Ben-Hur
1959 · Movie · 211 min. · United States
Anno Domini: the seventh year of Augustus Caesar's reign. In the Roman province of Judea, Jews return to the city of their birth for the census. A bright star in the night over Bethlehem marks the birth of Jesus Christ. Years later, Roman commander Messala (Stephen Boyd), who was brought up in Judea, takes command of the Roman garrison in Jerusalem. His Jewish boyhood friend Judah Ben-Hur (Charlton Heston) greets him. Messala is delighted. But when Judah refuses to name Jewish patriots, Messala sentences him to the slave galleys and imprisons his mother, Miriam (Martha Scott), and sister, Tirzah (Cathy O'Donnell). Judah vows revenge.
Direction William Wyler
Cast Charlton Heston · Jack Hawkins · Stephen Boyd · Haya Harareet · Hugh Griffith · Martha Scott · Cathy O'Donnell · Sam Jaffe · Frank Thring · Terence Longdon · George Relph · André Morell · Finlay Currie · John Le Mesurier
Soundtrack Miklós Rózsa
Screenplay Karl Tunberg · Lewis Wallace
Cinematography Robert Surtees
Original title Ben-Hur
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