Joseph (1995) (TV)

Director:

Roger Young

Writers (WGA):

James Carrington (earlier teleplay)
Lionel Chetwynd (teleplay)

Release Date:

16 April 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama

Plot:

The Biblical story of Joseph, who was sold to slavery by his brothers who were jealous of his prophetic...

Plot Keywords:

Flogging | Faith | Egypt | Bare Butt | Tribes

Awards:

Won Primetime Emmy. Another 5 nominations

Cast

Ben Kingsley	...	Potiphar
Paul Mercurio	...	Joseph
Martin Landau	...	Jacob
Lesley Ann Warren	...	Potiphar's Wife
Alice Krige	...	Rachel
Dominique Sanda	...	Leah
Warren Clarke	...	Ednan
Monica Bellucci	...	Pharaoh's Wife
Stefano Dionisi	...	Pharaoh
Valeria Cavalli	...	Asenath
Kelly Miller	...	Tamar
Gloria Carlin	...	Bilah
Michael Angelis	...	Reuben
Vincenzo Nicoli	...	Simeon
Colin Bruce	...	Levi
Michael Attwell	...	Judah (as Mike Attwell)
Davide Cincis	...	Dan
Rodolfo Corsato	...	Naphtali
Pete Lee-Wilson	...	Gad
Selva Rasalingam	...	Asher (as Sylvestre Tobias)
Diego Wallraff	...	Issacar
Michael Zimmermann	...	Zebulon
Jamie Glover	...	Benjamin
Rinaldo Rocco	...	Young Joseph
Timur Yusef	...	Little Joseph
Paloma Baeza	...	Dinah
Brett Warren	...	Little Benjamin
Anna Mazzotti	...	Zilpah
Andrew Clover	...	Shechem
Arthur Brauss	...	Hamor
Eric P. Caspar	...	Bera
Anton Alexander	...	Hirah
Milton Johns	...	Vintner
Renato Scarpa	...	Baker
Peter Eyre	...	Vizir
Timothy Bateson	...	Priest
Nadim Sawalha	...	Ishmaelite
Josh Maguire	...	Manasseh
Gabriel Thomson	...	Ephraim
Oliver Cotton	...	Architect
Anna Zapparoli	...	Mistress

Directed by
Roger Young

Writing credits (WGA)
James Carrington		(earlier teleplay)
Lionel Chetwynd		(teleplay)

Produced by
Luca Bernabei	....	co-producer
Laura Fattori	....	line producer
Sabatino Gargano	....	producer: RAI
Heinrich Krauss	....	producer: Beta
Lorenzo Minoli	....	producer
Gerald Rafshoon	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Marco Frisina
Ennio Morricone

Cinematography by
Raffaele Mertes

Film Editing by
Benjamin A. Weissman

Casting by
Cornelia von Braun
Jeremy Zimmerman

Production Design by
Paolo Biagetti
Enrico Sabbatini

Costume Design by
Enrico Sabbatini

Makeup Department
Federico Laurenti	....	makeup artist
Elda Magnanti	....	key hair stylist
Mario Michisanti	....	key makeup artist
Maurizio Silvi	....	makeup artist
Mauro Tamagnini	....	hair stylist
Gianna Viola	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Fabiomassimo Dell'Orco	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Fabrizio Sergenti Castellani	....	first assistant director
Simone Frattari	....	second assistant director
Zinedine Ibnou Jabal	....	second assistant director
Simona Sciannimanico	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Fabio Carussi	....	construction team
Marco Davoli	....	construction team
Barnaba Pagliarini	....	upholsterer
Giancarlo Sensidoni	....	painter
Titus Vossberg	....	set dresser

Sound Department
John K. Adams	....	sound editor (as John Adams)
Bernard Bats	....	sound mixer
Bill Bell	....	sound editor
Beau Biggart	....	adr mixer
Gary Bolger	....	sound re-recording mixer
Pierre-Yves Bruneel	....	boom operator
Tim Chilton	....	foley artist
Bob Costanza	....	sound effects editor
Rick Crampton	....	sound editor
Mike Dickeson	....	sound editor
Don Digirolamo	....	sound re-recording mixer
Brendan Donnison	....	looping coordinator
David C. Eichhorn	....	sound editor (as Dave Eichhorn)
Tommy Goodwin	....	foley mixer
G. Michael Graham	....	sound editor
Anton Holden	....	sound editor
Kristi Johns	....	adr editor
Gary Macheel	....	sound editor
Joseph Melody	....	supervising sound editor (as Joseph A. Melody)
Franco Patrignani	....	sound engineer
Jill Schachne	....	foley artist
Mark Steele	....	sound editor
Richard S. Steele	....	sound editor (as Rick Steele)
Larry Stensvold	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tim Terusa	....	sound editor
Rusty Tinsley	....	sound editor
Darren Wright	....	sound editor

Special Effects by
Renato Agostini	....	special effects
Claudio Quaglietti	....	special effects

Stunts
Gérard Lesage	....	stunts
Cedric Proust	....	stunts
Joel Proust	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Armando Barberi	....	second assistant camera
Roberto Biciocchi	....	still photographer
Daniele Cafolla	....	electrician
Fabio Capozzi	....	electrician
Giovanni Galasso	....	gaffer
Massimo Lombardi	....	key grip
Luca Luparini	....	camera operator
Marco Mazzoneschi	....	second assistant camera
Marcello Montarsi	....	camera operator
Giancarlo Moreschia	....	grip
Charles Rafshoon	....	still photographer
Camillo Sabatini	....	assistant camera

