The Prince of Egypt

The idea for the cartoon was born in 1994 at the meeting of Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen behind the creation of DreamWorks SKG. Katzenberg said that it has long wanted to make a cartoon different from a traditional disney fairy tales, the story in the spirit of films about Indiana Jones or "Terminator 2: judgment day." In response, Spielberg offered to shoot an animated remake of the movie "the Ten commandments". David Geffen picked up the idea.

Within four years over worked cartoon 450 animators. Art Directors Kathy Altieri and Richard Chavez and production designer Darek Gogol led a team of nine artists, working to create the overall visual style of the film. This process included a two-week trip to Egypt, and studying the artwork of Gustave doré and Claude Monet and the style of Director David lean in "Lawrence of Arabia".

At that time, as the characters-the Egyptians have a somewhat symmetrical, angular appearance, characters, Jews were given a more natural appearance.

The film was historically and theologically accurate, consultations were held with biblical scholars, Christian, Jewish and Muslim theologians. After previewing the cartoon they said that the creators listened to their advice, and praised the Studio.

The film was banned in two Muslim countries — the Maldives and Malaysia, as it takes one of the revered in Islam, the prophets (Musa).