| Michael Parks | Adam |
| George C. Scott | Abraham |
| Richard Harris | Cain |
| John Huston | Noah |
| Ulla Bergryd | Eve |
| Stephen Boyd | Nimrod |
| Ava Gardner | Sarah |
| Peter O'Toole | The Three Angels |
| Zoe Sallis | Hagar |
| Gabriele Ferzetti | Lot |
| Eleonora Rossi Drago | Lot's Wife |
| Franco Nero | Abel |
| Pupella Maggio | Noah's Wife |
| Robert Rietty | Abraham's Steward |
| Peter Heinze | Shem |
| Roger Beaumont | |
| Gianluigi Crescenzi | |
| Grazia Maria Spina | Daughter of Lot |
| Angelo Boscariol | Ham |
| Claudie Lange | Nimrod's Wife |
| Anna Maria Orso | Shem's Wife |
| Adriana Ambesi | Daughter of Lot |
| Eric Leutzinger | Japheth |
| Michael Steinpichler | |
| Gabriella Pallotta | Ham's Wife |
| Alberto Lucantoni | Isaac |
| Rosanna Di Rocco | Japheth's Wife |
| Luciano Conversi | Ishmael |
| Giovanna Galletti | Sinful Woman |
John Huston directs this survey course of the Old Testament, which, the title notwithstanding, covers only the first 22 chapters of Genesis. Adam and Eve frolic in the Garden of Eden until their indulgence in the forbidden fruit sees them driven out. Cain murders his brother Abel, Noah builds an ark to preserve the animals of the world from the coming flood and Abraham makes a covenant with God.
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