The Ancient Egypt Film Site

Production info

The Life of Moses
USA, 1909
Patrick Hartigan, William Humphrey, Charles Kent
Directed by J. Stuart Blackton

Silent biblical serial by Vitagraph. According to IMDb shown in four successive parts: The Persecution of the Children of Israel by the Egyptians (1909), Forty Years in the Land of Midian (1909), The Plagues of Egypt and the Deliverance of the Hebrews (1909) and The Victory of Israel (1909). After its serial run, it was later shown as a feature, which makes this the oldest surviving American feature. (source: IMDb)

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