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The Bible in the Beginning... ()

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Extravagant production of the first part of the book of Genesis. Its main highlights are the Garden of Eden, the first brothers, Noah and his family obeying God to build an ark for the Flood and Abraham's attempted sacrifice of Isaac.
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Adam
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Eve
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Cain
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Noah
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Nimrod
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Abraham
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Sarah
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The Three Angels
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Hagar
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Lot
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Lot's Wife
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Abel
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Noah's Wife
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Abraham's Steward
Peter Heinze ...
Shem
Roger Beaumont
Maria Grazia Spina ...
Daughter of Lot (as Grazia Maria Spina)
Angelo Boscariol ...
Ham
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Nimrod's Wife
Anna Orso ...
Shem's Wife (as Anna Maria Orso)
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Daughter of Lot
Eric Leutzinger ...
Japheth
Michael Steinpichler
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Ham's Wife
Alberto Lucantoni ...
Isaac
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Japheth's Wife (as Rossana De Rocco)
Luciano Conversi ...
Ishmael
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Sinful Woman
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Paola Ambrosi ...
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Serpent (uncredited)
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Follower of Abraham (uncredited)
Lars Bloch ...
Archangel (uncredited)
Giovanni Di Benedetto ...
Nimrod's Man (uncredited)
Alberigo Donadeo ...
One of the sinful Men (uncredited)
Aviva Israeli ...
(uncredited)
Romano Moraschini ...
Sinful Man (uncredited)
Marie-Christine Pratt ...
(uncredited)
Ivan Rassimov ...
Dignitary of Babylon (uncredited)
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Minor Role (uncredited)
Amru Sani ...
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Sinful Man (uncredited)
Elisabetta Velinska ...
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Directed by

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John Huston ... (directed by)

Written by

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Christopher Fry ... (screenplay by)
 
Jonathan Griffin ... (assisted by) and
Ivo Perilli ... (assisted by) &
Vittorio Bonicelli ... (assisted by)
 
Orson Welles ... () (uncredited)
 
Mario Soldati ... () (uncredited)

Produced by

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Dino De Laurentiis ... producer (produced by)
Luigi Luraschi ... associate producer

Music by

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Toshirô Mayuzumi ... (musical score) (as Toshiro Mayuzumi)
Ennio Morricone ... (uncredited)

Cinematography by

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Giuseppe Rotunno ... director of photography

Editing by

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Ralph Kemplen ... film editor
Alberto Gallitti ... film editor (uncredited)

Editorial Department

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Eunice Mountjoy ... assistant to film editor

Casting By

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Guidarino Guidi

Art Direction by

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Mario Chiari

Costume Design by

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Maria De Matteis ... (costumes)

Makeup Department

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Alberto De Rossi ... make up supervision
Elda Magnanti ... hairdresser
Sandro Melaranci ... make up artist (uncredited)

Production Management

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Piero De Luca ... production manager
Bruno Todini ... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Vana Caruso ... assistant director
Ernst Haas ... (segment "The Creation") second unit direction
Ottavio Oppo ... assistant director

Art Department

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Bruno Avesani ... set dressing
Enzo Eusepi ... set dressing
Stephen B. Grimes ... associate art director (as Stephen Grimes)
Aldo Puccini ... set construction
Pasquale Romano ... assistant art director
Mario Scisci ... set construction
Tani ... property master
Renato Casaro ... poster designer (uncredited)
Luciano Puccini ... assistant set decorator (uncredited)
Italo Tomassi ... scene painter (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Basil Fenton-Smith ... sound recorded by
Leslie Hodgson ... sound editor
Fred Hynes ... sound recording supervised by
Murray Spivack ... sound recorded by
John Blunk ... sound effects editor (uncredited)
Wayne Fury ... sound effects editor (uncredited)
Marvin Walowitz ... sound effects editor (uncredited)
James D. Young ... assistant sound editor (uncredited)

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Zeus Ianiro ... (segment "The Creation") sun effects-special projector
Augie Lohman ... (segment "The Creation") special effects
Carlo De Marchis ... special effects assistant (uncredited)
Carlo Rambaldi ... special effects (uncredited)

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Linwood G. Dunn ... special optical effects: Film Effects of Hollywood (as Linwood Dunn)

Stunts

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Virgilio Ponti ... stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Giuseppe Di Biase ... first assistant camera (as Pino Di Biase)
Giuseppe Maccari ... camera operator
Franco Nero ... still photographer
Vladimiro Salvatori ... grip
Piero Servo ... assistant camera
Cristo Verrillo ... electrician
Donald C. Rogers ... photographer: second unit (uncredited)

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Franco Ferrara ... conducted by: Orchestra Cinefonica Italiana, Chorus Carapellucci
Gilbert D. Marchant ... music editor (as Gilbert Marchant)
Murray Spivack ... music recorded by
Goffredo Petrassi ... musical advisor (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Yvonne Axworthy ... script girl

Additional Crew

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Romano Dandi ... production assistant
Dino De Laurentiis ... presents
Katherine Dunham ... (segment "The Creation") choreography
Salvatore Garofalo ... consultant (as Mons. Salvatore Garofalo)
Gladys Hill ... associate to: John Huston
Angelo Lombardi ... zoological consultant
W.M. Merchant ... consultant (as Professor the Rev. W.M. Merchant)
Giorgio Morra ... production assistant
Ralph B. Serpe ... assistant to producer (as Ralph Serpe)
Fred Sidewater ... assistant to producer (uncredited)
Emilio Villa ... historical advisor (uncredited)

Thanks

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Mirko Basaldella ... acknowledgment: Dino De Laurentiis and John Huston wish to thank the following artists for their co-operation (as Mirko)
Corrado Cagli ... acknowledgment: Dino De Laurentiis and John Huston wish to thank the following artists for their co-operation
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Plot Summary

An elaborate Hollywood retelling of the Bible stories narrated by the film's director John Huston. We open with the Creation of the World and arrive at the Garden of Eden with our first ancestral parents and continue on to Cain murdering his younger brother Abel. Next, we visit Noah and his ark with its spectacular flood sequence. Then we come to the story of Nimrod, King of Babel, the emergence of man's vanity and the heights to which it could aspire if unchecked. Finally we cover Abraham, a mystic who spoke personally with God, a leader of men, a builder of nations, a pioneer and a warrior and Sarah. At the time she conceived her first child, the event being forecast by an Angel of the Lord. Three such Heavenly Messengers appeared in the course of events which befell Abraham and Sarah. Written by Anonymous

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Also Known As
  • La Bibbia (Italy)
  • The Bible (United States)
  • The Bible: ...In the Beginning (United States)
  • The Bible: In the Beginning... (India, English title)
  • The Bible (Canada, English title)
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  • 174 min
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Budget $18,000,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia John Huston was a self-professed atheist. See more »
Goofs At the end of an early dialog between Sarah and her handmaid, Hagar stands up and turns around, heading for the door. A modern zipper is visible on the back of her tight dress. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Catalogue of Ships (2008). See more »
Quotes Cain: Am I my brother's keeper?
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