Os Dez Mandamentos

Os Dez Mandamentos
Promotional poster used to promote the premiere of the telenovela.
Genre	Epic Romance
Created by	Vivian de Oliveira
Directed by	Alexandre Avancini
Country of origin	Brazil
Original language(s)	Portuguese
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	242
Production
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	40-70 minutes
Release
Original network	Rede Record
Picture format	(HDTV) 1080i (SDTV) 480i
Original release	March 23, 2015 – July 4, 2016
External links
Website

Os Dez Mandamentos is a Brazilian primetime telenovela produced and broadcast by Rede Record. It premiered on Monday, March 23, 2015, replacing Vitória at 8:30 p.m. (BRT/AMT).

Written by Vivian de Oliveira and directed by Alexandre Avancini, features performances of Guilherme Winter, Denise Del Vecchio, Gisele Itié, Sérgio Marone, Camila Rodrigues and Heitor Martinez in the main roles.

According to Ibope (Brazilian Institute of Public Opinion and Statistics), in the week of September 28—October 4, 2015 was the fifth most watched program of the Brazilian television (being the second most-watched scripted show), with an average of 6,210,809 viewers per minute, taking into account a projection of 15 metropolitan areas.

A film adaptation, The Ten Commandments: The Movie, was released in 2016.

Os Dez Mandamentos is the first telenovela based on a biblical story, both in Brazil and in the World television. The initial expectation is 150 chapters, with external recordings in the Atacama Desert in Chile, as well as recordings in Guarapuava, Paraná. Some of the special effects is produced by a studio in Hollywood. Considered the most expensive production in the history of the station, has an estimated cost of R$700,000 per chapter. Twenty eight scenarios and a scenographic city with more than seven thousand square meters were built, where the cities of the Hebrews and Egyptians are reproduced. For recording, Arri Alexa's digital cameras were used.