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.

Frasi

Balthasar: Pardon me - you are a stranger here. [...] D
Messala: [to Ben-Hur] It's a Roman world. If you [...] D
Judah Ben-Hur: [as Judah Ben-Hur hugs Simonides, [...] D
[last lines] Judah Ben-Hur: Almost at the momen [...] D
Messala: Sextus, you ask how to fight an idea. W [...] D
[Quintas Arrius wakes up, chained, on ship debri [...] D
Centurion: No water for him! D
Sheik Ilderim: Fool! Headless toad! You know not [...] D
Sextus: You can break a man's skull, you can arr [...] D
[on Arrius' orders, Judah is left unlocked for t [...] D
[Messala is mortally injured after being trample [...] D
Jailer: [in horror] Lepers. D
Sheik Ilderim: Balthasar is a good man. But unti [...] D
Miriam: [hesitating as they leave the Valley of [...] D
Messala: Look to the West, Judah! Don't be a foo [...] D
Judah Ben-Hur: Is there a way down here? Suppli [...] D
Judah Ben-Hur: It's a strange destiny that broug [...] D
Pontius Pilate: [after Ben Hur's victory] You ar [...] D
Sheik Ilderim: Judah Ben-Hur. You're a Jew, yet [...] D
Neighbor: You're not watching the soldiers, Jose [...] D
1st Jailer: [looking in records] Miriam, wife... [...] D
Sheik Ilderim: [about the horses] I thought they [...] D
Judah Ben-Hur: If I cannot persuade them, that d [...] D
Esther: It was Judah Ben-Hur I loved. What has b [...] D
Messala: By condemning without hesitation an old [...] D
Messala: Judah, tell me, did you-did you think a [...] D
Sheik Ilderim: [about his wives] I've got six... [...] D
Pontius Pilate: A grown man knows the world he l [...] D
[first lines and off-screen] Balthasar: [narrat [...] D
Judah Ben-Hur: You sent for me? Pontius Pilate: [...] D
Judah Ben-Hur: If you were not a bride, I would [...] D
Quintus Arrius: Whoever the gods are, they take [...] D
Balthasar: [during the crucifixion] I have lived [...] D
Tirzah: [mouthing silently to the sky after bein [...] D
Quintus Arrius: Now listen to me, all of you. Yo [...] D
Judah Ben-Hur: [after he is sentenced to the gal [...] D
Quintus Arrius: In his eagerness to save you, yo [...] D
Messala: By what magic do you bear the name of a [...] D
Esther: Oh, Judah, rest. Sleep. For a few hours [...] D
Messala: [to Ben-Hur] Persuade your people that [...] D
Messala: Judah, either you help me or you oppose [...] D
Quintus Arrius: Your eyes are full of hate, fort [...] D
Judah Ben-Hur: He gave me water, and the heart t [...] D
Sheik Ilderim: Judah Ben-Hur, my people are pray [...] D
Centurion: There's a Jew outside. He wants to se [...] D
Sheik Ilderim: Bonehead! Give me those reins! Yo [...] D
[Judah, Esther, Miriam and Tirzah enter the city [...] D
Sheik Ilderim: Was the food not to your liking? [...] D
Sextus: There's this wild man in the desert name [...] D
Simonides: Judah-Ben Hur! You've come back to us [...] D
Messala: No, it was fate that chose us to civili [...] D
Quintus Arrius: [a galley's 200 rowers are gradu [...] D
Simonides: There is Malluch, my other half. We m [...] D
Messala: [greedily] Drusus, as a boy I dreamed o [...] D
Judah Ben-Hur: What has become of my mother and [...] D
Quintus Arrius: [startled from sleep by Judah's [...] D
Miriam: [speaking of Christ] As though he were c [...] D
Judah Ben-Hur: [dipping a hand in a stream] When [...] D
Tiberius Caesar: [Tiberius Caesar sees Judah Ben [...] D
Judah Ben-Hur: Where are my mother and sister? W [...] D
Judah Ben-Hur: I must deal with Messala in my ow [...] D
[Judah confronts Esther and Malluch in the Valle [...] D
Judah Ben-Hur: God forgive me for seeking vengea [...] D
Servant: [Presenting a gift] For the Tribune. Wi [...] D
Esther: The stone that fell from this roof so lo [...] D
Sheik Ilderim: One God, that I can understand; b [...] D
Pontius Pilate: It's a terrible prospect. [abou [...] D
[Christ passes, bearing the cross] Esther: How [...] D
Messala: Just as I remember it. The courtyard wh [...] D