DeMille's Ben-Hur — that's quite a bold claim ... one will quickly find Pier Paolo Pasolini's take on the Gospel of Jesus Christ, which "[avoids] the artificiality of most biblical movie ...

Ben-Hur never gives up trying to find his family or exact revenge on Messala. At crucial junctures in his life, he also crosses the path of Jesus, and each time he benefits from it. The highlight ...

A Jewish nobleman, Judah Ben-Hur, and his adopted Roman brother Messala are best friends despite their different origins. Messala enlists in the Roman army and fights in the Roman Empire's wars in ...