The Bible: In the Beginning...

Synopsis

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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Cast

Michael Parks

Adam

Ulla Bergryd

Eve

Richard Harris

Cain

John Huston

Noah

Stephen Boyd

Nimrod

George C. Scott

Abraham

Ava Gardner

Sarah

Peter O'Toole

The Three Angels

Zoe Sallis

Hagar

Gabriele Ferzetti

Lot

Eleonora Rossi Drago

Lot's wife

Franco Nero

Abel

Pupella Maggio

Noah's wife

Robert Rietti

Abraham's Steward

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Peter Heinze

Ham

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Roger Beaumont

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Gianluigi Crescenzi

Maria Grazia Spina

Lot's daughter # 2

Angelo Boscariol

Shem

Claudie Lange

Nimrod's wife

Crew

Art

• Mario Chiari Art Direction
• Enzo Eusepi Set Decoration
• Enzo Eusepi Set Dresser
• Aldo Puccini Set Designer
• Italo Tomassi Painter
• Luciano Puccini Assistant Set Decoration
• Tani Property Master
• Mario Scisci Set Designer
• Pasquale Romano Assistant Art Director
• Stephen B. Grimes Assistant Art Director

Camera

• Giuseppe Rotunno Director of Photography
• Giuseppe Di Biase First Assistant Camera
• Franco Nero Still Photographer
• Donald C. Rogers Second Unit Director of Photography
• Piero Servo Assistant Camera
• Giuseppe Maccari Camera Operator
• Vladimiro Salvatori Grip

Costume & Make-Up

• Maria De Matteis Costume Design
• Alberto De Rossi Makeup Supervisor
• Elda Magnanti Hairdresser
• Sandro Melaranci Makeup Artist

Crew

• Linwood G. Dunn Special Effects
• Virgilio Ponti Stunts
• Carlo Rambaldi Special Effects
• Carlo De Marchis Special Effects Assistant
• Augie Lohman Special Effects
• Zeus Ianiro Special Effects
• Katherine Dunham Choreographer
• Orson Welles Additional Writing
• Mario Soldati Additional Writing
• Ennio Morricone Additional Music

Directing

• John Huston Director
• Ottavio Oppo Assistant Director
• Vana Caruso Assistant Director
• Ernst Haas Second Unit Director
• Gladys Hill Assistant Director Trainee

Editing

• Ralph Kemplen Editor
• Eunice Mountjoy Assistant Editor
• Alberto Gallitti Additional Editing

Lighting

• Cristo Verrillo Electrician

Production

• Dino De Laurentiis Producer
• Guidarino Guidi Casting
• Piero De Luca Production Manager
• Fred Sidewater Producer's Assistant
• Ralph B. Serpe Producer's Assistant
• Giorgio Morra Production Assistant
• Salvatore Garofalo Consulting Producer
• W.M. Merchant Consulting Producer
• Angelo Lombardi Consulting Producer
• Luigi Luraschi Associate Producer
• Bruno Todini Production Manager

Sound

• Murray Spivack Recording Supervision
• Franco Ferrara Conductor
• Gilbert D. Marchant Music Editor
• Goffredo Petrassi Music Consultant
• Basil Fenton-Smith Sound Recordist
• Leslie Hodgson Sound Editor
• Fred Hynes Recording Supervision
• John Blunk Sound Effects Editor
• Wayne Fury Sound Effects Editor
• Marvin Walowitz Sound Effects Editor
• James D. Young Assistant Sound Editor
• Toshirō Mayuzumi Original Music Composer

Writing

• Yvonne Axeworthy Script Editor
• Christopher Fry Screenplay
• Jonathan Griffin Writers' Assistant
• Ivo Perilli Writers' Assistant
• Vittorio Bonicelli Writers' Assistant
• Orson Welles Scenario Writer

Photos