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Jacob: A TNT Bible Story (TV)

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Original title

Jacob

Year

1994

Running time

91 min.

Country

United Kingdom

Director

Peter Hall

Screenwriter

Francesco Maria Nappi, Lionel Chetwynd

Cast

Music

Marco Frisina, Ennio Morricone

Cinematography

Ennio Guarnieri

Producer

Co-production United Kingdom-Czech Republic-France-Italy-Germany-United States;

Antena 3 Televisión, Beta Film GmbH, British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB), Czech TV Brno, France 2 (FR 2)

Genre

Drama | Biblical. Biography. Crime. Historical. Religion. TV Movie

Synopsis

In the land of Canaan lives Isaac, son of Abraham, with his clever, strong-willed wife Rebekah and his twin sons Esau and Jacob. The first-born, Esau, is a strong and fearless hunter with a voracious appetite for sensual pleasures. Jacob is a shepherd, more tender and compassionate than Esau. Just as Esau is the pride of his father, so is Jacob the apple of his mother's eye. Rebekah is convinced that Jacob, though the second born son, is the chosen one and the rightful heir of Isaac and Abraham. And she tells him that when she was with child, God announced to her: "Two nations are within thy womb. Two manner of men shall be delivered to you. The one shall be stronger than the other and the elder shall serve the younger". One day Esau returns from a hunt to find Jacob preparing a lentil porridge. Famished, he asks Jacob for some food. Jacob agrees, but on one condition: that Esau sell him his birthright...

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Jacob: A TNT Bible Story (TV)

1994

Peter Hall

5.5

(91)