Directed by William Wyler, starring Charlton Heston and Jack Hawkins.
Today (19th) Saturday night EBS1’Ben Hur, Part 1: Original Title’, directed by Christopher McQuarrie, will be broadcast.
It is a 1959 American film directed by William Wyler, starring Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Hararit, and Stephen Boyd. Running time: 109 minutes, suitable for ages 15 and older.
26 years after the birth of Jesus Christ, Judas Ben-Hur (Charlton Heston), the eldest son of the richest and most prestigious family in Jerusalem, happily reunites with his old friend Messala (Stephen Boyd), who has returned as a tribune of Rome, but is faced with the sharp political conflict between Judea and Rome. Amid the conflict, the friendship between the two friends is not what it used to be. And while watching the inauguration procession of the new governor, Ben-Hur’s sister Tirza accidentally drops a tile, injuring the governor. Messala, blinded by the desire for success, imprisons Ben-Hur’s mother and sister in a dungeon, even though he knows their innocence, and sends Ben-Hur to row on a slave ship. Ben-Hur, who suffered from hard labor for more than three years on a slave ship of death that could not survive even a year, one day saved the life of the commander and consul Quintus Arius during a fierce naval battle with the Macedonian fleet, so he gave up his slave status and became the adopted son of consul Arius. . Ben-Hur returns to his hometown after leaving behind his luxurious life as an aristocrat in Rome and desperately searches for his mother and sister, but is informed by Esther, a slave girl who loves him, that they are already dead.
The eventful life of a Jewish youth and the life of the Messiah Jesus Christ
movie was produced based on the original novel by Civil War general and writer Lew Wallace. As the subtitle of the original work, ‘The Story of Christ,’ suggests, the Christian faith is strongly evident in the film. The film begins with the birth of baby Jesus and ends with his death. In fact, the main character, Ben-Hur, encounters the living Jesus twice. It was Jesus who gave water to Ben-Hur, who was being taken to the galley by his friend’s frame, and later, it was Jesus who gave water to Ben-Hur, who went to see the miracle worker to cure his mother and sister’s leprosy. The film intersects the turbulent life of a Jewish young man who gets caught up in a whirlwind of fate as his status changes from prince to prisoner, from slave to noble, due to Roman oppression and a friend’s betrayal, and the life of the Messiah Jesus Christ. The universal yet profound and ultimate religious themes of hatred and revenge, reconciliation and forgiveness, and even love and salvation are told on a grand scale and in an exciting story.
An ultra-luxurious masterpiece with an investment of 15 million dollars at the time, an immortal masterpiece.
Director William Wyler, who rose to the ranks of world-renowned masters, took the megaphone. is an ultra-luxurious masterpiece with an astronomical production cost of $15 million at the time, and is considered an immortal masterpiece that is constantly being re-imported and re-released around the world even today, more than 50 years later. In 1959, it swept 11 categories, including the Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Music, Best Art, Best Costume Design, Best Sound, Best Editing, and Best Special Effects. Director James Cameron’s film broke the record of winning 10 categories, and later won 11 Academy Awards. It is an unprecedented masterpiece whose record is still maintained along with . In particular, the intense naval battle and the thrilling 15-minute chariot race scene are still remembered by movie fans as famous scenes in film history.
Who is director William Wyler?
William Wyler / 1902 – 1981. William Wyler, born in 1902 and died in 1981, was a director, producer, and screenwriter. Wyler was born into a Jewish family, and his mother was the cousin of the founder of the film company ‘Universal Pictures.’ He became interested in the arts from an early age due to the influence of his mother, who exposed him to concerts, opera, and movies from a young age. He started with A Little Errand at Universal Pictures in 1923, directed his first film in 1928, and released his first film in 1936. Starting with , , , He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director. , , Won the Best Director Award for the film.
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