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Ben-Hur (1959)
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Adventure , Drama , History
Charlton Heston , Jack Hawkins , Stephen Boyd , Haya Harareet , Hugh Griffith , Martha Scott , Cathy O'Donnell , Sam Jaffe , Finlay Currie ,
Frank Thring , Terence Longdon , George Relph , André Morell
William Wyler
IMDB 212
1959
Judah Ben-Hur lives as a rich Jewish prince and merchant in Jerusalem at the beginning of the 1st century. Together with the new governor his old friend Messala
arrives as commanding officer of the Roman legions. At first they are happy to meet after a long time but their different politic views separate them. During the
welcome parade a roof tile falls down from Judah's house and injures the governor. Although Messala knows they are not guilty| he sends Judah to the galleys and
throws his mother and sister into prison. But Judah swears to come back and take revenge.
Uneven, but in terms of epic scope and grand spectacle, Ben-Hur still ranks among Hollywood's finest examples of pure entertainment.