The Prince of Egypt is a 1998 American animated musical drama film produced by DreamWorks Animation and released by DreamWorks Pictures. The first feature film from DreamWorks to be traditionally animated, it is an adaptation of the Book of Exodus and follows the life of Moses from being a prince of Egypt to his ultimate destiny to lead the Jews out of Egypt. Directed by Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner, and Simon Wells (in Chapman and Hickner's feature directorial debuts), the film features songs written by Stephen Schwartz and a score composed by Hans Zimmer. The voice cast consists of Val Kilmer in a dual role, Ralph Fiennes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sandra Bullock, Jeff Goldblum, Danny Glover, Patrick Stewart, Helen Mirren, Steve Martin, and Martin Short.
Jeffrey Katzenberg had frequently suggested an animated adaptation of the 1956 film The Ten Commandments while working for The Walt Disney Company, and he decided to put the idea into production after co-founding DreamWorks Pictures in 1994. To make this inaugural project, DreamWorks employed artists who had worked for Walt Disney Feature Animation and Amblimation, totaling a crew of 350 people from 34 countries. The film has a blend of traditional animation and computer-generated imagery, created using software from Toon Boom Animation and Silicon Graphics.
The film was released in theaters on December 18, 1998, and on home video on September 14, 1999. Reviews were generally positive; critics particularly praised the visuals, songs, and voice acting. The film grossed $218 million worldwide in theaters, which made it the most successful non-Disney animated feature at the time. The film's success led to the direct-to-video prequel and spin-off Joseph: King of Dreams (2000), and a stage musical adaptation which opened in London's West End in 2020. The song "When You Believe" became a commercially successful single in a pop version performed by Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey, and went on to win Best Original Song at the 71st Academy Awards, making it the first animated film independently outside of Disney and Pixar films, as well as the first DreamWorks Animation film to receive two nominations and win one at the Academy Awards, succeeded by Shrek (2001) and Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005).
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Moses | Val Kilmer | Humberto Solórzano | Yasufumi Terawaki | Guilherme Briggs | Tobias Meister | Emmanuel Curtil | Roberto Pedicini | Marcin Kudełka | Gijs Scholten van Aschat | Roland Selmeczi | Anders Ekborg | Velimatti Ranta | Håvard Bakke | Hrvoje Klobučar | Jens Jørn Spottag | Leonídas Kakoúris | Dmytro Havrylov | Jan Šťastný | Daniel Tsochev | Felix Bergsson | Emanuel Hason | Viktor Bokhon | Jordi Ribes | Diogo Infante | Aleksey Myasnikov | Kim Seung-jun | Sakon Rattanaphromma | Dudu Fischer | Uğur Arslanoğlu | Ali Seyitoğlu | "Jerry Ku" Gu Ming-Waa | Guān Zhì-Hóng | ||
 
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Rameses | Ralph Fiennes | Roberto Colucci | Kippei Shiina | Garcia Júnior | Hartwig Rudolz | Emmanuel Jacomy | Luca Biagini | Jacek Borkowski | Mark Rietman | Vincze Gábor Péter | Stefan Sauk | Heikki Sankari | Svein Tindberg | Sven Medvešek | Christian Damsgaard | Kóstas Apostolídis | Oleksandr Pohrebnyak | Aleš Procházka | Georgi Georgiev - Gogo | Hjálmar Hjálmarsson | Ján Kroner | Vladimir Vikhrov | Sergio Zamora | Henrique Feist | Sergey Burunov | Park Jo-Ho | Kritsana Saringkhannon | Yigal Sadeh | Mesud Uz | Arda Aydın | Zaak Jiu-Fai | Xú Mǐn | ||
