Os Dez Mandamentos (Scripted, Portuguese)
Genres: Drama, History
Status: Ended
Premiered: 2015-03-23
Ended: 2016-07-04
Network: Rede Record
Country: BR
Airs on: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Air time: 20:30
Runtime: 60 minutes
Os Dez Mandamentos (The Ten Commandments) 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. 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.