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5 episodes in this season

Jerusalem at the Time of Jesus

131 min

Leonardo - Universal Genius

131 min

Marie Antoinette - Last Dream at Versailles

124 min

The Leopard - The Novel of Sicily

126 min

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The World of Ben Hur

128 min

Ulisse - The Pleasure of Discovery

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The World of Ben Hur

Season 20 · Episode 5 · Oct 26, 2019

Ben Hur, the blockbuster film of 1959, winner of 11 Oscars. Alberto Angela makes us relive the story of the famous charioteer and the city of Rome in the first century AD, accompanying spectators to the places that saw the events told by the film, starting from the central place of the chariot competitions: the Circus Maximus, a structure immense, of which today only the large esplanade is visible. Ben Hur is a fictional character, the result of the creativity of an American novelist. Alberto Angela, however, tells of an equally famous character who actually existed: the charioteer Scorpo, a much loved arena star, the greatest champion of the Flavian era, remembered several times by the poet Marziale.

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Ulisse - The Pleasure of Discovery

TV Series

20012h 8m9.2

Documentary

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The World of Ben Hur

Season 20 · Episode 5 · Oct 26, 2019

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