Abraham (1993 film)

Abraham
Genre	Adventure Biography Drama
Written by	Robert McKee
Directed by	Joseph Sargent
Starring	Richard Harris Barbara Hershey Maximilian Schell Vittorio Gassman
Music by	Marco Frisina Ennio Morricone
Original language	English
No. of episodes	2
Production
Producers	Laura Fattori Lorenzo Minoli
Production location	Ouarzazate, Morocco
Cinematography	Raffaele Mertes
Editor	Michael Brown
Running time	184 minutes
Original release
Network	TNT
Release	December 12 (1993-12-12) – December 13, 1993 (1993-12-13)

Abraham is a 1993 television miniseries based on the life of the Biblical patriarch Abraham produced by Five Mile River Films. It was shot in Ouarzazate, Morocco. Directed by Joseph Sargent, it stars Richard Harris as Abraham, Barbara Hershey as Sarah, Maximilian Schell as Pharaoh and Vittorio Gassman as Terah. The film is the first in the Bible Collection series by TNT.

Plot

Abram lives in Harran, a rich city. His wife Sarai is childless, and their only heir is Eliezer of Damascus. One day, Abraham hears the voice of God, who says that he must leave Harran and travel to an unknown land. God promises to make a great nation from him and renames him Abraham and his wife Sarai as Sarah. 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
  • Aziz Khaldoun as Young Serug
• Jude Alderson as Mikah
• Evelina Meghangi as Reumah
• Giuseppe Peluso as Ishmael (age 16)
  • Danny Mertsoy as Ishmael (age 9)
• Taylor Scipio as Isaac (age 11)
  • Timur Yusef as Isaac (age 5)

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 at IMDb