Casting Department
Shaila Rubin	....	casting: Italy
Cornelia von Braun	....	casting: Germany
Dirk K. van den Berg	....	casting assistant: Italy (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Roberto Amidei	....	wardrobe
Elias Eljiadue Castilla	....	wardrobe
Antonia Chimera	....	wardrobe
Augusto Grassi	....	wardrobe
Giampaolo Grassi	....	wardrobe
Simonetta Leoncini	....	assistant costume designer
Claudio Manzi	....	key set costumer
Olga Pagnotta	....	wardrobe
Maurizio Torti	....	assistant costume designer
Giovanni Viti	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Giancarlo Barberi	....	color timer
Scott Klein	....	master colorist
Ruben R. Munoz	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Fabrizio Barchi	....	chorus master
Felice E. Raffaele Clemente	....	musician: panpipes
Enrico DeMelis	....	general music organization
Paola Gigli	....	assistant music editor
Giorgio Malteoli	....	musician: flute
Marco Maur	....	musician: trumpet
Carla Simoncelli	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Luigi Buldrini	....	driver
Marco Quintili	....	driver
Giuliano Troiano	....	driver

Other crew
Cecilia Alvarenga	....	production coordinator
Damian Anderson	....	production assistant
Damian Anderson	....	production runner
Milena Bono	....	production secretary
Jean-Paul Cauvin	....	publicist
Vito Colazzo	....	location manager
Valter De Filippis	....	gennyman
Antongiulio Dell'Orco	....	production runner
Riccardo Di Segni	....	historical & biblical advisor
Susu Erca	....	assistant to executive producer
Marco Frisina	....	historical & biblical advisor
Daniele Garonne	....	historical & biblical advisor
Augusto Grassi	....	jeweler
Augusto Grassi	....	leather master
Giampaolo Grassi	....	leather worker
Hind Hanif	....	production secretary
Russell Kagan	....	lube consultant
Heinrich Krauss	....	historical & biblical advisor
Vincenzo Labella	....	historical & biblical advisor
Francesco Maria Nappi	....	historical & biblical advisor
Franco Penna	....	production accountant
Roberto Penna	....	production auditor
Carla Maria Perrina	....	payroll clerk
Victoria Pistoia	....	assistant: Mr. Rafshoon
Germinal Rangel	....	assistant: Mr. Kingsley
Francesca Roberti	....	script supervisor
Neil Robinson	....	dialogue coach
Catherine Smith	....	production secretary
Alberto Soggin	....	historical & biblical advisor

Production Companies

• Beta Film
• Five Mile River Films
• Lube Productions
• Lux Vide
• Turner Pictures (I)

Distributors

• Flashstar Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) (2006) (USA) (TV)

Other Companies

• Accademia Polifonia Di Roma  chorus
• Achouba Productions  servicing company
• Alitalia  special thanks
• Broking Italia  insurance
• Buena Vista Sound  sound recording
• Echo Film Services Inc.  sound editing
• Fonima Studio  music recorded at
• Gioielli L.A.B.A. Roma  jewelry
• LVR  telecinema
• Orchestra dell'Unione Musicisti di Roma (U.M.R.)  title music
• Panalight  grip and lighting equipment
• Rocchetti e Carboni  wigs
• Royal Air Maroc  special thanks
• Symphonic Orchestra and Chorus of Rome  music performed by
• Technicolor SIA & Rue  film laboratory
• Technovision  camera equipment provided by
• Trasporti Cinematografici Tranquilli (TCT)  transportation

Also Known As:

Bibel: Josef, Die (Germany)
Joseph in Egypt (UK)
The Bible: Joseph

Runtime:

Germany:178 min (miniseries version) | USA:185 min (miniseries version)

Country:

Italy | USA | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M | Germany:6

Filming Locations:

Morocco

Company:

Beta Film

Quotes:

Potiphar: You had better prostrate quickly.
Joseph: You know I cannot.
Pharaoh: [furious] You what?
Joseph: Clearly the Pharaoh is greatness itself but my faith decrees that I can only kneel before God - even on pain of death.
Pharaoh: [laughs] Come forward. Take heed, magicians. Whatever happens, I know this man won't lie to me.

Movie Connections:

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I was deeply touched by this film

I happened to catch the TV movie Joseph a few weeks ago. Didn't see the beginning but it captured my attention immediately. I am a senior and usually 'fade' around 10 PM, but this movie had me alert and involved until over at 11 or midnight! The realism, the scenery, the accuracy; it was great! Martin Landau was the best I have ever seen him as the Patriarch Father. I absolutely LOVED the Pharaoh portrayed by Stephen Landisi. He was perfect. But Paul Mercurio gets 10 stars in this role. He was superb!!! Throughout he portrays the slave role with quiet dignity; his faith and belief in God absolutely marvelous, convincing, pure. The scene where he reveals himself as Joseph, not as second in command of all Egypt, to his brothers tearfully, poignantly is one of the best acting scenes I have seen in years. How refreshing the movie was, so revealing of human frailties, evil; so full of compassion, forgiveness. Mr. Mercurio has emotional depths there to hopefully portray many powerfully moving roles in the future. Bravo! THE BEST movie I've seen in years. I bought it and have since viewed it three times. My two sons loved it, my sister (a savvy New York theater goer) loved it, and now my future daughter- in-law is to see it with son who wants to see it a second time. It moved me deeply. Mercurio is wonderful. Isn't this the epitome of great film? To bring history alive?To touch hearts and lift the spirit?