Ben-Hur : A Tale of the Christ (1959)

USA, 212 min
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Basic facts

Original title Ben-Hur : A Tale of the Christ
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
  • USA
Production company
Awards
Classification Allowed from age 11
Dialogue
  • English
Swedish release 1962-02-20

Cast

Charlton Heston
Judah Ben-Hur

Jack Hawkins
Quintus Arrius

Haya Harareet
Esther

Stephen Boyd
Messala

Hugh Griffith
shejk Ilderim

Martha Scott
Miriam

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Titles

Original title
  • Ben-Hur : A Tale of the Christ
Swedish release title
  • Ben-Hur : En berättelse från Kristi tid
Distribution title
  • Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Alternative title
  • Ben Hur
Title for Swedish DVD release
  • Ben-Hur

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Production Manager
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Second Assistant Director
Technical Advisor
Second Unit Director
Special Effects
Executive Producer
Production Coordinator
Unit Publicist
Camera Operator
Still Photographer
Special Photographic Effects
Second Unit Director of Photography
Assistant Cameraman
Visual Effects
Music Editor
Orchestration
Assistant Production Designer
Set Decorator
Painter
Costume Designer
Make-up Supervisor
Hair Stylist
Wardrobe
Stunt
Sound Editor
Sound Effects Editor
Re-recording Mixer
Storyboard
Other Crew

Cast

Charlton Heston Judah Ben-Hur
Jack Hawkins Quintus Arrius
Haya Harareet Esther
Stephen Boyd Messala
Hugh Griffith shejk Ilderim
Martha Scott Miriam
Cathy O'Donnell Tirzah
Sam Jaffe Simonides
Finlay Currie Balthasar / berättaren
Frank Thring Pontius Pilatus
Terence Longdon Drusus
George Relph Tiberius
André Morell Sextus
- Ej krediterade:
Marina Berti Flavia
Adi Berber Malluch
Stella Vitelleschi Amrah
José Greci Maria
Laurence Payne Josef
John Horsley Spintho
Richard Coleman Metellus
Duncan Lamont Marius
Ralph Truman Tiberius adjutant
Richard Hale Kaspar
Reginald Lal Singh Melchior
David Davies Quaestor
Dervis Ward fångvaktare
Claude Heater Kristus
Mino Doro Gratus
Robert Brown roddarnas befälhavare
John Glenn roddare nr 42
Maxwell Shaw roddare nr 43
Emile Carrer roddare nr 28
Tutte Lemkow den spetälske
Howard Lang förmanaren
Ferdy Mayne räddningsfartygets kapten
John Le Mesurier läkaren
John Stevenson Lang (as Stevenson Lang) den blinde
Aldo Mozele Barca
Thomas O'Leary kappkörningens startledare
Noel Sheldon Centurion
Hector Ross officer
Bill Kuehl soldat
Aldo Silvani man i Nasaret
Diego Pozzetto bybo
Dino Fazio Marcello
Michael Cosmo Raimondo
Aldo Pini kavalleriofficer
Remington Olmstead Decurian
Victor De La Fosse första galärofficeren
Enzo Fiermonte andra galärofficeren
Hugh Billingsley Mario
Tiberio Mitri romare i badet
Pietro Tordi Pilatus betjänt
Jerry Brown stridsvagnsförare från Korint/stuntman
Otello Capanna stridsvagnsförare från Bysans/stuntman
Luigi Marra stridsvagnsförare från Syrien/stuntman
Cliff Lyons stridsvagnsförare från Libyen/stuntman
Eddie Juaregui stridsvagnsförare från Aten/stuntman
Joe Yrigoyen stridsvagnsförare från Egypten/stuntman
Alfredo Danesi stridsvagnsförare från Armenien/stuntman
Raimondo Van Riel en gammal man
Michael Dugan sjöman
Joe Canutt atlet/stuntman
Mario Rivoltella man
Giuseppe Tosi stridsvagnsförare
Emanuele Ruspoli aristokrat i Rom, gäst på bjudningen
Prins Raimondo aristokrat i Rom, gäst på bjudningen
Santiago Orreto aristokrat i Rom, gäst på bjudningen
Prinsessan Carmen de Hohenlohe aristokrat i Rom, gäst på bjudningen
Irina Wassilchikoff aristokrat i Rom, gäst på bjudningen
Greve Marigliano del Monte aristokrat i Rom, gäst på bjudningen
Liana Del Balzo aristokrat i Rom, gäst på bjudningen
Nona Medici aristokrat i Rom, gäst på bjudningen

