Where to watch Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ in the United States
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) is available on Kanopy with a participating library card. Also available to rent on Apple TV+.
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You can watch Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) on Kanopy with a participating library card, rent on Apple TV+, or buy on Apple TV+.
Erstwhile childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults, this time with Roman officer Messala as conqueror and Judah as a wealthy, though conquered, Israelite. A slip of a brick during a Roman parade causes Judah to be sent off as a galley slave, his property confiscated and his mother and sister imprisoned. Years later, as a result of his determination to stay alive and his willingness to aid his Roman master, Judah returns to his homeland an exalted and wealthy Roman athlete. Unable to find his mother and sister, and believing them dead, he can think of nothing else than revenge against Messala.
Ancient Judea erupts in a spectacle of massive chariot races and sprawling Roman processions that put modern CGI to shame. This silent epic captures a visceral sense of history through sweeping scale and intense, wordless emotion.
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Fred Niblo
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Ramon Novarro, Francis X. Bushman, May McAvoy, Betty Bronson, Claire McDowell, Kathleen Key, Carmel Myers, Nigel De Brulier, Mitchell Lewis, Leo White
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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
You can watch Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) on Kanopy with a participating library card, rent on Apple TV+, or buy on Apple TV+.
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7.3/10
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Director
Fred Niblo
Cast
Ramon Novarro, Francis X. Bushman, May McAvoy, Betty Bronson, Claire McDowell, Kathleen Key, Carmel Myers, Nigel De Brulier, Mitchell Lewis, Leo White
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