark are found in the Hebrew Bible and the Qur'an ....
, and the story of Abraham
Abraham

Abraham is a man featured in the Book of Genesis and an important figure in several monotheistic religions. Judaism, Christianity and Islam traditions regard him as the founding Patriarchs of the Israelites, Ishmaelites and Edomite peoples....
. There are also a pair of shorter sections, one recounting the building of the Tower of Babel
Tower of Babel

The Tower of Babel according to chapter 11 of the Book of Genesis, was an enormous tower built at the city of Babel, the Hebrew name for Babylon ....
, and the other the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah
Sodom and Gomorrah

According to the Old Testament Biblical book of Genesis, Sodom and Gomorrah were two cities in the Bible which were destroyed by God ....
. The sections vary greatly in tone.

The story of Abraham is somber and reverential, while that of Noah is played almost as a slapstick
Slapstick

Slapstick is a type of comedy involving exaggerated extreme physical violence or activities which exceed the boundaries of common sense, such as a character being hit in the face with a heavy frying pan or running into a brick wall....
 comedy, with Noah's relationship with the animals being depicted humorously (the flood scenes, however, are completely serious). The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah and the Tower of Babel could be called precursors to special effects spectaculars, although there are no real effects in the Tower of Babel sequence, and the special effects in the Sodom and Gomorrah sequence do not appear until the cities are actually destroyed, while the story of Adam and Eve focuses some on the naked bodies of the pair. It was originally conceived as the first in a series of films retelling the entire Old Testament
Old Testament

In Western Christianity, the Old Testament refers to the books that form the first of the two-part Christianity Bible Biblical canon. These works correspond to the Hebrew Bible , with some variations and additions....
, but these sequels were never made.

Cast

  • Michael Parks
    Michael Parks

    Michael Parks is an United States actor and singer. He has appeared in almost 50 films and has made frequent TV appearances, but is probably best known for his work in recent years with Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez....
     as Adam
    Adam and Eve

    Adam and Eve are the First man or woman created by God in the Hebrew creation story told in Genesis 1-2....
  • Ulla Bergryd as Eve
    Adam and Eve

    Adam and Eve are the First man or woman created by God in the Hebrew creation story told in Genesis 1-2....
  • Richard Harris as Cain
  • Franco Nero
    Franco Nero

    Franco Nero is an Italy actor....
     as Abel
  • John Huston
    John Huston

    John Marcellus Huston was an United States film director and actor. He was known for directing the films, The Maltese Falcon , The Asphalt Jungle , The Treasure of the Sierra Madre , Key Largo , The African Queen , The Misfits , and The Man Who Would Be King ....
     as Noah
    Noah

    Noah was, according to the Bible, the tenth and last of the antediluvian Patriarchs ; and a prophet according to the Qur'an. The biblical story of Noah is contained in the book of Book of Genesis, chapters 5-9, while the Qur'an has a whole sura named after and devoted to his story with other references elsewhere....
    , the narrator, the serpent, and God
    God

    God is a deity in theism and deism religions and other belief systems, representing either the sole deity in monotheism, or a principal deity in polytheism....
  • Stephen Boyd
    Stephen Boyd

    Stephen Boyd , born William Millar, was an Ireland-born actor from Glengormley, Northern Ireland, who appeared in 60 films, most notably in the role of Messala in the 1959 film Ben-Hur ....
     as Nimrod
    Nimrod (king)

    Nimrod is a Mesopotamian monarch mentioned in the Book of Genesis, who also figures in many legends and folktales. He is depicted in the Bible as a mighty ruler and nation builder who founded many cities including the great Babel or Babylon....
  • Gabriele Ferzetti
    Gabriele Ferzetti

    Gabriele Ferzetti is an Italy film and stage actor....
     as Lot
    Lot (Bible)

    According to the Bible and the Quran, Lot was the nephew of the patriarch Abraham, or Abram. He was the son of Abraham's brother Haran. Abraham's brother Nahor became Lot's brother in law by the marriage of Nahor to Milcah ....
  • Eleonora Rossi Drago
    Eleonora Rossi Drago

    Eleonora Rossi Drago, born Palmira Omiccioli, was an Italian film actress. She was born in Quinto al Mare, Genoa, Italy.She had the leading role in Michelangelo Antonioni's Le amiche....
     as Lot's wife
  • George C. Scott
    George C. Scott

    George Campbell Scott was an American stage and film actor, film director, and Film producer. He was best known for his Academy Award-winning portrayal of General George S....
     as Abraham
    Abraham

    Abraham is a man featured in the Book of Genesis and an important figure in several monotheistic religions. Judaism, Christianity and Islam traditions regard him as the founding Patriarchs of the Israelites, Ishmaelites and Edomite peoples....
  • Ava Gardner
    Ava Gardner

    Ava Lavinia Gardner was an Academy Award-nominated United States actress. She is listed as one of the American Film Institute's AFI's 100 Years......
     as Sarah
    Sarah

    Sarah is the wife of Abraham as described in the Hebrew Bible and the Quran. Her name was originally Sarai. According to Book of Genesis 17:15 she changed her name to Sarah as part of a covenant with Yahweh after Hagar bore Abraham his first born son Ishmael....
  • Peter O'Toole
    Peter O'Toole

    Peter Seamus O'Toole is an Irish people actor of stage and screen who achieved instant stardom in 1962 playing T.E. Lawrence in Lawrence of Arabia ....
     as the Three Angels


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