The Prince of Egypt

The Prince of Egypt is a 1998 American animated epic musical biblical film and the first traditionally animated film produced and released by DreamWorks Pictures. The film is an adaptation of the Book of Exodus and follows the life of Moses from being a prince of Egypt to his ultimate destiny to lead the children of Israel out of Egypt. The film was directed by Brenda Chapman, Simon Wells and Steve Hickner. The film featured songs written by Stephen Schwartz and a score composed by Hans Zimmer. The voice cast featured a number of major Hollywood actors in the speaking roles, while professional singers replaced them for the songs, except for Michelle Pfeiffer, Ralph Fiennes, Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Ofra Haza who also sang her characters number, Deliver Us, in seventeen other languages for the films dubbing, who sang their own parts.

In Ancient Egypt, Yocheved Ofra Haza, a Hebrew mother, and her two children, Miriam and Aaron, watch as newborn Hebrew boys are taken and ruthlessly killed as ordered by Pharaoh Seti I Patrick Stewart, who fears that an alarming increase in Hebrew slaves could lead to rebellion. Fearing for her own newborn sons safety, Yocheved places him in a basket afloat on the Nile River. Miriam follows the basket to the Pharaohs palace and witnesses her baby brother safely adopted by Queen Tuya Helen Mirren, who names him Moses.Years later, Moses Val Kilmer and his brother Rameses II Ralph Fiennes are scolded by their father for accidentally destroying a temple during one of their youthful misadventures, though Moses tries to take the blame. That evening at a palace banquet, Seti, who wants to give Rameses the opportunity to prove that he is responsible, names him Prince Regent and gives him authority over Egypts temples. As a tribute, the high priests Hotep Steve Martin and Huy Martin Short offer him the captive Tzipporah Michelle Pfeiffer, and Rameses gives her to Moses. Rameses then appoints him Royal Chief Architect. ........

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