Adapations of "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ" by Lew Wallace,
A Jewish prince seeks to find his family and revenge himself upon his childhood friend who had him wrongly imprisoned.
After a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.
Young Ben-Hur and Messala were the best of friends. They loved to race chariots. One day, Messala had to leave Jerusalem and his Jewish friend, to study in Rome and become a Roman officer. When Messala came back, the boyhood friends were now men, but friends no longer. Messala falsely imprisoned Ben-Hur’s family and sent him to the galleys. But Ben-Hur survived. And he returned, seeking his family – and Messala.
The animated version tells the same story as the 1959 film, with some differences. The story begins with Biblical Magi waiting in the desert for the two other wise men for a journey to Bethlehem. The story of Judah Ben-Hur begins 30 years after the birth of Christ.
About the struggle between the Roman Empire and its rebellious conquest Judaea, and two best friends caught in a terrible moment in history.
Na trama, o protagonista Judá Ben-Hur, um príncipe judeu injustamente escravizado pelos romanos, cruza seu destino com figuras marcantes como os reis magos, Maria, José e até Jesus Cristo.
