Ben-Hur : a tale of the Christ

Resource Information

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Label

Ben-Hur : a tale of the Christ

Title remainder

a tale of the Christ

Statement of responsibility

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; screen play by Karl Tunberg ; produced by Sam Zimbalist ; directed by William Wyler

Creator

• Ben-Hur (Motion picture : 1959)

Contributor

• Heston, Charlton
• Hawkins, Jack, 1910-1973
• Jaffe, Sam, 1891-1984
• Harareet, Haya, 1931-2021
• O'Donnell, Cathy, 1925-1970
• Griffith, Hugh, 1912-1980
• Scott, Martha, 1914-2003
• Boyd, Stephen, 1931-1977
• Wallace, Lew, 1827-1905
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• Wyler, William, 1902-1981

Actor

• Scott, Martha, 1914-2003
• Jaffe, Sam, 1891-1984
• Heston, Charlton
• Harareet, Haya, 1931-2021
• Hawkins, Jack, 1910-1973
• Boyd, Stephen, 1931-1977
• Griffith, Hugh, 1912-1980
• O'Donnell, Cathy, 1925-1970

Director

• Wyler, William, 1902-1981

Subject

• Feature films
• Film adaptations
• Historical films
• Slaves -- Italy | Rome -- Drama
• Jesus Christ -- Drama
• Judaea (Region) -- Drama
• Rome -- History -- Tiberius, 14-37 -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Bible films
• Bible, New Testament -- History of Biblical events -- Drama
• Christian films
• Epic films

Genre

• Drama
• Bible films
• Christian films
• Epic films
• Feature films
• Film adaptations
• Historical films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• fre
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

"Judah Ben-Hur [is] a Jewish nobleman in Palestine whose heroic odyssey includes enslavement by the Romans, vengeance against his tormentors during a furious arena chariot race and fateful encounters with Jesus Christ"--Container

Awards note

Academy Award, 1960: Best Picture; Best Director; Best Actor (Charlton Heston); Best Supporting Actor (Hugh Griffith); Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color; Best Cinematography, Color; Best Costume Design, Color; Best Effects, Special Effects; Best Film Editing; Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture; Best Sound.

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Robert L. Surtees ; film editors, Ralph E. Winters, John D. Dunning ; music, Miklos Rosza

Intended audience

MPAA rating: G

Language note

In English and French with English, French, and Spanish subtitles ; closed-captioned (SDH: subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing)

PerformerNote

Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith, Martha Scott, Cathy O'Donnell, Sam Jaffe

Runtime

222

Technique

live action