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Tzipporah | Michelle Pfeiffer | Dulce Guerrero | Yuki Amami | Vera Miranda | Maud Ackermann | Brigitte Berges | Gabriella Borri | Izabela Dąbrowska | Lone van Roosendaal | Kovács Nóra | Sharon Dyall | Petra Karjalainen | Benedicte Adrian | Hana Hegedušić | Annette Heick | Iró Loúpi | Svitlana Shekera | Kateřina Brožová | Ani Vasileva | Selma Björnsdóttir | Soňa Norisová | Ol'ga Gasparova | Montse Teruel | Manuela Couto | Nina Aleksandrova | Yun So-Ra | Sumali Suthiratham | Orna Katz | Berna Terzi Erol | Nilay Cennetkuşu | Can Gaa-Lou | Coco Sung | ||
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Miriam | Sandra Bullock | Layda ÁlvarezPonce | Sakoto Yoshioka | Fernanda Crispim | Anja Kling | Annie Milon | Antonella Rendina | Beata JankowskaTzimas | Marlies Somers | Gubás "Gabi"Gabriella | Carola Häggkvist | Rinna Paatso | Guri Schanke | Leona Paraminski | Tammi Øst | Vána Záka | Daryna Murashchenko | Jana Mařasová | Delyana Khadzhiyankova | Margrét Sigurðardóttir | Zuzana Mauréry | Tat'yana Bozhok | Elvira Prado | Carla de Sá | Ol'ga Shorokhova | Jeong Mi-sook | Mingkhwan Chiaprasoet | Limor Shapira | Özlem Özbay | Suzan Acun İlhan | "Kit Chan" Can Git-Ji | Jiǎng Dǔ-Huì | ||
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Aaron | Jeff Goldblum | Gerardo Reyero | Ken Tanaka | MarcoAntônio Costa | Hubertus Bengsch | Bernard Lanneau | Stefano De Sando | Dariusz Odija | Rudolf Lucieer | Bognár Zsolt | Roger Storm | Janne Virtanen | Harald Mæle | Danijel Ljuboja | Martin Brygmann | Yiórgos Petróhilos | Roman Chornyy | Alexej Pyško | Marian Marinov | Hinrik Ólafsson | Dušan Szabó | Sergey Kislichenko | Óscar Barberán | Paulo B. | Vasiliy Dakhnenko | Kim Jun | Suphason Mumdaeng | Efron Etkin | Ali Ekber Diribaş | Sūn ZhōngTái | ||||
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Jethro | Danny Glover | Francisco Céspedes | Haruki Sayama | Lauro Fabiano | Ethan Freeman | Lionel Peintre | Maurizio Mattioli | Krzysztof Kołbasiuk | Max van Weegberg | Izsóf Vilmos | Tommy Nilsson | Markus Bäckman | Oddbjørn Hanto | Branko Blaće | Morten Staugaard | Rénos Mántis | Yevhen Sinchukov | Rudolf Vodrážka | Petŭr Evangelatov | Bergþór Pálsson | František Kovár | Viktor Petrov | Juan Fernández | Gustavo Sequeira | Aleksandr Novikov | Park CheolHo | Kittikhon Sotprasoet | Yuval Zamir | Mehmet Ali İşgüder | Lóng XiángHuī | ||||
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Pharaoh Seti I | Patrick Stewart | Federico Romano | Takehiko Ono | Ednaldo Lucena | Hartmut Reck | Bernard Tixier | Oreste Rizzini | Krzysztof Chamiec | Jan Decleir | Csurka László | Sten Ljunggren | Tapani Perttu | Lasse Kolstad | Zvonimir Zoričić | Niels Weyde | Dimítris Kontoyiánnis | Yuriy Hrebelnyk | Pavel Pípal | Marin Yanev | Jóhann Sigurðarson | Vladimír Jedľovský | Dal'vin Shcherbakov | Juan Carlos Gustems | Alfredo Brito | Valeriy Storozhik | Kim Hyeon-Jik | Narong Nammasonthi | Dov Reiser | Aziz Güngör | Erhan Türkmen | Tóng ShàoZōng | |||
