Ben Hur (1925 film)

BenHur A Tale of the Christ is a 1925 American epic silent film directed by Fred Niblo. It stars Ramn Novarro and Francis X. Bushman, and is based on the 1880 novel BenHur A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace. The novel was first adapted for the screen in 1907 also titled Ben Hur.

BenHur is a wealthy Jew and boyhood friend of the powerful Roman Tribune, Messala. When an accident leads to BenHurs arrest, Messala, who has become corrupt and arrogant, makes sure BenHur and his family are jailed and separated.BenHur is sentenced to slave labor in a Roman war galley. Along the way, he unknowingly encounters Jesus, the carpenters son who offers him water. Once aboard ship, his attitude of defiance and strength impresses a Roman admiral, Quintus Arrius, who allows him to remain unchained. This actually works in the Admirals favor because when his ship is attacked and sunk by pirates, BenHur saves him from drowning. ........

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