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Ben-Hur (1959) is a feature film (sound, color, 212) directed by William Wyler.
Abstract
Hugely successful movie won a record 11 Oscars, including Best Picture. The remake follows the original pretty closely, offering only indirect glimpses of Jesus and focusing on the political and religious antagonism between Ben-Hur and Messala.
Cast
- Charlton Heston as Ben-Hur
- Stephen Boyd as Messala
- Haya Harareet as Esther
- Frank Thring as Pontius Pilate
Production
Produced in the United States (MGM, 1959).
External links
Categories:
- 1959
- Fiction--1950s
- Fiction--English
- Cinema--1950s
- Feature Films
- English language--1950s
- Second Temple Studies--1950s
- Second Temple Studies--Fiction
- Second Temple Studies--English
- Time of Jesus (subject)
- Ben-Hur (subject)
- Ben-Hur--cinema (subject)
- Pilate--cinema (subject)
- Top 1950s
- Fiction--Top 1950s
- Second Temple Studies--Top 1950s