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Ben-Hur
Titolo originale: Ben-Hur
Regia:
William Wyler
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Anno: 1959
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Storia Dramma Avventura
Tag:
epic
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governor
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middle east
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based on novel or book
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roman empire
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politics
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christianity
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jew persecution
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jewish life
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roman
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miracle
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jerusalem
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prince
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chariot race
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leprosy
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redemption
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religious conversion
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ancient rome
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love
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friends
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remake
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revenge
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judaism
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religion
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historical fiction
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period drama
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dungeon
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galley
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hatred
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sheikh
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sea battle
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jewish family
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galley slave
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childhood sweetheart
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salvation
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1st century
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jesus christ
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false imprisonment
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judea
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subjugated people
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awestruck
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Cast:
Charlton Heston
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Stephen Boyd
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Hugh Griffith
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Jack Hawkins
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Haya Harareet
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Martha Scott
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Cathy O'Donnell
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Sam Jaffe
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Finlay Currie
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Frank Thring
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George Relph
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André Morell
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Terence Longdon
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Ady Berber
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Lando Buzzanca
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Giuliano Gemma
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Marina Berti
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Robert Brown
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Liana Del Balzo
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Enzo Fiermonte
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Richard Hale
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Duncan Lamont
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John Le Mesurier
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Ferdy Mayne
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May McAvoy
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Aldo Silvani
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Ralph Truman
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Claude Heater
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Joe Canutt
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Richard Coleman
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Antonio Corevi
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David Davies
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Mino Doro
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Michael Dugan
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Franco Fantasia
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José Greci
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John Horsley
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Howard Lang
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Stevenson Lang
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Tutte Lemkow
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Cliff Lyons
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Tiberio Mitri
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Remington Olmsted
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Laurence Payne
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Aldo Pini
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Diego Pozzetto
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Stella Rho
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Edwin Richfield
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Hector Ross
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Maxwell Shaw
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Gianni Solaro
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Pietro Tordi
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Raimondo Van Riel
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Dervis Ward
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Joe Yrigoyen
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Nazzareno Zamperla
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Jerry Brown
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Eddie Jauregui
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Gianni Di Segni
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Armando Fracassi
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Osiride Pevarello
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Renzo Pevarello
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Amerigo Santarelli
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Artemio Antonini
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Aldo Cecconi
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Mario Meniconi
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Terzo Monachesi
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Giorgio Ubaldi
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Umberto Alivernini
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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 [...]
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As they are preparing for the chariot race, a raised platform is shown which is made of galvanized [...]
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When Esther and Tirzah and Miriam seek shelter during the storm, Miriam appears to say something ju [...]
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The four horses drawing Judah Ben-Hur's chariot noticeably change color from 'solid white' to 'grey [...]
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In the confrontation scene between Judah and Messala when Judah demands that Messala release his mo [...]
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As Pontius Pilate comes out to watch the chariot race and takes his seat, a Roman officer behind hi [...]
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A car is seen briefly in the background of a desert scene.
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Messala damages Ben-Hur's chariot with his saw-toothed wheel-hubs, but when Ben-Hur drives up to Po [...]
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The film implies that Jerusalem was the center of Roman administration in Judea. The Roman prefects [...]
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Ben-Hur is whipped constantly as he marches to the galleys, and presumably is whipped during his th [...]
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Christ is always seen from the back, but when He is condemned to death He is facing Pilate and His [...]
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The shadow of the camera can be seen on Christ's back as Ben-Hur is leaving Nazareth to go to the g [...]
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A pretty good breeze is blowing the sheik's robe around when he comes to visit Judah just before th [...]
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Modern books with covers can be seen, at a time when only scrolls and folders with single pages wer [...]
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When Judah returns home after four years in the galleys he is still wearing Esther's ring. No conde [...]
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When Esther and Tirzah and Miriam seek shelter, the storm is violent enough to cause earth to fall [...]
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In the galley sequence one guard tells another 'The admiral's barge will arrive in a few minutes' T [...]
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Jesus' ministry seems to last 5 years in this movie. Although this is traditionally seen as lasting [...]
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When Arrius orders rest after having the rowers go to ramming speed, the order is given to raise oa [...]
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One of the chariot heralds has been claimed to be wearing a wristwatch, but other viewers report th [...]
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During the scene in which Judah and Arrius are rescued from the water, the waves breaking in the ba [...]
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Three years after Judah serves as a galley slave he goes to Rome with Quintus Arrius presumably in [...]
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It is well documented that Messala's horses in the chariot race were dyed black (their natural colo [...]
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Pontius Pilate wears a purple toga at the chariot race. Purple togas were the prerogative of the em [...]
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After announcing Ben-Hur's arrival at Messala's quarters, the position of the centurion's hand on h [...]
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When meeting Ben-Hur for the first time at Quintus' party Pontius Pilate refers to "Jehovah" in a j [...]
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When Ben-Hur is summoned to Arrius's quarters aboard the ship, the Consul's personal belongings in [...]
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Early in the scene when Messala enters Jerusalem, a high-altitude shot of the street shows a blanke [...]
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When one of the chariots crashes as Ben-Hur tried to avoid Messala's wheel spikes, Sheikh Ilderim c [...]
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The film shows Judah's family with leprosy, and banished to a colony. Leprosy, and the use of leper [...]
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Tire tracks from the camera truck are visible in the sand of the circus during the chariot race. [...]
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When Judah and Messala hurl their spears at the beam, both spears travel to their mark on guide wir [...]
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The horses of Ilderim are named for the stars Aldebaran, Altair, Antares and Rigel. However, these [...]
