Winner of 11 Academy Awards. A first-rate biblical epic packed with action. The chariot race is an all-time achievement in film editing and one of the greatest action scenes in motion pictures. Stars Charlton Heston as Ben Hur, the Jewish prince who leads his people against the Romans. Based on the novel by Lew Wallace.
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ACMI Identifier
303804
Language
English
Audience classification
G
Subject categories
Adaptations
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Religious films
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Rome (Italy)
Closed captioning
Drama
Drama → Religious films
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Religious films
Feature films
Feature films → Feature films - United States
Literature → American literature - Film and video adaptations
Places → Rome (Italy)
Religious films
Sound/audio
Captioned
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)