Jacob (film)
Appearance
Jacob | |
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Directed by | Peter Hall |
Starring | Matthew Modine Lara Flynn Boyle Sean Bean Giancarlo Giannini |
Music by | Ennio Morricone |
Distributed by | TNT |
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Jacob is a 1994 German/Italian/American television movie by Five Mile River Films, based on the novel Giacobbe[1] by Francesco Maria Nappi, which is in turn based on a biblical account from the Book of Genesis about Jacob.
Plot
[edit]Jacob defrauds his twin brother Esau and flees. In Haran he gets to know his cousin Rachel, and falls in love with her. Years of hard work later he marries Rachel and reconciles with his brother Esau.
Cast
[edit]- Matthew Modine – Jacob
- Lara Flynn Boyle – Rachel
- Sean Bean – Esau
- Joss Ackland – Isaac
- Juliet Aubrey – Leah
- Irene Papas – Rebeccah
- Giancarlo Giannini – Laban
- Christoph Waltz – Morash
- Christoph M. Ohrt – Beor
- Philip Locke – Diviner
- Daniel Newman – Reuben
- Cecilia Dazzi – Bilhah
- Yvonne Sció – Judith
Production
[edit]The movie was shot in Ouarzazate, Morocco. Director Peter Hall's daughter, Emma, played the child Joseph.
The Crew
[edit]- Directed by: Peter Hall
- Teleplay by: Lionel Chetwynd
- based on the novel by: Francesco Maria Nappi
- Produced by: Lorenzo Minoli and Gerald Rafshoon
- Music by: Marco Frisina and Ennio Morricone
- Director of Photography: Ennio Guarnieri
- Film Editor: Bill Blunden
- Costumes by: Enrico Sabbatini
See also
[edit]- TNT network's Bible Collection
References
[edit]- ^ Nappi, Francesco M. Giacobbe. ASIN 8839603816.
External links
[edit]Categories:
- 1994 films
- American television films
- Films based on the Book of Genesis
- Films based on Italian novels
- Cultural depictions of Jacob
- Films set in Turkey
- Films about Christianity
- Bible Collection
- Fiction about polygamy
- Cultural depictions of Isaac
- Films based on adaptations
- Films shot in Ouarzazate
- Christianity stubs
- Religious film stubs