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Действие фильма начинается в Палестине в 26 году от Рождества Христова. Два друга, еврей Бен Гур и римлянин Мессала, встречаются после долгой разлуки взрослыми людьми и понимают, что дружба уже невозможна.

Иуда сочувствует борьбе своего народа за освобождение, а Мессала — трибун римского легиона — стоит на страже интересов Империи и требует, чтобы тот предал своих соотечественников.

Во время приветственного парада с крыши дома Гуров случайно падает черепица и едва не убивает римского наместника. Хотя Мессала знает, что они не виновны, он посылает Иуду на галеры и бросает его мать и сестру в тюрьму. Но Иуда клянется вернуться и отомстить…
Этот фильм должен был спасти студию MGM от банкротства. И спас - при бюджете в $15 миллионов он собрал по миру $70 миллионов.

Director: William Wyler
Writers: Lew Wallace (novel) Karl Tunberg (screenplay)
Release Date: 10 December 1959 (Argentina)
Genre: Action | Adventure | Drama | Romance
Awards: Won 11 Oscars. Another 17 wins & 5 nominations

Judah Ben-Hur lives as a rich Jewish prince and merchant in Jerusalem at the beginning of the 1st century. Together with the new governor his old friend Messala arrives as commanding officer of the Roman legions. At first they are happy to meet after a long time but their different politic views separate them. During the welcome parade a brick falls down from Judah's house and barely misses the governor. Although Messala knows that they are not guilty he sends Judah to the galleys and throws his mother and sister into prison. But Judah swears to come back and take revenge. Written by Matthias Scheler {tron@lyssa.owl.de}

When Prince Judah Ben-Hur hears that his childhood friend Messala has been named to command the Roman garrison of Jerusalem, he is thrilled. He soon finds however that his friend has changed and has become an arrogant conqueror, full of the grandeur of Rome. When Judah refuses to divulge the names of Jews who oppose Roman rule, Messala decides to make an example of him and sends him off as a galley slave. Through fate and good fortune, Judah survives the galleys and manages to return to Jerusalem in the hopes of finding his mother and sister, who were also imprisoned, and to seek revenge against his one-time friend. Written by garykmcd

Cast:
Charlton Heston ... Judah Ben-Hur
Jack Hawkins ... Quintus Arrius
Haya Harareet ... Esther
Stephen Boyd ... Messala
Hugh Griffith ... Sheik Ilderim
Martha Scott ... Miriam
Cathy O'Donnell ... Tirzah
Sam Jaffe ... Simonides
Finlay Currie ... Balthasar
Frank Thring ... Pontius Pilate
Terence Longdon ... Drusus
George Relph ... Tiberius Caesar
André Morell ... Sextus

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