Watch NowBen-Hur (1959)
PG
16/12/1959 (GB)
History, Drama, Adventure, Action
3h 42m
- 79% (2893 votes)
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Overview
In 25 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accused by a Roman childhood friend-turned-overlord of trying to kill the Roman governor, he is put into slavery and his mother and sister are taken away as prisoners.
- William WylerDirector
- Karl TunbergScreenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$15,000,000
Revenue
$164,000,000
Keywords
- epic
- governor
- middle east
- based on novel or book
- roman empire
- politics
- christianity
- jew persecution
- jewish life
- roman
- miracle
- jerusalem
- prince
- chariot race
- leprosy
- redemption
- religious conversion
- ancient rome
- love
- friends
- remake
- revenge
- judaism
- religion
- historical fiction
- period drama
- dungeon
- galley
- hatred
- sheikh
- sea battle
- jewish family
- galley slave
- childhood sweetheart
- salvation
- 1st century
- jesus christ
- false imprisonment
- judea
- subjugated people
- awestruck
Top Billed Cast
Charlton Heston
Judah Ben-Hur
Stephen Boyd
Messala
Hugh Griffith
Scheich Ildirim
Jack Hawkins
Quintus Arrius
Haya Harareet
Esther
Martha Scott
Miriam
Cathy O'Donnell
Tirzah
Sam Jaffe
Simonides
Finlay Currie
Balthasar
Frank Thring
Pontius Pilatus
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