One of the few directors who keep the monumental film alive in the 21st century is Ridley Scott. With gladiator and kingdom of heaven he has the same Two modern classics of the genre created. In 2014 he ventured into his first Bible film: Exodus: gods and kings tells the story of Moses.
Moses is played by Christian Bale. Just like the casting of Joel Edgerton as Ramses II, this decision was criticized during the filming of the 2.5-hour epic. The allegation: Whitewashing. Although the film plays in Egypt, they decided to fill the protagonists with white actors.
The Exodus scandal explains: historical inaccuracies and the personification of God
Despite loud resistance, the film came to cinemas in December 2014. He was in three countries nevertheless (partially) prohibited: in Egypt, Morocco and the United Arab Emirates. Below you will find the reasons for this.
Here you can see the trailer for Exodus: gods and kings:
Exodus Trailer (German) HD
The Egyptian Ministry of Culture expressed a ban on Scott’s Bible film, since it was supposedly “a Zionist film” acted as the Guardian reported at the time. Zionism is a Jewish movement that is about creating an independent nation state for people of Jewish faith in Palestine.
As a further reason for the ban in Egypt “Historical inaccuracies” called. Exodus suggests that the Construction of the pyramids was accomplished by Moses and the Jewish slaves. However, this is a myth. Based on historical findings, workers have built the pyramids.
In Morocco, Exodus first got a regular theatrical release, but was pulled out of the program by the Moroccan Cinematography at short notice. The decisive factor for this was Personification of the voice of God. As with Deadline, the film was only allowed to be shown in a censored version after dialogue adjustments.
In the United Arab Emirates, the National Media Council decided that Exodus should not be shown. “We found that not only many Error in relation to Islambut also in relation to other religions “the independent quoted the justification of the painted theatrical release.
When is Exodus: War of the gods on TV today?
Exodus: War of the gods runs tonight on February 22, 2025 at 10:20 p.m. on VOX. The broadcast goes until 01:15 a.m. There is no repetition. For this you can see the film at Disney+ in streaming subscription as often as you want.
This article was first published in a similar form in October 2022 at Moviepilot.