Moses the Lawgiver
| Moses the Lawgiver | |
|---|---|
UK DVD cover | |
| 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 |
| Original release | |
| Network | Rai 1 (Italy) ITV (United Kingdom) CBS (United States) |
| Release | 21 June – 2 August 1975 |
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.