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Queen Tuya | Helen Mirren | Liza Willert | Yumi Shirakawa | Geisa Vidal | Traudel Haas | Frédérique Tirmont | Melina Martello | Beata Kawka | Will van Kralingen | Für Anikó | Beatrice Järås | Katriina Honkanen | Siv Klynderud | Sanja Doležal | Solbjørg Højfeldt | Christína Stóyia | Tetyana Pirozhenko | Dana Syslová | Silviya Lulcheva | Ragnheiður Steindórsdóttir | Anna Javorková | Mariya Ovchinnikova | Montse Miralles | Luísa Salgueiro | Yelena Solov'yova | Lee Sun-Young | Anchalee Jongkadeekij | Anat Atzmon | Gülen Karaman | Yeşim Kopan | Jiāng Guī-Jǐn | |||
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Hotep | Steve Martin | Antonio Ortiz | Mojo | Mauro Ramos | Joachim Kemmer | Vincent Grass | Neri Marcorè | Zbigniew Konopka | Arnold Gelderman | Vass Gábor | Erik Blix | Kari Tamminen | Geir Rebbestad | Baby Dooks | Per Pallesen | Tásos Kostís | Yevhen Pashyn | Otakar Brousekml. | Nikolay Urumov | Valdimar Örn Flygenring | Miroslav Noga | Boris Bystrov | Pep Antón Muñoz | JoséJorge Duarte | Vladimir Gerasimov | Seol YoungBeom | Kawin Thohinang | Ohad Shachar | Hakan Akın | Sūn Dé-Chéng | ||||
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Huy | Martin Short | Raúl Carballeda | Hideyuki Umezu | Augusto Caruso | Santiago Ziesmer | PierreFrançois Pistorio | Francesco Vairano | Krzysztof Tyniec | Jon can Eerd | Kálid Artúr | Andreas Nilsson | Antti Pääkkönen | Åsleik Engmark | Bizzo Bregante | Søren Pilmark | Giórgos Microgiannákis | Andriy Al'okhin | Josef Carda | Khristo Mutafchiev | Bergur Þór Ingólfsson | Štefan Skrúcaný | Sergey Kislichenko | Óscar Mas | Paulo Oom | Andrey Kazantsev | Kim Yik-Tae | Sumet Ong-Art | Yehoyachin Friedlander | Uğur Taşdemir | "Sean Liu" LiuMingnxun | ||||
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God | Val Kilmer | Humberto Solórzano | Yasafumi Terawaki | Guilherme Briggs | Tobias Meister | Emmanuel Curtil | Roberto Pedicini | Marcin Kudełka | GijsScholten van Aschat | Velimatti Ranta | Håvard Bakke | Hrvoje Klobučar | Jens Jørn Spottag | Leonídas Kakoúris | Dmytro Havrylov | Marian Marinov | Felix Bergsson | Dal'vin Shcherbakov | Jordi Ribes | Diogo Infante | Viktor Bokhon | Kim Seung-jun | Sakon Rattanaphromma | Dudu Fischer | Mehmet Ali İşgüder | Ali Seyitoğlu | ||||||||
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Yocheved | Ofra Haza | Ogawa Miyako | Kocsis Judit | Jelena Radan | Xenia LachNielsen | Alina Bashkina | Varvara Pankova | Guðbjörg Magnúsdóttir | Carmen García | Kim Seon-gyeong | Teeranai Na Nongkai | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Miriam (Young) | Eden Riegel | Alondra Torres | Ayaka Shimitzu | Ana Lúcia Menezes | Debby van Dooren | Sidney Oliver | Ilaria Butera | Joanna Krejzler | Szentesi Dóra | Elina Raeder | Henna Haverinen | Amalie Dollerup | Frantzéska Tsoláki | Halyna Dubok | Alexandra Veberová | Ralitsa Ralinova | Aníta Briem | Michaela Rózsová | Eden Riegel | Claudia Bardagí | Inês Fonseca | Jang Su-hye | Phitchayaphirat Wongsirasawat | Maytal Michaeli | Eden Riegel | |||||||||
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Ramses's Son | Bobby Motown | Gabriel Ramos | Caio César | Masumi Mutsuda | Derya Yıldırım | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tzipporah's Sister | FrancescaMarie Smith | Cristina Hernández | Isabel Muntaner | Roser Vilches | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tzipporah's YoungerSister | Aria Noelle Curzon | Gaby Ugarte | Henna Haverinen | Neus Sendra | Estela Vilches | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Moses | Amick Byram | Olinser Equihua | Morita Hiroki | Marcelo Coutinho | Hendrik Bruch | Olivier Constantin | Roberto Stafoggia | Marcin Kudełka | Frans van Deursen | Debreczeny Csaba | Anders Ekborg | Velimatti Ranta | Geir Rebbestad | Đani Stipaničev | Søren Launbjerg | Poímis Pétrou | Dmytro Havrylov | Tomáš Trapl | Miroslav Dimov | Felix Bergsson | Robert "Robo" Opatovský | Amick Byram | Manu Gix | Ricardo Spínola | Aleksey Myasnikov | Nam Gyeong-Ju | Thani Phunsuwan | Dudu Fischer | Amick Byram | "Berson Wang" Wáng Bǎi-Sēn | ||||
