Ben-Hur

• 1959
• 212 min
• History
• Drama
• Adventure
• US

Directed by William Wyler

One word from Rome's new tribune is enough to erase an entire household. In occupied Judea, the Jewish prince Judah Ben-Hur welcomes back Messala, the childhood friend who returns as an imperial officer; when Judah refuses to betray his people, friendship curdles into vengeance and he is condemned to the galleys. Surviving oars, desert and arena, he fights his way back toward Jerusalem and the mother and sister he lost. A colossal Hollywood spectacle, staged on an overwhelming scale, where revenge brushes against a rising faith.