Top cast:Francis Ford,Ethel Grandin,E.H. Allen
Director:Robert Lorenz
Genre:History
Region:Egypt
Year:2008
Storyline:A distinguished gentleman, presumably ""Lester Townsend"", enters [the man is actually Philip Vandamm (James Mason), a foreign spy dealing in American secrets who has briefly taken over the home of Townsend, a UN diplomat]....This is the first time we""ve ever really started out together as lovers?...I love you more han ever now that I""ve got time for it."Dressed awkwardly for dinner the first night in a formal uxedo while waiting for his wife at the ship""s bar, suave, debonair playboy Capt.Although he film tauted that it had made tremendous efforts to maintain historical accuracy, many viewed the film""s veracity as somewhat dubious, for example:the fact that the Hebrews were enslaved in Egypt during the period of pyramid-building has not been substantiated by archaeological evidence; both Sethi and Rameses II were not pyramid-buildersMoses"" romantic relationship with Nefretiri (who was never mentioned in the Bible) was dubiousan inaccurate claim was made by Moses that Pharaoh Sethi was victorious at Kadesh against the Amorites, although the battle was actually fought by Rameses II - against the Hittitesthe film created fictitious characters, such as Baka and Dathan, or characters with modified Biblical namesthe Parting of the Red Sea was not instantaneous - according to the Biblical account, a strong East Wind took all night to part the waters (Exodus 14:21)Other examples are found in the textual analysis below.Within sight of Ape City, Kolp ordered the total destruction of Ape City after their assault at sunrise: "I want it to look like that city we came from.The other nominations were: Best Picture, Best Actress (Claudette Colbert), Best Supporting Actor (Monty Woolley), Best Supporting Actress (Jennifer Jones), Best B/W Cinematography (Stanley Cortez and Lee Garmes), Best B/W Interior Decoration, Best Film Editing, and Best Special Effects.