Ben-Hur
MovieTitle | Ben-Hur |
User score | 7.9 |
Release date | Nov 18, 1959 |
Genre | History, Drama, Adventure, Action |
Director | William Wyler |
Production country | United States of America |
Production companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Budget | $15,000,000 |
Revenue | $164,000,000 |
Run time | 222 min. |
In 25 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accused by a Roman childhood friend-turned-overlord of trying to kill the Roman governor, he is put into slavery and his mother and sister are taken away as prisoners.