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Ben-Hur (1959)
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212 minHistoryDramaAdventure
TMDb7.9/103,184 votes
In ancient Judea, a Jewish aristocrat opposing Roman occupation of his homeland reunites with his childhood friend, now a Roman commander — setting in motion a saga of betrayal, adventure, tragedy, revenge, and faith.
Country: United States
Director: William Wyler
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
George Relph
Tiberius Caesar
André Morell
Sextus
Terence Longdon
Drusus
Ady Berber
Malluch
Keywords
Style:period drama
Plot:governorbased on novel or bookroman empirepoliticschristianityjew persecutionjewish liferomanmiracleprincechariot raceleprosyredemptionreligious conversionlovefriendsremakerevengejudaismreligionhistorical fictioncatholicdungeongalleyhatredsheikhsea battlejewish familygalley slavechildhood sweetheartsalvationjesus christfalse imprisonmentjudeasubjugated peopledramaticawestruck
Time:1st centuryantiquity
Place:middle eastjerusalemancient rome
