The Ten Commandments (1956)
Joe Gold: Egyptian Guard
Quotes
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Lilia : Joshua!
Joshua : Run, Lilia, run! The way is clear. The master builder will not follow.
Baka : Neither will you, stonecutter.
[Joshua tried to escape, running backwards, but was captured by Baka's guards]
Baka : Bind him between the columns! See that his arms are tightly stretched!
Egyptian guard : He'll cut him to pieces.
Baka : Now go after the girl. Don't come back without her.
Egyptian guard : We'll find her.
Baka : You foolish, stupid man. I would have kept her only a short while. She would have returned to you, shall we say, more worthy. Now to whom shall I return Lilia? You will not be there, Joshua.
[saying this, Baka starts to lash Joshua]
Baka : You've seen me drive my chariot. I can flick a fly from my horse's ear without breaking the rhythm of his stride. You've seen me use my whip.
[Baka lashed Joshua again]
Baka : You make no outcry, Joshua, but you will. You will cry for the mercy of death.
Joshua : One day you will listen to the cry of slaves.
Baka : This is not that day, Joshua.
[Baka lashed another stripe on Joshua]
Baka : You hold your tongue almost as well as I hold my temper. It's a pity to kill so strong a stonecutter.
Moses : [Moses caught Baka's whip, pulled it, and turned Baka around] Death will bring death, Baka!
Baka : Who are you?
Moses : One who asks what right you have to kill a slave.
Baka : The right of a master to kill you or any slave.
Moses : Then kill me, master butcher!
[Moses then caught and used Baka's whip, choking Baka to death]
Baka : Moses!
[Baka's last line]
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Moses : I'll not leave a man to die in the mud.
Simon : Thank you, my son... but death is better than bondage, for my days are ended and my prayer unanswered.
Moses : What prayer, old man?
Simon : That before death closed my eyes, I might behold the deliverer who will lead all men to freedom.
Moses : What deliverer could break the power of Pharaoh?
Egyptian guard : You!
