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Abraham (1993 film)

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'Abraham' is a 1993 television film 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, Barbara Hershey, Maximilian Schell, and Vittorio Gassman.

Plot



Abram lives in Harran, a rich city. His wife Sarai (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 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 1125.

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, son of Terah

* Simona Ferraro Chartoff as Lot's wife

* Aziz Khaldoun as young Serug

* Tom Radcliffe as adult 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)

References



*[https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/59341650.html?dids=59341650:59341650&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Apr+02%2C+1994&author=RAY+LOYND&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=TV+REVIEW+%60Abraham'+on+TNT-Gritty+but+Appealing&pqatl=google 'TV REVIEW `Abraham' on TNT-Gritty but Appealing.'] Los Angeles Times, April 2, 1994

*[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F04E1D6153FF932A35757C0A962958260&n=Top%2FReference%2FTimes%20Topics%2FSubjects%2FT%2FTelevision 'TV Weekend; A Biblical Patriarch For a Time of Worship.'] 'The New York Times', April 1, 1994


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