Title | Ben-Hur -blu |
Year | 1959 |
Time | 223 mins |
Genre | Action; Adventure; Drama; History; Romance; War |
Director | Vincente Minnelli; William Wyler |
Edition | 50th Anniversary Edition |
Format | Blu-ray Disc |
Actor | Charlton Heston as Judah Ben-Hur; Robert Brown as Chief of Rowers; Jack Hawkins as Quintus Arrius; Andr� Morell as Sextus; Sam Jaffe as Simonides; Frank Thring as Pontius Pilate; Finlay Currie as Balthasar/Narrator; Martha Scott as Miriam; Hugh Griffith as Sheik Ilderim; Stephen Boyd as Messala; Terence Longdon as Drusus; Fortunato Arena as Soldier; Marina Berti as Flavia; Cathy O'Donnell as Tirzah; George Relph as Tiberius Caesar |
Rating | G (General Audience) |
Cinematography | Robert Surtees |
Language | English |
Plot | Judah Ben-Hur, a Palestinian Jew, is battling the Roman empire at the time of Christ. His actions send him and his family into slavery, but an inspirational encounter with Jesus changes everything. He finally meets his rival in a justly famous chariot race and rescues his suffering family. |
Producer | William Wyler; Sam Zimbalist |
Writer | Karl Tunberg; Lew Wallace |
Subtitles | English (SDH); Finnish; French; German; Italian; Korean; Russian; Spanish; Swedish |