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Ben-Hur

(1959)
10.0 / 10

Ben-Hur 1959

Names such as Charlton Heston, Stephen Boyd and Jack Hawkins take the leading roles in Ben-Hur, which was released in 1959 and managed to win 11 Academy Awards. It is an Adventure, Drama and Epic movie directed by William Wyler, based on the book of the same name by Ben Hur Lew Wallace. Ben Hur, which has a watch time of 3 and a half hours, continues to maintain its IMDB score of 8.1 since 1959, thanks to 133,932 votes. The movie, which was shot with a budget of 15 million dollars, has earned close to 150 million dollars in the world. Ben-Hur was a wealthy prince who lived in 26 BC, as well as a merchant. He has not met his childhood friend named Messala for many years and during this time he has not met, his friend has risen to the position of the ruler of Rome. Messala, who was away from the city of Jerusalem for many years, has now become one of the important commanders of the Roman army. Ben-Hur fights for the freedom of the Jews at the cost of his life and asks his childhood friend Messala Ben Hur to identify and find the Jews who were critical of Rome. However, Ben-Hur rejects this offer and the paths of two childhood friends begin to diverge in different directions as a result of the incident that happened when the paths of the two childhood friends were fully united.

Cast
Charlton Heston
Charlton Heston
Jack Hawkins
Jack Hawkins
Haya Harareet
Haya Harareet
Stephen Boyd
Stephen Boyd
Martha Scott
Martha Scott
Cathy O'Donnell
Cathy O'Donnell
Sam Jaffe
Sam Jaffe
Hugh Griffith
Hugh Griffith
Finlay Currie
Finlay Currie
Frank Thring
Frank Thring
George Relph
George Relph
André Morell
André Morell
Terence Longdon
Terence Longdon
Ady Berber
Ady Berber
Lando Buzzanca
Lando Buzzanca
Giuliano Gemma
Giuliano Gemma
Marina Berti
Marina Berti
Robert Brown
Robert Brown
Enzo Fiermonte
Enzo Fiermonte
Richard Hale
Richard Hale
Duncan Lamont
Duncan Lamont
John Le Mesurier
John Le Mesurier
Ferdy Mayne
Ferdy Mayne
May McAvoy
May McAvoy
Aldo Silvani
Aldo Silvani
Ralph Truman
Ralph Truman
Mino Doro
Mino Doro
Franco Fantasia
Franco Fantasia
José Greci
José Greci
John Horsley
John Horsley
Howard Lang
Howard Lang
Tutte Lemkow
Tutte Lemkow
Cliff Lyons
Cliff Lyons
Laurence Payne
Laurence Payne
Aldo Pini
Aldo Pini
Edwin Richfield
Edwin Richfield
Gianni Solaro
Gianni Solaro
Raimondo Van Riel
Raimondo Van Riel
Nazzareno Zamperla
Nazzareno Zamperla
Armando Fracassi
Armando Fracassi
Osiride Pevarello
Osiride Pevarello
Renzo Pevarello
Renzo Pevarello
Amerigo Santarelli
Amerigo Santarelli
Aldo Cecconi
Aldo Cecconi
Mario Meniconi
Mario Meniconi
Terzo Monachesi
Terzo Monachesi
Giorgio Ubaldi
Giorgio Ubaldi