The Bible: In the Beginning...

Italy and United States of America, 1966

Film

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Extravagant production of the first part of the book of Genesis. Covers Adam and Eve, Noah and the Flood and Abraham and Isaac.

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Credits

director

John Huston

costume design

Maria De Matteis

producer

Dino De Laurentiis

Luigi Luraschi

production company

Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica

Seven Arts Productions

Thalia AG

writer

Christopher Fry

Ivo Perilli

Jonathan Griffin

Orson Welles

Vittorio Bonicelli

Duration

02:54:00

Production dates
1966

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

tmdb-movie-2525

Language

English

Subject categories

Drama

Family

TMDB-Movie

2525

Wikidata

Q773293

Collected

65 times

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