For example, the escape ofīen-Hur’s mother and sister from prison, and Esther’s discovery of The 1925 version also arranges some events differently from the 1959 In which the title character escapes his fate as a galley slave. It excels in the story’s other key action sequence, the epic sea battle The 1925 version is at least comparable here - but The set piece everyone remembers from the 1959 version, of course, Yet the story is essentially the same, and the scale similarly Long, the 1925 version is still an hour shorter than the 1959 version, The best-known version, of course, is William Wyler’s classic 1959 version starring Charlton Heston, which won an unprecedented 11 Academy Awards and is the only US film honored for religious significance on the 1995 Vatican film list.Īrguably the best version, though, is the 1925 silent version directed by Fred Niblo ( The Mark of Zorro)Īnd starring silent screen heartthrob Ramon Novarro. Make it inaccessible to later generations. Generations after the original work’s length and archaic style would Perpetuating its blend of spectacle, melodrama, and piety to later The newer medium of cinema that would best dramatize Wallace’s novel, Live horses, full-size chariots, and a series of treadmills! But it was According to Wikipedia, the novel spawned a number of stageĪdaptations, including one that replicated the famous chariot race with
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