The Prince of Egypt

The Prince of Egypt is a 1998 American animated musical drama film produced by DreamWorks Animation and released by DreamWorks Pictures. It is the first DreamWorks feature to be traditionally animated. The film is an adaptation of the Book of Exodus and follows the life of Moses from being a prince of Egypt to his ultimate destiny to lead the children of Israel out of Egypt. Directed by Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner, and Simon Wells (in Chapman and Hickner's feature directorial debuts), the film features songs written by Stephen Schwartz and a score composed by Hans Zimmer. The voice cast consists of Val Kilmer in a dual role, Ralph Fiennes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sandra Bullock, Jeff Goldblum, Danny Glover, Patrick Stewart, Helen Mirren, Steve Martin, and Martin Short.

The film was released in theaters on December 18, 1998, and on home video on September 14, 1999. Reviews were generally positive, with critics praising the animation, music, and voice work. The film went on to gross over $218 million worldwide in theaters, which made it the most successful non-Disney animated feature at the time.

Joseph: King of Dreams (2000),

English[]

Title: The Prince of Egypt

Release date:

USA - 16 December 1998 (premiere)
UK, USA & Ireland - 18 December 1998
Australia - 26 December 1998


Name	Original voices
Name	Speaking	Singing
Moses	Val Kilmer	Amick Byram
God	Val Kilmer
Rameses	Ralph Fiennes
Tzipporah	Michelle Pfeiffer
Young Miriam	Eden Riegel
Miriam	Sandra Bullock	Sally Dworsky Brenda Chapman (Song "River Lullaby reprise")
Aaron	Jeff Goldblum
Jethro	Danny Glover	Brian Stokes Mitchell
Seti	Patrick Stewart
The Queen	Helen Mirren	Linda Shayne
Hotep	Steve Martin
Huy	Martin Short
Rameses Son	Bobby Motown
Yocheved	Ofra Haza

Additional voices:[]

Aria Noelle Curzon
Brian Tochi
Francesca Marie Smith
Jack Angel
James Avery
Jon Robert Hall
Mel Brooks
Phillip Ingram
Rodger Bumpass
Stephanie Sawyer

Singers:[]

Choir:[]

Andrew Johnson
Chris Marquette
Justin Timsit
Michel Patrician
Shira Roth

Other Info:[]

The voice of God, to avoid controversy, was played by all of the major actors. The actors were told to whisper the lines, so none would dominate the performance, but by the time they got around to having Val Kilmer read his lines, they realized they needed someone to be louder. You still can hear the rest of the cast whispering beneath Kilmer's voice in God's lines.
Martin Short and Steve Martin (friends and frequent collaborators) recorded their characters' dialogue together.
Ofra Haza recorded her famous "River Lullaby" while singing to a baby doll, to allow herself to express as much emotion as possible. She performed the voice of Yocheved in about seventeen of the twenty-something languages, in which this movie was dubbed, pronouncing the words of the languages she did not speak phonetically.
Only five of the voice actors and actresses do both the singing and speaking parts of the characters: Ralph Fiennes (Rameses II), Michelle Pfeiffer (Tzipporah), Martin Short (Huy), Steve Martin (Hotep), and Ofra Haza (Yocheved). All of the other parts have different singers from their speakers.
It was originally intended that a woman and a child's voice would also be used, as God, but it was decided that might offend some viewers. Hence Val Kilmer played the voice of God also.
Michelle Pfeiffer's first animated movie.
One reason why Val Kilmer was selected to play God was because the filmmakers liked the idea that God was acting as Moses' "inner voice" in order to guide him.
Jeremy Irons was considered for the role of Seti.
James Earl Jones was considered for the role of Jethro.
Tommy Chong was considered the role of Huy.
Cheech Marin was considered the role of Hotep.