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Pilate (Frank Thring) announces a charioteer from Carthage in the race. Carthage was completely des [...]
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In the market scene following the argument between Messala and Judah, a person is heard saying in t [...]
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The racing chariots of the Romans were much smaller and lighter than the unwieldy, heavy war chario [...]
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On the way to the galleys, a prisoner on the march dies and is cut loose from the rest. When he is [...]
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Quintus' warship is ordered to go after Macedonian pirates. Macedonia was a Greek-state; a country [...]
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When Ben-Hur's and Messala's chariots lock wheels, Messala's wheel shatters. In the shot of the ove [...]
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During the chariot race, a device on a wheel hub is shown shredding the wheel of an adjacent chario [...]
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As stated, the MGM lion is a frozen frame as the film opens - Leo doesn't roar. This was not done a [...]
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Judah tells Quintus that he has spent the last three years in slave galleys. Having spent all that [...]
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During the race, just before the first chariot goes down, the left wheel of that chariot is removed [...]
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During the ship battle, a slave is released from below and is missing his left hand. About ten seco [...]
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During the chariot race, shadow lengths/directions clearly show that passage of time (filming) inco [...]
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After Judah denounces Rome and Esther declares that it is as if he has become Messala, he turns to [...]
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When Judah breaks into Messala's office there is a military standard leaning against the wall in th [...]
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When Judah visits Messala after the chariot race, as he enters the room he lays his wreath on a cha [...]
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Sheikh Ilderim and Judah pronounce the name of the Sheikh's chariot horse "REEGH-el," as though it [...]
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Roman galleys are shown with a type of rigging that was not used in ship construction until the XVI [...]
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A character refers to the Roman Emperor as "The Divine Tiberius." Although Tiberius was never deifi [...]
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When Christ is carrying His cross, the Latin title Iesus Nazarenus, Rex Iudaeorum ("Jesus of Nazare [...]
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Roman warship rowers were not slaves but a paid part of the ship's crew.
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When the chariots are first being backed into the starting area, each chariot has just 3 horses eac [...]
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In the film's prologue, Balthasar the narrator, telling the story of Jesus's birth, begins the stor [...]
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In the chariot race Ben-Hur and Messala are side by side for several laps. When they turn corners t [...]
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When Messala breaks a tile on the rooftop of the House of Hur, a broken tile from an earlier take a [...]
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When Ben-Hur is about to be thrown over the chariot there is a blood spot on his upper arm. After h [...]
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During the chariot race just before Ben-Hur's chariot jumps the wrecked chariot, stunt driver Joe C [...]
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The calf in the stable is a Holstein, a breed that did not exist at the time, and was unknown in th [...]
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After Judah Ben-Hur and Messala are reunited and Messala throws his spear into the cross-beams the [...]
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The mezuzah shown at the entrance to Ben-Hur's home is mounted diagonally. That practice was not ad [...]
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During the chariot race, when we see the third dolphin tipped to mark the laps, the following shot [...]
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Two Romans are seen wearing watches.
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Valerius Gratus and Pontius Pilate are referred to in the film as governors of Judea. At the time t [...]
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During the chariot race, just after Judah's chariot jumps over the previously-crashed chariot, a ca [...]
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At Sheik Ilderim's oasis, Ben-Hur's facial hair changes length between shots.
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When Judah and Messala argue in the courtyard of Judah's home, road noise and honking car horns can [...]
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In the overhead view of the second turn as the chariots are taking their parade lap around the race [...]
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Ben-Hur presents Pilate with Arrius's ring, to be returned to Rome. Pilate moves so that he is alwa [...]
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Nine chariots start the chariot race. After the first crash, there appear still to be nine chariots [...]
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Valerius Gratus rides into Jerusalem wearing the armor of a Roman general. Generals in the Roman ar [...]
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Sheik Ilderim pins a Star of David onto Ben-Hur's belt before the race, obviously to goad the Roman [...]
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An establishing shot of Jerusalem in the opening sequence shows a hooded Ben-Hur, long before he is [...]
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A stunt double for Judah during the race can be noticed by his wavy hair.
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Sheik Ilderim yells at his chariot driver that if he whips his horses again he'll drain every drop [...]
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When Ben-Hur and Arrius are shipwrecked after the battle on the sea they are seen drifting on a pie [...]
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In the film chariot drivers use 2 reins to control the horses but according to historical records t [...]
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When the audience first sees Ben-Hur and Messala together and they both throw a spear at the wall, [...]
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The opening narration by Balthasar refers to the taxation decree made "in the seventh year of the r [...]
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As Judah Ben-Hur is being taken in chains along with other prisoners by the Romans from Jerusalem t [...]
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During the sea battle between the Roman and Macedonian fleets, flaming torches are shot between the [...]
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Just before the Roman galley is rammed, the condemned men behind Ben-Hur are clearly dummies. [...]
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As Judah and other prisoners are being marched away, a guard whips Judah and tells him to get back [...]
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The final chariot race was supposed to been held in Jerusalem, but there was no such structure in t [...]
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A close-up of the saw-toothed wheel hubs, just before the race shows the modern welding.
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When Messala assumes command of the garrison, outgoing commander Sextus is seen in the doorway as t [...]
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When passing through Nazareth, Messala says they will arrive in Jerusalem the next night. The strai [...]
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When Messala and the sheik are betting on the race, we hear them both saying 1,000 talents, but the [...]
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The cross that Jesus carries through the streets is in the shape of the traditional Christian cross [...]
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As the main actors all had blue eyes, Stephen Boyd (Messala) had to wear colored lenses to have dar [...]
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When Judah first picks up Tirzah in the cave to take her to Jesus, her head is cradled in his right [...]
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