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** The novelization identifies Moses as being Mernefta's elder by ten years. There was a twenty-two year age gap between Burt Lancaster and Laurent Tezieff respectively.
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Burt Lancaster had no position in the miniseries to influence the casting, therefore it can't be nepotism.


* {{Nepotism}}: Burt Lancaster's son William portrays Moses as a young man at the time of his exile from Egypt.

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* {{Nepotism}}: RealLifeRelative: Burt Lancaster's son William portrays Moses as a young man at the time of his exile from Egypt.

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* CaliforniaDoubling: Although the Promised Land was shot in Israel, Rome and Morocco stood in for Egypt.

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* CaliforniaDoubling: Although the Promised Land was and desert scenes were shot in Israel, Rome and Morocco stood in for Egypt.



* FakeNationality:
** As the Israelite sibling trio of Moses, Aaron, and Miriam: American Burt Lancaster, Briton Anthony Quayle, and Swede Ingrid Thulin.
** French Laurent Terrizef (Mernefta) and Jacques Herlin (the Court Magician) as Egyptians.
** Greek Irene Papas as the Midian Zipporah.
** Italians Mariangeta Melato (Bithia), Mario Ferrari (Pharaoh), Umbreto Raho (a Royal minister), and Jose Quaglio (a Royal minister) as Egyptians.



* {{Nepotism}}: Burt Lancaster's son William portrays Moses from the time of his exile from Egypt.

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* {{Nepotism}}: Burt Lancaster's son William portrays Moses from the time of his exile from Egypt.

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* {{Nepotism}}: Burt Lancaster's son William portrays Moses from the time of his exile from Egypt.Egypt.
* ReCut: There are three versions:
** The Italian Broadcast, Six-hours-and-half divided in Seven Episodes.
** The English Broadcast, Five-hours divided in Six Episodes.
** The CompilationMovie released in Theaters, Two-hours-and-half.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: Although the Promised Land was shot on Location, most of the Series had Rome and Morocco stand in for Egypt.

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* CaliforniaDoubling: Although the Promised Land was shot on Location, most of the Series had in Israel, Rome and Morocco stand stood in for Egypt.
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* CompilationMovie: The MiniSeries was cut and edited into a two-hour-and-half movie that was released in theaters under the title ‘’Moses’’.



** Zigzagged for Merneptah. The Series portrays him as a young man on becoming Pharoah (historically he was in his Sixties). Laurent Terrizef was Thirty-Nine.

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** Zigzagged for Merneptah.Mernefta. The Series portrays him as a young man on becoming Pharoah (historically he was in his Sixties). Laurent Terrizef was Thirty-Nine.
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** Unlike Moses, who has a younger actor to play him as a Youth, Miriam and Aaron are played from their first adult appearance by Ingrid Thulin (about Fifty-six) and Anthony Quayle (About Sixty).

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** Unlike Moses, who has a younger actor to play him as a Youth, Miriam and Aaron are played from their first adult appearance by Ingrid Thulin (about Fifty-six) Fifty-Five) and Anthony Quayle (About Sixty).(Sixty).

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CaliforniaDoubling: Although the Promised Land was shot on Location, most of the Series had Rome and Morocco stand in for Egypt.

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* CaliforniaDoubling: Although the Promised Land was shot on Location, most of the Series had Rome and Morocco stand in for Egypt.
* DawsonCasting:
** The Series implies that a 20-year TimeSkip occurred between Moses settling down at Jethro's Tent and the Burning Bush, which could put the adult Moses as being in his late thirties or forties. Burt Lancaster was about Sixty during filming.
** Unlike Moses, who has a younger actor to play him as a Youth, Miriam and Aaron are played from their first adult appearance by Ingrid Thulin (about Fifty-six) and Anthony Quayle (About Sixty).
** Zigzagged for Merneptah. The Series portrays him as a young man on becoming Pharoah (historically he was in his Sixties). Laurent Terrizef was Thirty-Nine.
* LoopingLines: Many of the Italian and Morocco extras were dubbed. Several of the principals as well.
* {{Nepotism}}: Burt Lancaster's son William portrays Moses from the time of his exile from
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