Ben-Hur

Titolo originale: Ben-Hur
Regia: William Wyler |
Anno: 1959
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Storia Dramma Avventura
Tag: epic | governor | middle east | based on novel or book | roman empire | politics | christianity | jew persecution | jewish life | roman | miracle | jerusalem | prince | chariot race | leprosy | redemption | religious conversion | ancient rome | love | friends | remake | revenge | judaism | religion | historical fiction | period drama | dungeon | galley | hatred | sheikh | sea battle | jewish family | galley slave | childhood sweetheart | salvation | 1st century | jesus christ | false imprisonment | judea | subjugated people | awestruck |
Cast: Charlton Heston | Stephen Boyd | Hugh Griffith | Jack Hawkins | Haya Harareet | Martha Scott | Cathy O'Donnell | Sam Jaffe | Finlay Currie | Frank Thring | George Relph | André Morell | Terence Longdon | Ady Berber | Lando Buzzanca | Giuliano Gemma | Marina Berti | Robert Brown | Liana Del Balzo | Enzo Fiermonte | Richard Hale | Duncan Lamont | John Le Mesurier | Ferdy Mayne | May McAvoy | Aldo Silvani | Ralph Truman | Claude Heater | Joe Canutt | Richard Coleman | Antonio Corevi | David Davies | Mino Doro | Michael Dugan | Franco Fantasia | José Greci | John Horsley | Howard Lang | Stevenson Lang | Tutte Lemkow | Cliff Lyons | Tiberio Mitri | Remington Olmsted | Laurence Payne | Aldo Pini | Diego Pozzetto | Stella Rho | Edwin Richfield | Hector Ross | Maxwell Shaw | Gianni Solaro | Pietro Tordi | Raimondo Van Riel | Dervis Ward | Joe Yrigoyen | Nazzareno Zamperla | Jerry Brown | Eddie Jauregui | Gianni Di Segni | Armando Fracassi | Osiride Pevarello | Renzo Pevarello | Amerigo Santarelli | Artemio Antonini | Aldo Cecconi | Mario Meniconi | Terzo Monachesi | Giorgio Ubaldi | Umberto Alivernini |

L'epopea del giudeo Ben-Hur, arrestato dall'amico Messala, tribuno dell'impero romano, inviato nelle galee come schiavo, riuscirà, dopo aver salvato il console Ario, a diventare un ricco romano e a tornare in patria per vendicarsi.

