The Story of Jacob and Joseph

*The Story of Jacob and Joseph*
The Story of Jacob and Joseph
Genre	Biblical Fiction
Based on	Book of Genesis
Written by	Ernest Kinoy
Directed by	Michael Cacoyannis
Starring	Keith Michell; Tony Lo Bianco; Colleen Dewhurst; Herschel Bernardi; Harry Andrews; Julian Glover
Narrated by	Alan Bates
Theme music composer	Mikis Theodorakis
Country of origin	United States
Original languages	English; Greek
Production
Producers	Mildred Freed Alberg; Rony Yacov
Cinematography	Ted Moore; Austin Dempster
Editor	Kevin Connor
Running time	110 minutes
Production companies	Mildred Theatrical Productions; Screen Gems
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	April 7, 1974

The Story of Jacob and Joseph is a 1974 American Biblical drama television film directed by Michael Cacoyannis, based on the Biblical Book of Genesis with a screenplay written by Ernest Kinoy. It stars Keith Michell as Jacob, Tony Lo Bianco as Joseph, Colleen Dewhurst as Rebekah, Herschel Bernardi as Laban, Harry Andrews as Isaac, and Julian Glover as Esau.

Filmed on location in Israel, The Story of Jacob and Joseph originally aired in the United States on the American Broadcasting Company on April 7, 1974. It was the fifth-highest viewed prime time program for the week.^[1] The Biblical narrative was continued two years later with The Story of David (1976), also produced for ABC-TV and involving many of the same cast and crew.

Plot summary

This film is the narrative of two Biblical patriarchs: Jacob (Israel) and the favorite among Jacob's 12 sons, Joseph. Part I, The Story of Jacob, details the story of Jacob fleeing his tribe after cheating his brother Esau out of his birthright, getting cheated himself in his exile years, and learning of the need to make amends. Part II, The Story of Joseph and his Brothers, is the story of Jacob's favourite son, Joseph. Betrayed and sold into slavery by his brothers, he meets and overcomes adversity to become the prime minister of Egypt, closest official to the Pharaoh himself.

Cast

Keith Michell as Jacob
Tony Lo Bianco as Joseph
Colleen Dewhurst as Rebekah
Herschel Bernardi as Laban
Harry Andrews as Isaac
Julian Glover as Esau
Yosef Shiloach as Pharaoh
Yossi Graber as Butler
Yona Elian as Rachel
Rachel Shore as Potiphar's Wife
Amnon Meskin as Baker
Bennes Mardenn as Potiphar (credited as Bennes Maarden)
Zila Carni as Leah (credited as Zila Karney)
Yehuda Efroni as Reuben
Shmuel Atzmon as Judah
Eli Cohen as Gad
Moti Baharav as Dan
Ilan Dar as Simeon
Menahem Einy as Benjamin
Alan Bates as Narrator

References

^ (16 April 1974). Oscar show leads ratings, Arizona Republic ("The ratings also showed religious programs don't always fare poorly with viewers. ABC's "The Story of Jacob and Joseph" special came in fifth out of 62 evening programs rated.")

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[ratings-1] (16 April 1974). Oscar show leads ratings, Arizona Republic ("The ratings also showed religious programs don't always fare poorly with viewers. ABC's "The Story of Jacob and Joseph" special came in fifth out of 62 evening programs rated.")

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