Covering only the first 22 chapters of the Book of Genesis, vignettes include: Adam and Eve frolicking in the Garden of Eden until their indulgence in the forbidden fruit sees them driven out; Cain murdering his brother Abel; Noah building an ark to preserve the animals of the world from the coming flood; and Abraham making a covenant with God.
Cast
Michael Parks
Adam
Ulla Bergryd
Eve
Richard Harris
Cain
John Huston
Noah
Stephen Boyd
Nimrod
George C. Scott
Abraham
Ava Gardner
Sarah
Peter O'Toole
The Three Angels
Zoe Sallis
Hagar
Gabriele Ferzetti
Lot
Eleonora Rossi Drago
Lot's wife
Franco Nero
Abel
Pupella Maggio
Noah's wife
Robert Rietti
Abraham's Steward
Peter Heinze
Ham
Roger Beaumont
Unknown
Gianluigi Crescenzi
Unknown
Maria Grazia Spina
Lot's daughter # 2
Angelo Boscariol
Shem
Claudie Lange
Nimrod's wife
Anna Orso
Shem's wife
Adriana Ambesi
Lot's daughter # 1
Eric Leutzinger
Japhet
Michael Steinpichler
Unknown
Gabriella Pallotta
Ham's wife
Alberto Lucantoni
Isaac
Rossana Di Rocco
Japhet's wife
Luciano Conversi
Ismael
Giovanna Galletti
Sinful Woman
Lars Bloch
Archangel (uncredited)
Flavio Bennati
Serpent (uncredited)
Salvatore Billa
Abraham's Follower (uncredited)
Giovanni Di Benedetto
Nimrod's Man (uncredited)
Ivan Rassimov
Dignitary at Babylon (uncredited)
Romano Moraschini
Sinful Man (uncredited)
Veriano Ginesi
Sinful Man (uncredited)
Alberigo Donadeo
Sinful Man (uncredited)
Amerigo Santarelli
Sinful Man (uncredited)
Mimmo Poli
Sodomite (uncredited)
Fred Coplan
Abraham's Follower (uncredited)
Peter Sallis
Minor Role (uncredited)
Alexandra Hay
Extra (uncredited)
Crew
John Huston
Director
Orson Welles
Scenario Writer, Additional Writing
Yvonne Axeworthy
Script Editor
Christopher Fry
Screenplay
Ralph Kemplen
Editor
Eunice Mountjoy
Assistant Editor
Alberto Gallitti
Additional Editing
Giuseppe Rotunno
Director of Photography
Vana Caruso
Assistant Director
Ottavio Oppo
Assistant Director
Dino De Laurentiis
Producer
Luigi Luraschi
Associate Producer
Fred Sidewater
Producer's Assistant
Ralph B. Serpe
Producer's Assistant
Giorgio Morra
Production Assistant
Giuseppe Maccari
Camera Operator
Piero Servo
Assistant Camera
Giuseppe Di Biase
First Assistant Camera
Guidarino Guidi
Casting
Maria De Matteis
Costume Design
Elda Magnanti
Hairdresser
Sandro Melaranci
Makeup Artist
Alberto De Rossi
Makeup Supervisor
Ernst Haas
Second Unit Director
Donald C. Rogers
Second Unit Director of Photography
Pasquale Romano
Assistant Art Director
Stephen B. Grimes
Assistant Art Director
John Blunk
Sound Effects Editor
Marvin Walowitz
Sound Effects Editor
Wayne Fury
Sound Effects Editor
Leslie Hodgson
Sound Editor
James D. Young
Assistant Sound Editor
Basil Fenton-Smith
Sound Recordist
Carlo Rambaldi
Special Effects
Augie Lohman
Special Effects
Zeus Ianiro
Special Effects
Linwood G. Dunn
Special Effects
Carlo De Marchis
Special Effects Assistant
Toshirō Mayuzumi
Original Music Composer
Goffredo Petrassi
Music Consultant
Ennio Morricone
Additional Music
Gilbert D. Marchant
Music Editor
Italo Tomassi
Painter
Enzo Eusepi
Set Decoration, Set Dresser
Luciano Puccini
Assistant Set Decoration
Mario Scisci
Set Designer
Aldo Puccini
Set Designer
Franco Nero
Still Photographer
Angelo Lombardi
Consulting Producer
Salvatore Garofalo
Consulting Producer
W.M. Merchant
Consulting Producer
Cristo Verrillo
Electrician
Virgilio Ponti
Stunts
Katherine Dunham
Choreographer
Tani
Property Master
Gladys Hill
Assistant Director Trainee
Mario Soldati
Additional Writing
Murray Spivack
Recording Supervision
Fred Hynes
Recording Supervision
Vladimiro Salvatori
Grip
Piero De Luca
Production Manager
Bruno Todini
Production Manager
Vittorio Bonicelli
Writers' Assistant
Ivo Perilli
Writers' Assistant
Jonathan Griffin
Writers' Assistant
Franco Ferrara
Conductor
Mario Chiari
Art Direction
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