Companies

Production Company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. controlled by Loew's Inc.
Copyright Loew's Inc. 1959-11-18 LP15874
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) AB Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1962
Cinema International Corporation 1978
Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet
Distributor in Sweden (DVD) Warner Bros. Entertainment Sverige AB 2001

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 108903
Date 1970-02-17
Classification Allowed from age 11
Original length 7500 meters


Censorship number 108903
Date 1970-02-17
Classification Allowed from age 11
Original length 6000 meters
Notes Aktlängder: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0.


Censorship number 98702
Date 1969-10-03
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 7615 meters


Censorship number 98702
Date 1962-02-07
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 6090 meters
Notes Speltiden inkluderar inlednings- och mellanaktsmusik. Aktlängder: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0.


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 2.76:1 (MGM Camera 65)
Sound type Sound
Sound system Westrex Sound Recording
Colour type Colour
Colour system Technicolor
Carrier type 70 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in minutes 212 min


Original work

Original title Ben-Hur. A Tale of the Christ (Novel)
Author General Lew Wallace


Production location

1958-05-18 1959-01-30
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, 10202 W. Washington Boulevard Culver City, Kalifornien USA (kompletteringar)
Anzio Rome Italy
Fiuggi Frosinone Italy
Folliano Rome Italy
Lido Marechiaro, Anzio Rome Italy
Nettuno Rome Italy
Arcinazzo Italy
Cinecittà Rome Italy (ateljéer)

Release dates

First showing 1959-11-18 Loew's State Theatre New York USA 212 min
Release in Sweden 1962-02-20 Palladium Stockholm Sweden 222 min
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia 1986-08-24
1988-05-02
TV showing 2000-04-23 SVT1 Sweden 213 min
DVD release 2001-11-10 Sweden
TV showing 2003-01-01 TV4 Sweden 213 min
2003-09-13 TV4 Sweden 213 min
2005-01-09 SVT1 Sweden 213 min
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia 2007-04-12
2011-04-23 se anm. ang. ljudet ovan
2011-09-03

Awards

Academy Award of Merit Los Angeles 1960 (bästa film 1959)
Los Angeles 1960 Charlton Heston (bästa manliga skådespelare 1959)
Los Angeles 1960 Hugh Griffith (bästa manliga birollsskådespelare 1959)
Los Angeles 1960 William Wyler (bästa regi 1959)
Los Angeles 1960 Robert L. Surtees (bästa foto i färg 1959)
Los Angeles 1960 William A. Horning (bästa scenografi i färg 1959)
Los Angeles 1960 Edward Carfagno (bästa scenografi i färg 1959)
Los Angeles 1960 Hugh Hunt (bästa dekor 1959)
Los Angeles 1960 Elizabeth Haffenden (bästa kostymdesign i färg 1959)
Los Angeles 1960 Franklin E. Milton (bästa ljud /Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Departement/ 1959)
Los Angeles 1960 Ralph E. Winters (bästa klippning 1959)
Los Angeles 1960 John D. Dunning (bästa klippning 1959)
Los Angeles 1960 A. Arnold Gillespie (bästa specialeffekter 1959)
Los Angeles 1960 Robert MacDonald (bästa specialeffekter 1959)
Los Angeles 1960 Milo Lory (bästa ljudeffekter 1959)

Related films

Precious Images (1986) Ben-Hur : A Tale of the Christ (1959)

Holdings Film

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Element type Print
Carrier type 70 mm


Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 6066


Element type Print
Carrier type 35 mm


Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 1


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 1


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Colour prints 17
Slides SET
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


Type Program folio


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