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Ben-Hur(Movie, 1959)

3h 42min | Genres: Action, Drama, History
Ben-HurRating: 3.9/5 (with 11441,144 votes) 392
Ben-Hur is a 1959 American religious epic film directed by William Wyler, produced by Sam Zimbalist, and starring Charlton Heston as the title character. A remake of the 1925 silent film with a similar title, it was adapted from Lew Wallace's 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. The screenplay is credited to Karl Tunberg, but includes contributions from Maxwell Anderson, S. N. Behrman, Gore Vidal, and Christopher Fry. The cast also features Stephen Boyd, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Hugh Griffith, Martha Scott, Cathy O'Donnell and Sam Jaffe. Ben-Hur had the ... ()
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Awards & Nominations for Ben-Hur

Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Color Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score Academy Award for Best Sound Academy Award for Best Special Effects National Board of Review: Top Ten Films Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Color Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score Academy Award for Best Sound Academy Award for Best Special Effects

About Ben-Hur

In 25 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. Three years later and freed by a grateful Roman galley commander whom he has rescued from drowning, he becomes an expert charioteer for Rome, all the while plotting to return to Judea, find and rescue his family, and avenge himself on his former friend. All the while, the form and work of Jesus move in the background of his life...

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Shot in: Rome
Plays in: Israel
Based on the work of: Lew Wallace ("Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ")
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 32 languages: Arabic (AR), Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Persian (FA), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Croatian (HR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Serbian (SR), Swedish (SV), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 03/26/1969 (World premiere: 11/18/1959)
Appearing Characters: Judah Ben-Hur, Quintus Arrius, Esther, Messala, Sheik Ilderim, Balthazar, Pontius Pilatus, Tiberius, Joseph, Jesus, Virgin Mary
Narrator: Finlay Currie
Voice Actor: Jean-Claude Michel, Henri Ebstein
Director: William Wyler
Producer: Sam Zimbalist
Film Editor: John Dunning
Director of Photography: Robert L. Surtees
Composer: Miklós Rózsa
Other Team Members: David S. Hall
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Бен-хур"
"Ben Hur"
"Μπεν Χουρ"
"Ben Hur"
"בן חור"
"벤허"
"Ben Hur"
"Бен-Гур"
"Ben Hur"
"Ben-Hur : En berättelse från Kristi tid"
"賓漢"
"Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ"

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