Academy Awards, USA, 1957: Oscar - Best Effects, Special Effects (John P. Fulton).; Special features: 1956 version: Commentary by Katherine Orrison, author of Written in stone: making Cecil B. DeMille's epic, 'The ten commandments'; 6-part documentary: Moses, The chosen people, Land of the pharaohs, The Paramount lot, The score, and Mr. DeMille; newsreel: 'The ten commandments' premiere in New York; Trailers; 1923 silent, b&w version: Commentary by Katherine Orrison, author of Written in stone: making Cecil B. DeMille's epic, 'The ten commandments'; hand-tinted footage of the exodus and parting of the Red Sea sequence. (Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky present Cecil B. DeMille's production; story by Jeanie Macpherson; directed by Cecil B. DeMille; 136 min., not rated, French subtitles, full screen (1.33:1) presentation).; MPAA rating: G.; To escape the edict that condemed all first-born Hebrew males, Egypt's Pharoah, Rameses I, the infant Moses is set adrift on the Nile in a reed basket. Saved by the pharaoh's daughter Bithiah, he is adopted by her and brought up in the court of her brother, Pharaoh Seti. Moses gains Seti's favor and the love of the throne princess Nefertiri. He also gains the hatred of Seti's son, Rameses. When his Hebrew heritage is revealed, Moses is cast out of Egypt, and makes his way across the desert where he marries, has a son and is commanded by God to return to Egypt to free the Hebrews from slavery. In Egypt, Moses's fiercest enemy proves to be not Rameses, but someone near to him.; DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9 enhanced) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo. surround, Dolby Digital mono, NTSC.; 1956 version: English and dubbed French dialogue, English subtitles; closed-captioned.; Title from container.; Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson, Yvonne De Carlo, Debra Paget, John Derek, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Nina Foch, Martha Scott, Judith Anderson, Vincent Price, John Carradine.; Originally released as a motion picture in 1956.