Movie · 1966
The Bible: In the Beginning...
“The unforgettable adventure of man from the creation!”
Released 28 September 1966 175 min Adventure / History / Drama More from 1966 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
Covering only the first 22 chapters of the Book of Genesis, vignettes include: Adam and Eve frolicking in the Garden of Eden until their indulgence in the forbidden fruit sees them driven out; Cain murdering his brother Abel; Noah building an ark to preserve the animals of the world from the coming flood; and Abraham making a covenant with God.
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How old were they?
John Huston
as Noah
Pupella Maggio
as Noah's wife
Giovanna Galletti
as Sinful Woman
Giovanni Di Benedetto
as Nimrod's Man (uncredited)
Ava Gardner
as Sarah
Robert Rietti
as Abraham's Steward
Gabriele Ferzetti
as Lot
Eleonora Rossi Drago
as Lot's wife
George C. Scott
as Abraham
Richard Harris
as Cain
Stephen Boyd
as Nimrod
Peter O'Toole
as The Three Angels
Ivan Rassimov
as Dignitary at Babylon (uncredited)
Anna Orso
as Shem's wife
Gabriella Pallotta
as Ham's wife
Michael Parks
as Adam
Adriana Ambesi
as Lot's daughter # 1
Franco Nero
as Abel
Alexandra Hay
as Extra (uncredited)
Ulla Bergryd
as Eve
Zoe Sallis
as Hagar
Peter Heinze
as Ham
Fred Coplan
as Abraham's Follower (uncredited)
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The numbers
41years between the oldest and youngest billed
60John Huston — oldest on the call sheet
19Alexandra Hay — youngest billed
37average age of the credited cast