Ramon Novarro stars in the 1925 version of BEN-HUR: A TALE OF THE CHRIST, a spectacular silent epic that's only about as half as long as the elephantine 1959 William Wyler remake, yet is at least twice as entertaining.
Twenty years after the birth of Christ, Jerusalem suffers under the oppressive reign of Imperial Rome. Judah Ben-Hur (Ramon Novarro), a Jewish prince of the House of Hur, was a boyhood friend of Messala (Francis X. Bushman), who's now a harsh Roman centurion, and their friendship breaks up due to
Messala's anti-Semitism. When a Roman general is killed by a fallen roof tile that was accidentally knocked down by Ben-Hur, Messala arrests him, along w...
Released:
1925
Rated:
NR
Length:
141 mins