– Because the filming of Ben-Hur occupied most of the stages and back lot at Cinecitta, Frederico Fellini had to shoot La Dolce Vita on a small corner of the back lot. – The ten square block set that was made to represent Jerusalem is historically accurate. Three years later he was arrested for driving it down the highway. – In 1970 a Sacramento restaurateur paid $4,000 for the chariot used in the film. – Although German opera singer Claude Heater got to play none other than Jesus Christ, he went uncredited because he never spoke in the film. It paid off, earning more than $75 million. It was a gamble by the studio to save itself from bankruptcy. – Ben-Hur cost studio MGM $15 million dollars, an insanely high amount at the time. – MGM had over 40 scripts written for the film over a period of six years. – Leslie Nielsen did a screen-test for the role of Messala, part of it can be seen in the documentary Ben-Hur: The Making of a Classic. Burt Lancaster because he was an atheist and Paul Newman because he had already done a Biblical film and did not like it. – Both Burt Lancaster and Paul Newman were offered the role of Ben-Hur and they both turned it down.
Both are adapted from the book Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace from 1880.
– Ben-Hur is a remake of the 1925 silent film with the same name. Martha Scott – Miriam The original trailer of Ben-Hur: He is sent into slavery, but when he regains his freedom he decides to take on the Roman Empire. In Ben-Hur it is the time of Christ and Jewish prince Ben-Hur (Charlton Heston) is betrayed by his Roman friend Messala (Stephen Boyd).
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