Genesis: The Creation and the Flood

Genesis: The Creation and the Flood
Omero Antonutti as Noah
Based on	Book of Genesis by unknown
Directed by	Ermanno Olmi
Starring	Annabi Abdelialil Omero Antonutti Sabir Aziz Haddou Zoubida B. Haddan Mohammed
Country of origin	Italy
Production
Running time	1hr 41min
Release
Original release	September 16, 1994 (1994-09-16) (Italy)

Genesis: The Creation and the Flood (also called Genesi: La creazione e il diluvio in Italy or The Bible: Genesis in Australia) is a 1994 television film shot in Morocco, directed by an Italian film director, renowned Ermanno Olmi.^[1] It is based on the Book of Genesis, first book of the Hebrew Bible, where creation of the world and Great Flood are described.^[2]

This film utilizes a cast of native Bedouins. Text of Genesis is read by a narrator, who at times appears as an elderly desert nomad telling the story to his extended Bedouin family.

Modern clips of warfare and destruction are used to illustrate some Old Testament pronouncements about the evils practiced by mankind.^[3] The script fairly accurately follows the first nine chapters of Genesis, with a few added portions, like excerpts from the Song of Songs, Leviticus 26, and Psalm 50.^[4]

Plot

The story begins with the creation of the world. This is told by an old desert shepherd, whose grandson is very young and curious.

Oldman also mentioned first couple of human beings, Adam and Eve, their sin and temptation by the snake, which led to their banishment from the Garden of Eden.

The story continues with the first crime committed by mankind: Adamʻs son Cain murdered his brother Abel.

Genealogy of Cain and genealogy of Seth are also given.

Mankindʻs corruption was great on the Earth. God felt regret for making humans, but there was a man called Noah.

All these events are told through the clear and simple words of an old nomad shepherd.

Cast

Annabi Abdelialil – Cain^[5]
Omero Antonutti – old man/Noah (voiced by Paul Scofield)
Sabir Aziz – Adam
Haddou Zoubida – Eve
B. Haddan Mohammed – Abel

Notes

↑ Ermanno Olmi by Charles Owens. Page 137.
↑ Gian Piero Brunetta: The History of Italian Cinema
↑ The Bible - Genesis
↑ Bible: Genesis: Product Details
↑ Annabi Abdelialil

External links

Genesi: La creazione e il diluvio at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Ermanno Olmi

Il Posto The Fiances A Man Named John The Tree of Wooden Clogs Walking, Walking The Legend of the Holy Drinker The Secret of the Old Woods Genesis: The Creation and the Flood The Profession of Arms Singing Behind Screens first section in Tickets One Hundred Nails The Cardboard Village Greenery Will Bloom Again

Noah's Ark media

Source	Genesis flood narrative in the Book of Genesis

Characters	Noah Shem Ham Japheth Wives aboard Noah's Ark

Television	Captain Noah and His Magical Ark (1967) Noah's Island (1997) Noah's Ark (1999) The Ark (2015)

Film	Noah's Ark (1928) Father Noah's Ark (1933) The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966) O Trapalhão na Arca de Noé (1983) La Biblia en pasta (1984) Genesis: The Creation and the Flood (1994) Noah (1998) Raining Cats and Frogs (2003) Noah's Ark (2007) Evan Almighty (2007) 40 Days and Nights (2012) Noah (2014) Ooops! Noah is Gone... (2015)

Stage	The Flowering Peach (1954 play) Two by Two (1970 musical)

Opera	Il diluvio universale (1830) Le Déluge (1875) Noé (1885) Noye's Fludde (1958)

Songs	Captain Noah and His Floating Zoo (1970) "The Prophet's Song" (1975) "Animals" (1980) "Forever Not Yours" (2002)

Games	Noah's Ark Noah's Ark (1992) Super 3D Noah's Ark (1994)

Literature	The Moon in the Cloud (1969) Noah's Ark (1977) Not Wanted on the Voyage (1984) Not the End of the World (2004)

Other cultures	Flood myth Sumerian creation myth Gilgamesh flood myth Ancient Greek flood myths Finnish flood myth Great Flood of China Mesoamerican flood myths Cessair Bergelmir Noah in Islam Noah in rabbinic literature

Science	Black Sea deluge hypothesis Flood geology Searches for Noah's Ark

Geography	In Search of Noah's Ark Mountains of Ararat Mount Judi Mosque of Ibn Tulun

Theories	Ararat anomaly Durupınar site

Story within a story	Angel's Egg Doctor Dolittle and the Secret Lake Fantasia 2000 "Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass" "This Is the Way the World Ends"

Exclusions	"The Unicorn" Peluda

Related theology	Book of Noah Generations of Noah Gopher wood Noah's wine Seven Laws of Noah

Other	Noah's Brother List of replicas of Noah's Ark Boner's Ark Noah's Ark silver coins

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