Film · Drama, History

The Life of Moses (1909)

Released in five parts (The Persecution of the Children of Israel by the Egyptians, Forty Years in the Land of Midian, The Plagues of Egypt and the Deliverance of the Hebrews, The Victory of Israel, The Promised Land), 4 December 1909 to 19 February 1910. A Vitagraph advertisement in the Moving Picture World (31 Dec. 1909) refers to The Life of Moses as a "Biblical Film-de-Luxe". It is preserved in the Library of Congress collection.

Director

J. Stuart Blackton

Writers

Madison C. Peters, Rollin S. Sturgeon

Country

United States

Language

English

Release date

December 4, 1909