Bible Movies - 18 - Ben Hur - Eng - Sub Titles 16 Languages

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Ben Hur was made back when going to an epic movie was an international event. Great spectaculars were made with real people, mind-boggling sets and casts of thousands -- long before digital special effects made them all obsolete.


Epics were shown on gigantic screens in palatial movie houses, often with overtures and intermissions, and a really big movie was a cultural experience that everybody knew about. There’s no better example of those bygone days than 1959’s Ben Hur, a biblical sword-and-sandal epic that has it all – including a breathtaking, absolutely real chariot race.

The Plot

After a prologue of the birth of Christ, the movie begins in Judea, where we meet the handsome Roman Messala, a childhood friend of Judah Ben Hur (Charlton Heston) who is now determined to rule the conquered land of Judea with an iron hand. Ben Hur, a Jewish prince, is wealthy and influential, and Messala asks his help in persuading the locals against rebellion – but he resists.


As the new Roman governor arrives to take power, Ben Hur and his sister are watching from their rooftop and accidently dislodge a tile. The governor’s horse starts, he falls and is gravely injured. Ben Hur, his mother and sister are arrested and unjustly condemned, and Ben Hur swears vengeance against Messala.