Ben-Hur

1959, Movie, 3h 32min

Winner of a record eleven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor, this gargantuan sword-and-sandals spectacle stands as one of the greatest Hollywood epics ever filmed. A member of the Jewish nobility in Jerusalem, Judah Ben-Hur (Charlton Heston) lives a religious life in peaceful opposition to the tyrannical occupation of Judea by Rome. When Messala (Stephen Boyd), a boyhood friend, betrays him to the Romans and condemns him to a life of slavery, Ben-Hur resolves to regain his freedom and exact his revenge—a quest that culminates at the chariot races in one of the most exciting action sequences ever captured on film.

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8.1

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Critic William Thomas

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...little can come close to captivating the grandeur and epic quality of William Wyler's magnificent bum numb-er.

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Critic David Parkinson

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In an age of widescreen epics, Ben-Hur was consciously designed to be the biggest and best of them all.

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Critic Kim Nilsson

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Heston regerar i titelrollen medan andra som sticker ut med fina insatsar är Sam Jeffe som slaven Simonides och Martha Scott som Ben-Hurs mamma.

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"Ben-Hur, a noble Jew in ancient Jerusalem, is betrayed by his childhood friend Messala, now a ruthless Roman tribune, and is sentenced to slavery. After years of hardship and adventure, Ben-Hur returns seeking revenge against Messala and the Romans who destroyed his family. A chance encounter with Jesus Christ changes his life forever." (5 sentences)

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