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.
Ben-Hur is of 3 hour(s) and 42 minute(s). It is Produced By: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was released on 1959-11-18. It has the tagline: The entertainment experience of a lifetime! It has an average vote of 7.892 on TMDB.
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