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Rameses | Ralph Fiennes | Fazio Galván | Mizuno Kenji | Eduardo Amir | Hartwig Rudolz | Patrick Fiori | Gianluca Terranova | Jacek Bończyk | Vic De Wachter | Vincze Gábor Péter | Stefan Sauk | Heikki Sankari | Håkon Iversen | Kristijan Beluhan | Kristian Boland | Yiánnis Koútras | Oleksandr Pohrebnyak | Oldřich Kříž | Bogomil Spirov | Hinrik Ólafsson | Marian Vojtko | Ralph Fiennes | Sergio Zamora | Jorge Benito | Henrique Feist | Sergey Burunov | Kim Bong-hwan | Sama Suaisot | Yigal Sadeh | Ralph Fiennes | Lǐ Qí | |||
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Tzipporah | Michelle Pfeiffer | Aranza | Shirai Michiyo | Kika Tristão | Heike PatniGentsch | Isabelle Georges | Stefania DeFrancesco | Olga Bończyk | Lone van Roosendaal | Fehér Adrienn | Sharon Dyall | Pirjo Aittomäki | Benedicte Adrian | Hana Hegedušić | Trine Pallesen | Élli Kokkínou | Marharyta Meleshko | Kateřina Brožová | Yordanka Ilova | Selma Björnsdóttir | Soňa Norisová | Michelle Pfeiffer | Montse Teruel | Lúcia Moniz | Nina Aleksandrova | Lee Mi-ok | Chanjira Nimpitakpong | Sharona Nastovich | Michelle Pfeiffer | |||||
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Miriam | Sally Dworsky | Patricia Tanúz | Nīzato Kurara | Kacau Gomes | Jasna Ivir | Laurence Cartier | Tiziana Quadrelli | Beata JankowskaTzimas | Lottie Hellingman | Auth Csilla | Carola Häggkvist | Nina Tapio | Guri Schanke | Andrea Čubrić | Tammi Øst | Christína Aryíri | Daryna Murashchenko | Jana Mařasová | Elena Pavlova | Margrét Sigurðardóttir | Zuzana Mauréry | Sally Dworsky | Elvira Prado | Anabela Pires | Ol'ga Shorokhova | Bang Ju-Ran | Netnapha Hanrotchanawut | Tamar Giladi | Sally Dworsky | "Kit Chan" Can Git-Ji | Jiǎng Dǔ-Huì | |||
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Jethro | Brian StokesMitchell | Francisco Céspedes | Haruki Sayama | Maurício Luz | Ethan Freeman | Lionel Peintre | Fabrizio Palma | Krzysztof Kołbasiuk | Max van Weegberg | Sárkány Kázmér | Tommy Nilsson | Markus Bäckman | Oddbjørn Hanto | Branko Blaće | Per Høyer | Álex Panayí | Yevhen Sinchukov | Petr Dopita | Plamen Beĭkov | Bergþór Pálsson | Petr Dopita | Brian StokesMitchell | Juan Fernández | Pedro RuyBlas | Gustavo Sequeira | Aleksandr Novikov | Park CheolHo | Kittikhon Sotprasoet | Yuval Zamir | Brian StokesMitchell | Lóng XiángHuī | |||
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Queen Tuya | Linda Dee Shayne | Maru Dueñas | Yumi Shirakawa | Jaqueline Castorino | Ute Becker | Frédérique Tirmont | Melania Giglio | Grażyna Strachota | Will van Kralingen | Hámori Ildikó | Beatrice Järås | Katriina Honkanen | Siv Klynderud | Sanja Doležal | Solbjørg Højfeldt | Katerína Kiriákou | Tetyana Pirozhenko | Hana Talpová | Vesela Neĭnski | Ragnheiður Steindórsdóttir | Adriena Bartošová | Linda Dee Shayne | Laura Simó | Rita Guerra | Yelena Solov'yova | Jeong YeongJu | LindaDee Shayne | Anchalee Jongkadeekij | Anat Atzmon | Linda Dee Shayne | Jiāng Guī-Jǐn | |||