Albanian[]

Title: Princi i Egjiptit

Basque[]

Brazilian Portuguese[]

Title: O Príncipe do Egito

Release date: December 25, 1998

Name	Dubbed	Dubber
Name	Dubbed	Speaking	Singing
Moses	Moisés	Guilherme Briggs	Marcelo Coutinho
God	Deus	Guilherme Briggs
Rameses	Ramsés	Garcia Júnior	Eduardo Amir
Tzipporah	Zípora	Vera Miranda	Kika Tristão
Miriam	Miriam	Fernanda Crispim	Kacau Gomes
Aaron	Aarão	Marco Antônio Costa
Pharaoh Sethi	Seti	Ednaldo Lucena
Jethro	Jetro	Lauro Fabiano	Maurício Luz
Queen Tuya	Rainha Tuya	Geisa Vidal	Jaqueline Castorino
Hotep		Mauro Ramos
Huy		Augusto Caruso
Yocheved	Joquebede	Ofra Haza

Additional voices[]

Singers[]

Choir:

Aline Cabral
Augusto Caruso
Deco Fiori
Fernanda Cappeli
Juliana Franco
Lorena Espina
Maurício Luz
Nadia Daltro

Bulgarian[]

Title: Принцът на Египет / Princt na Egipet

Release date: 2000

Dubbing studio: Арс Диджитал Студио / Ars Digital Studio

Dubbing director: Чавдар Монов / Chavdar Monov

Translator: Надя Баева / Nadya Baeva

Musical director & Lyricist: Десислава Софранова / Desislava Sofranova

Name	Dubbed	Dubber
Name	Dubbed	Speaking	Singing
Moses	Мойсей	Даниел Цочев / Daniel Tsochev	Мирослав Костадинов / Miroslav Kostadinov
Ramses	Рамзес	Георги Георгиев / Georgi Georgiev	Богомил Спиров / Bogomil Spirov
Young Miriam		Ралица Ралинова / Ralitsa Ralinova
Miriam	Мириам	Деляна Хаджиянкова / Delyana Hadzhiyankova	Елена Павлова / Elena Pavlova
Tzipporah	Сепфора	Ани Василева / Ani Vasileva	Йорданка Илова / Yordanka Ilova
Aaron	Аарон	Мариан Маринов / Marian Marinov
God	Бог	Мариан Маринов / Marian Marinov
Jethro	Ятор	Петър Евангелатов / Petŭr Evangelatov	Пламен Бейков / Plamen Beykov
Sethi	Сети	Марин Янев / Marin Yanev
Queen Tuya	Царица Туя	Силвия Лулчева / Silviya Lulcheva	Весела Костова / Vesela Kostova
Hotep	Хотеп	Николай Урумов / Nikolay Urumov	Атанас Сребрев / Atanas Srebrev
Huy	Хюи	Христо Мутафчиев / Khristo Mutafchiev
Yocheved	Йохевед	Варвара Панкова / Varvara Pankova

Cantonese[]

Title: 埃及王子 / Āijí wángzǐ

Release date: December 24, 1998

Name	Dubbed	Dubber
Moses Rameses	摩西拉美西斯二世	Jerry Ku / 古明華 / Ku Ming Wah 翟耀輝 / Chak Yiu Fui
Tzipporah	西坡拉	陈嘉露 / Jia Lu Chen
Miriam	米利暗	陳潔儀 / Kit Chan

Castilian Spanish[]

Title: El Príncipe de Egipto

Release date: December 18, 1998

Name	Dubbed	Dubber
Name	Dubbed	Speaking	Singing
Moses	Moisés	Jordi Ribes	Manu Guix
God	Dios	Jordi Ribes
Rameses	Ramsés	Sergio Zamora	Jorge Benito
Young Miriam	Joven Miriam	Claudia Bardagí
Miriam	Miriam	Elvira Prado
Tzipporah	Séfora	Montse Teruel
Aaron		Óscar Barberán
Jethro	Jetró	Juan Fernández	Pedro Ruy-Blas
Pharaoh Seti	Faraón Seti	Juan Carlos Gustems
Queen Tuya	Reina Tuya	Montse Miralles	Laura Simó
Hotep		Pep Antón Muñoz
Huy		Òscar Mas
Yocheved	Yokébed	Ofra Haza
Rameses son	Hijo de Ramsés	Masumi Mutsuda

Additional voices[]

Mario Arpal
Alicia Martínez
Joaquina García
Josefina Rius
Rafael Calvo
Nuria Llop
Miguel Marquillas
Michelle Jenner
Óscar Muñoz
Carlos Vicente
Gonzalo Abril
Estela Vilches
Juan Miguel Valdivieso
Pedro José Martos
Silvia Guillem
Laura Simó
Roser Vilches
Eduard Doncos
Carme Canela
Carmen Carreter
Carmen Ros