The Bible: In the Beginning...
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The Bible: In the Beginning... is a 1966 religious epic film produced by Dino De Laurentiis and directed by John Huston. It recounts the first 22 chapters of the Book of Genesis, covering the stories from The Creation and Adam and Eve to the binding of Isaac (no, not that one).
Tropes used in The Bible: In the Beginning... include:
- As the Good Book Says...: The film liberally quotes from the Bible, as it is a straight adaptation of the Book of Genesis.
- Bible Times
- Cain and Abel: The original story is portrayed in the film.
- Enemy to All Living Things: Part of Cain's curse.
- The End of the World as We Know It: Noah's flood.
- Final Solution: Noah's flood was done as God's solution to mankind's sins.
- Forbidden Fruit: Eve is tempted by the snake to eat it.
- Godiva Hair: Eve's hair hides her nudity.
- Implausible Deniability: Cain lies about his brother to an omniscient, omnipotent God.
- Just-So Story: Women endure painful childbirth, humanity in general works for a living, and everybody eventually dies because Adam and Eve ate fruit from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.
- Kill'Em All Noah's flood is meant to cause maximum casualties.
- Sibling Rivalry: Cain against Abel.
- Walking the Earth: Cain's punishment.