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📅 1959 ⏱ 3h 32min G Released FHD / 4K

Ben-Hur

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HistoryDramaAdventure

In 26 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.

🎬 DirectorWilliam Wyler

📅 Release1959-11-18

🌍 CountryUnited States of America

🗣 LanguageEnglish

🏢 StudioMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer

🗳 Votes3,045

🔥 Popularity8

💰 Budget$15,000,000

💵 Revenue$164,000,000

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🎭 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

Lando Buzzanca

Jewish Slave in the Desert (uncredited)

🎥 Crew

DirectorWilliam Wyler

ScreenplayKarl Tunberg

ProducerSam Zimbalist

Original Music ComposerMiklós Rózsa

Director of PhotographyRobert Surtees

EditorJohn D. Dunning

EditorRalph E. Winters

Art DirectionEdward C. Carfagno

Art DirectionWilliam A. Horning

Set DecorationHugh Hunt

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🏷 Keywords

governormiddle eastbased on novel or bookroman empirepoliticschristianityjew persecutionjewish liferomanmiraclejerusalemprince

💬 Reviews

John Chard⭐ 10/10

Majestic in scope and story telling. The truth is, is that Ben-Hur deserved every award that was showered upon it. It's a titanic film both in structure and scope. It doesn't need me to go over old ground about how much the film cost to make, the number of extras, the number of sets and etc, it's now folklore that this film could have bankrupted MGM such was the investment, but they needn't hav…

sykobanana⭐ 10/10

What can be said about this film that hasnt already been said? I could (justly) use every superlative known and it still does not cover just how amazing this film is. It is the essence of EPIC (and not just historical epic). It is easy to see why it was not matched in the number of Oscars given for 50 years (and those 'equals' did not include any acting oscars and had more categories to cho…

CinemaSerf⭐ 7/10

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