Fan CastingBen-Hur
by William Wyler, Lew Wallace, Karl Tunberg
Story added by guam2020 on August 2, 2020
Epic drama about an aristocratic Jew living in Judea who incurs the wrath of a childhood friend, now a Roman tribune. Although forced into slavery on a galley and compelled to witness the cruel persecution of his family, he survives, harbouring dreams of vengeance. A battle at sea and a chariot race are among the memorable sequences. The film used 300 sets at Rome's Cinecitta Studios and won a ...
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