Ben Hur (1907)

Directors

Sidney Olcott

Cast

Herman Rottger, William S. Hart

The story

thumb|upright=1.1|thumbtime=15:02|left|Play a copy of film with an opening introduction. With an original total running time of just 15 minutes, Kalem's "Roman Spectacle" only highlights some of the principal events described in the novel, although notably excluding Judah Ben-Hur's encounters with Jesus Christ or his presence at Christ's crucifixion. The film company in its advertising in 1907 describes the release being composed of "Sixteen Magnificent Scenes" with intertitles introducing screen presentations such as "Jerusalem Rebels Against Roman Mis-rule", "The Family of Hur", "Ben Hur in Chains to the Galleys", and "Ben Hur and…

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