Genesis: The Creation and the Flood

1994 [ITALIAN]

Action / Adventure / Drama / Fantasy / History

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 20%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 20%
IMDb Rating 5.5/10 10 870 870

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Plot summary

An all-enveloping darkness. Suddenly, a child's voice, frightened, questioning, pierces the darkness... The first flickering rays of light begin to sculpt mysterious shapes out of the darkness... Among them, a very old man. He reassures the child, exhorting him to see the wonders of the earth. And it is with this child's eyes that we will witness the creation of the world.

Director

Ermanno Olmi Photo
Ermanno Olmi

Top cast

Paul Scofield Photo
Paul Scofield as (voice)
Omero Antonutti Photo
Omero Antonutti as Noah
Annabi Abdelialil Photo
Annabi Abdelialil as Cain
Sabir Aziz Photo
Sabir Aziz as Adam
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891.15 MB
1280*714
Italian 2.0
NR
Subtitles pt  
23.976 fps
1 hr 36 min
Seeds 2
853.09 MB
1280*714
Italian 2.0
NR
Subtitles pt  
25 fps
1 hr 32 min
Seeds ...
1.79 GB
1920*1072
Italian 5.1
NR
Subtitles pt  
23.976 fps
1 hr 36 min
Seeds 3
1.55 GB
1920*1072
Italian 2.0
NR
Subtitles pt  
25 fps
1 hr 32 min
Seeds 1

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by joshualieder 6 / 10

Part of a DVD Pack - soothing

A paraphrase of the earliest parts of the Bible from the Creation to the Flood. Filmed in Morocco in 1994 and narrated in a very subtle fashion by the distinguished Paul Scofield (who does not appear on camera), the movie reminded me of a relaxing water fountain in which the sound of bubbling water captivates. It's simple in tone.I only wish I knew what the woman was singing in the background throughout many of its scenes. The film ends on a note implying God holds mankind accountable for human life.Hard to fault a film with that message!
Reviewed by Bunuel1976 4 / 10

Genesis - The Creation And The Flood (Ermanno Olmi, 1994) **

My father rented "The Bible Collection" DVDs over the Easter period, but I was interested in watching only two of these and that was only because of who directed them - this one by Italian film-maker Olmi and the already-reviewed SAMSON AND DELILAH (1996) by Nicolas Roeg.Of course, as Roeg's film obviously elicited largely unfavorable comparisons to Cecil B. De Mille's 1949 spectacular, so too does this one to John Huston's notorious 1966 biblical flop. Still, much as that film proved a disappointment, its undeniable grandeur is vastly preferable to the ordinariness and quasi-documentary style of Olmi's effort (the star cast Huston assembled certainly didn't hurt - whereas here only Italian actor Omero Antonutti is recognizable at all, as the rest of the cast is comprised of non-professional Moroccans)!To be fair to Olmi, he handles the events with some imagination - as they're presented in the form of campfire tales narrated by nomad Antonutti (who also takes on the role of Noah) to his people - and the images (accentuated by Ennio Morricone's wistful score) are often poetic...but the over-familiarity of it all and the distinct lack of excitement displayed throughout results in sheer dullness! Thankfully, the film is only around an hour and a half in length - whereas most of the other titles in "The Bible Collection" ran for something like twice that running-time (as does, after all, John Huston's THE BIBLE - IN THE BEGINNING itself). One other asset to the film, at least in its English-dubbed version I watched, is the melodious voice of Paul Scofield (who dubs Antonutti throughout).
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