Abraham (1993 film)

*Abraham*
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 –; December 13, 1993

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