Moses the Lawgiver | |
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Genre | Biblical Biography Drama History |
Written by | Vittorio Bonicelli Anthony Burgess Gianfranco De Bosio Bernardino Zapponi |
Directed by | Gianfranco De Bosio |
Starring | Burt Lancaster Anthony Quayle Ingrid Thulin Irene Papas |
Theme music composer | Ennio Morricone |
Country of origin | Italy United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 6 |
Production | |
Producers | Lew Grade Bernard J. Kingham Vincenzo Labella |
Cinematography | Marcello Gatti |
Editors | Peter Boita Mario Bava Alberto Gallitti |
Running time | 360 minutes |
Production companies | ITC Entertainment RAI |
Budget | $5 million[1] |
Original release | |
Network | Rai 1 (Italy) ITV (United Kingdom) CBS (United States) |
Release | 21 June 2 August 1975 | –
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Moses the Lawgiver is a six-hour television miniseries filmed in 1973/74 and starring Burt Lancaster as Moses. It was an ITC/RAI co-production filmed in Rome and on location in Israel and Morocco.
Many of the writers, cast and crew contributed to another ITC/RAI Biblical co-production, the ambitious miniseries Jesus of Nazareth, released in 1977.