Ben-Hur
1959 • 212 min • History · Drama · Adventure
Our family guide
Best from age 10- 100 Reviewers · 4 · 60%
- 79 Audience · 3198 · 40%
Ben-Hur ni hadithi kuu ya usaliti, kisasi, na ukombozi iliyowekwa katika Uyahudi ya kale. Mwanamfalme wa Kiyahudi anahukumiwa kimakosa kuwa mtumwa, anastahimili magumu, na anatafuta kulipiza kisasi dhidi ya rafiki yake wa zamani, hatimaye akipata imani. Inatoa wigo mpana wa kihistoria na matatizo makubwa ya kibinafsi.
- Violence & peril
- 6/10
- Language
- 1/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 2/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 1/10
- Scary moments
- 4/10
Heads up
- Mbio ndefu za farasi zina ushindani mkali
- Wahusika wanavumilia utumwa mgumu
- Mada za dhuluma na hasara
- Usaliti na kupoteza
What it models well
- Ukombozi na msamaha
- Kuvumilia kupitia magumu
- Nguvu ya imani
- Uaminifu na urafiki
Talk about it after
- Muktadha wa kihistoria wa utawala wa Kirumi
- Maana ya msamaha
- Dhana ya haki dhidi ya kisasi
- Njia tofauti za ukombozi
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Top billed cast
Director: William Wyler • Crew: Karl Tunberg
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Reviewer notes
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersThis is one I had never seen before but finally say down for the 3.5 hour running time and found it thoroughly engaging, though after the chariot race scene, felt it slowed down quite a bit. Still, great performances all around and the scale, not just for its time but even today, was amazing. **4.5/5**
RecommendedIt will probably be remembered for it's chariot race long after all of the rest of it has faded away, but this is more than just that. It is a story about friendship, religion, power and opportunity - it is also about sheer bloody-mindedness and cruelty. It resonates all the more because these are all human traits that abound in all of us to some extent. The film looks truly amazing and Miklós Rósza is on top form...
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersWhat can be said about this film that hasnt already been said? I could (justly) use every superlative known and it still does not cover just how amazing this film is. It is the essence of EPIC (and not just historical epic). It is easy to see why it was not matched in the number of Oscars given for 50 years (and those 'equals' did not include any acting oscars and had more categories to choose from). I...
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersMajestic in scope and story telling. The truth is, is that Ben-Hur deserved every award that was showered upon it. It's a titanic film both in structure and scope. It doesn't need me to go over old ground about how much the film cost to make, the number of extras, the number of sets and etc, it's now folklore that this film could have bankrupted MGM such was the investment, but they needn't have worried since t...
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Details
- TMDB audience
- 7.9/10 (3,198)
- Age rating
- G
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $15,000,000
- Box office
- $164,000,000
- IMDb
- tt0052618
