Abraham (film)

Abraham
Directed by	Joseph Sargent
Produced by	Laura Fattori; Lorenzo Minoli
Written by	Robert McKee
Starring	Richard Harris; Barbara Hershey; Maximilian Schell; Vittorio Gassman
Music by	Marco Frisina; Ennio Morricone
Cinematography	Raffaele Mertes
Edited by	Michael Brown
Distributed by	TNT
Release date	April 3, 1994 (US)
Language	English

Abraham is a 1994 television movie produced by Five Mile River Films based on the life of the Biblical patriarch Abraham. It was shot in Ouarzazate, Morocco.

Plot

Abram lives in Harran, a rich city. His wife Sarah (Barbara Hershey) is childless, and their only heir is Eliezer of Damascus. One day he hears the voice of God, who says that he must leave Haran and travel to an unknown land. God promises to make a great nation from him and renames him Abraham. The pattern for the plot is the Genesis chapters 11-25.

Cast

Richard Harris as Abraham
Barbara Hershey as Sarah
Maximilian Schell as Pharaoh
Vittorio Gassman as Terah
Carolina Rosi as Hagar
Andrea Prodan as Lot
Gottfried John as Eliezer
Kevin McNally as Nahor
Simona Ferraro Chartoff as Lot's Wife
Tom Radcliffe as Serug
Jude Alderson as Mikah
Evelina Meghangi as Reumah
Danny Mertsoy as Ishmael (age 9)
Giuseppe Peluso as Ishmael (age 16)
Timur Yusef as Isaac (age 5)
Taylor Scipio as Isaac (age 11)

Crew

Written By: Robert McKee
Director of Photography: Raffaele Mertes, A.I.C.
Music Advisor: Ennio Morricone
Music By: Marco Frisina
Make-Up By: Mario Michisanti & Luigi Rocchetti
Casting By: Davis & Zimmerman, London & Shaila Rubin, Rome
Production Designers: Enrico Sabbatini & Paolo Biagetti
Costume Designer: Enrico Sabbatini
Film Editor: Michael Brown
Production Manager: Laura Fattori
Produced By: Lorenzo Minoli
Executive Producer: Gerald Rafshoon
Directed By: Joseph Sargent

References

TV REVIEW `Abraham' on TNT-Gritty but Appealing. Los Angeles Times, April 2, 1994
TV Weekend; A Biblical Patriarch For a Time of Worship. The New York Times, April 1, 1994

External links

Abraham on IMDb

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