Ben-Hur - is a 1959 American religious epic film directed by William Wyler and produced by Sam Zimbalist. Its a remake of the 1925 silent film of the same name, it was adapted from the 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lou Wallace. Carl Dunberg's screenplay also includes contributions from Maxwell Anderson, SN Berman, Gore Vidal, and Christopher Fry. Starring Charlton Heston in the main lead role.
In 26 AD, Judah Ben-Hur was a wealthy Jewish prince and merchant living in Jerusalem with his mother Miriam and sister Tirzah. The family's trusted slave, the merchant Simonides, visits with his daughter Esther. Seeing each other for the first time since childhood, Judah and Esther fall in love, but she is engaged to someone else.
After several years away from Jerusalem, Judah's childhood friend Messala returns as commander of the Fortress of Antonia. Messala believes in the glory of Rome and its imperial power, and Judah is devoted to his faith and the freedom of the Jewish people. This difference causes tension between the friends, and their separation comes after Messala issues an ultimatum demanding that the Jewish dissidents be handed over to the Roman authorities.
During the march of the new governor of Judea, Valerius Gratus, loose tiles fell from the roof of Judea's house. Gratus is thrown from his horse and nearly killed. Although Messala knows this is an accident, he rebukes Judah for his taunts and imprisons of Miriam and Tirzah. Simonides confronts Messala and he is also imprisoned. Judah takes revenge on Messala. As he and the other slaves marched into galleys, they stopped at Nazareth to water the Romans' horses. Judas begs for water, but the Roman commander denies it. Judas collapses but rises again when Jesus gives him water.
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