Title: Ben-Hur
Original Title: Ben-Hur
Year: 1959
Info
- Country: USA
- Length: 212 Minutes (3 hours 32 min)
- Budget: $15,900,000
- Genre: Action Adventure Drama
- Studios: Metro Goldwyn Mayer
- Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Dates
- UK: December 16 1959
- United States: November 18 1959
Plot
During Jerusalem's roman occupation, Juda Ben-Hur (Charlton Heston), a young man from a noble jewish family, is accused of trying to kill a governor, then he is sentenced by a young roman commander that he treated as a friend, Messala (Stepehn Boyd), to work as a slave in the galleys. After that, Ben-Hur will only be focused in revenge. This adaptation of the Lewis Wallace's novel of the same name, 'Ben-Hur' is one of the most iconic films of the history of film, and it is still one of the most succesful movies in the Oscars, after winning the record figure of eleven statuettes.
Cast
Director:
Judah Ben-Hur
Quintus Arrius
Miriam
Messala
Esther
Simonides
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