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The film depicts Tiberius as an elderly, noble emperor, when in fact his last years were spent in i [...] D
As they are preparing for the chariot race, a raised platform is shown which is made of galvanized [...] D
When Esther and Tirzah and Miriam seek shelter during the storm, Miriam appears to say something ju [...] D
The four horses drawing Judah Ben-Hur's chariot noticeably change color from 'solid white' to 'grey [...] D
In the confrontation scene between Judah and Messala when Judah demands that Messala release his mo [...] D
As Pontius Pilate comes out to watch the chariot race and takes his seat, a Roman officer behind hi [...] D
A car is seen briefly in the background of a desert scene. D
Messala damages Ben-Hur's chariot with his saw-toothed wheel-hubs, but when Ben-Hur drives up to Po [...] D
The film implies that Jerusalem was the center of Roman administration in Judea. The Roman prefects [...] D
Ben-Hur is whipped constantly as he marches to the galleys, and presumably is whipped during his th [...] D
Christ is always seen from the back, but when He is condemned to death He is facing Pilate and His [...] D
The shadow of the camera can be seen on Christ's back as Ben-Hur is leaving Nazareth to go to the g [...] D
A pretty good breeze is blowing the sheik's robe around when he comes to visit Judah just before th [...] D
Modern books with covers can be seen, at a time when only scrolls and folders with single pages wer [...] D
When Judah returns home after four years in the galleys he is still wearing Esther's ring. No conde [...] D
When Esther and Tirzah and Miriam seek shelter, the storm is violent enough to cause earth to fall [...] D
In the galley sequence one guard tells another 'The admiral's barge will arrive in a few minutes' T [...] D
Jesus' ministry seems to last 5 years in this movie. Although this is traditionally seen as lasting [...] D
When Arrius orders rest after having the rowers go to ramming speed, the order is given to raise oa [...] D
One of the chariot heralds has been claimed to be wearing a wristwatch, but other viewers report th [...] D
During the scene in which Judah and Arrius are rescued from the water, the waves breaking in the ba [...] D
Three years after Judah serves as a galley slave he goes to Rome with Quintus Arrius presumably in [...] D
It is well documented that Messala's horses in the chariot race were dyed black (their natural colo [...] D
Pontius Pilate wears a purple toga at the chariot race. Purple togas were the prerogative of the em [...] D
After announcing Ben-Hur's arrival at Messala's quarters, the position of the centurion's hand on h [...] D
When meeting Ben-Hur for the first time at Quintus' party Pontius Pilate refers to "Jehovah" in a j [...] D
When Ben-Hur is summoned to Arrius's quarters aboard the ship, the Consul's personal belongings in [...] D
Early in the scene when Messala enters Jerusalem, a high-altitude shot of the street shows a blanke [...] D
When one of the chariots crashes as Ben-Hur tried to avoid Messala's wheel spikes, Sheikh Ilderim c [...] D
The film shows Judah's family with leprosy, and banished to a colony. Leprosy, and the use of leper [...] D
Tire tracks from the camera truck are visible in the sand of the circus during the chariot race. [...] D
When Judah and Messala hurl their spears at the beam, both spears travel to their mark on guide wir [...] D
The horses of Ilderim are named for the stars Aldebaran, Altair, Antares and Rigel. However, these [...] D
Pilate (Frank Thring) announces a charioteer from Carthage in the race. Carthage was completely des [...] D
In the market scene following the argument between Messala and Judah, a person is heard saying in t [...] D
The racing chariots of the Romans were much smaller and lighter than the unwieldy, heavy war chario [...] D
On the way to the galleys, a prisoner on the march dies and is cut loose from the rest. When he is [...] D
Quintus' warship is ordered to go after Macedonian pirates. Macedonia was a Greek-state; a country [...] D
When Ben-Hur's and Messala's chariots lock wheels, Messala's wheel shatters. In the shot of the ove [...] D
During the chariot race, a device on a wheel hub is shown shredding the wheel of an adjacent chario [...] D
As stated, the MGM lion is a frozen frame as the film opens - Leo doesn't roar. This was not done a [...] D
Judah tells Quintus that he has spent the last three years in slave galleys. Having spent all that [...] D
During the race, just before the first chariot goes down, the left wheel of that chariot is removed [...] D
During the ship battle, a slave is released from below and is missing his left hand. About ten seco [...] D
During the chariot race, shadow lengths/directions clearly show that passage of time (filming) inco [...] D
After Judah denounces Rome and Esther declares that it is as if he has become Messala, he turns to [...] D
When Judah breaks into Messala's office there is a military standard leaning against the wall in th [...] D
When Judah visits Messala after the chariot race, as he enters the room he lays his wreath on a cha [...] D
Sheikh Ilderim and Judah pronounce the name of the Sheikh's chariot horse "REEGH-el," as though it [...] D
Roman galleys are shown with a type of rigging that was not used in ship construction until the XVI [...] D
A character refers to the Roman Emperor as "The Divine Tiberius." Although Tiberius was never deifi [...] D
When Christ is carrying His cross, the Latin title Iesus Nazarenus, Rex Iudaeorum ("Jesus of Nazare [...] D
Roman warship rowers were not slaves but a paid part of the ship's crew. D
When the chariots are first being backed into the starting area, each chariot has just 3 horses eac [...] D
In the film's prologue, Balthasar the narrator, telling the story of Jesus's birth, begins the stor [...] D
In the chariot race Ben-Hur and Messala are side by side for several laps. When they turn corners t [...] D
When Messala breaks a tile on the rooftop of the House of Hur, a broken tile from an earlier take a [...] D
When Ben-Hur is about to be thrown over the chariot there is a blood spot on his upper arm. After h [...] D
During the chariot race just before Ben-Hur's chariot jumps the wrecked chariot, stunt driver Joe C [...] D
The calf in the stable is a Holstein, a breed that did not exist at the time, and was unknown in th [...] D
After Judah Ben-Hur and Messala are reunited and Messala throws his spear into the cross-beams the [...] D
The mezuzah shown at the entrance to Ben-Hur's home is mounted diagonally. That practice was not ad [...] D
During the chariot race, when we see the third dolphin tipped to mark the laps, the following shot [...] D
Two Romans are seen wearing watches. D
Valerius Gratus and Pontius Pilate are referred to in the film as governors of Judea. At the time t [...] D
During the chariot race, just after Judah's chariot jumps over the previously-crashed chariot, a ca [...] D
At Sheik Ilderim's oasis, Ben-Hur's facial hair changes length between shots. D
When Judah and Messala argue in the courtyard of Judah's home, road noise and honking car horns can [...] D
In the overhead view of the second turn as the chariots are taking their parade lap around the race [...] D
Ben-Hur presents Pilate with Arrius's ring, to be returned to Rome. Pilate moves so that he is alwa [...] D
Nine chariots start the chariot race. After the first crash, there appear still to be nine chariots [...] D
Valerius Gratus rides into Jerusalem wearing the armor of a Roman general. Generals in the Roman ar [...] D
Sheik Ilderim pins a Star of David onto Ben-Hur's belt before the race, obviously to goad the Roman [...] D
An establishing shot of Jerusalem in the opening sequence shows a hooded Ben-Hur, long before he is [...] D
A stunt double for Judah during the race can be noticed by his wavy hair. D
Sheik Ilderim yells at his chariot driver that if he whips his horses again he'll drain every drop [...] D
When Ben-Hur and Arrius are shipwrecked after the battle on the sea they are seen drifting on a pie [...] D
In the film chariot drivers use 2 reins to control the horses but according to historical records t [...] D
When the audience first sees Ben-Hur and Messala together and they both throw a spear at the wall, [...] D
The opening narration by Balthasar refers to the taxation decree made "in the seventh year of the r [...] D
As Judah Ben-Hur is being taken in chains along with other prisoners by the Romans from Jerusalem t [...] D
During the sea battle between the Roman and Macedonian fleets, flaming torches are shot between the [...] D
Just before the Roman galley is rammed, the condemned men behind Ben-Hur are clearly dummies. [...] D
As Judah and other prisoners are being marched away, a guard whips Judah and tells him to get back [...] D
The final chariot race was supposed to been held in Jerusalem, but there was no such structure in t [...] D
A close-up of the saw-toothed wheel hubs, just before the race shows the modern welding. D
When Messala assumes command of the garrison, outgoing commander Sextus is seen in the doorway as t [...] D
When passing through Nazareth, Messala says they will arrive in Jerusalem the next night. The strai [...] D
When Messala and the sheik are betting on the race, we hear them both saying 1,000 talents, but the [...] D
The cross that Jesus carries through the streets is in the shape of the traditional Christian cross [...] D
As the main actors all had blue eyes, Stephen Boyd (Messala) had to wear colored lenses to have dar [...] D
When Judah first picks up Tirzah in the cave to take her to Jesus, her head is cradled in his right [...] D