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Season 19 Episode 5 - Il mondo di Ben Hur
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.
Episodes in Season 19
Gerusalemme ai tempi di Gesù
131 min
Leonardo - Genio universale
131 min
Maria Antonietta - Ultimo sogno a Versailles
124 min
Il Gattopardo - Il romanzo della Sicilia
126 min
Il mondo di Ben Hur
128 min
Roma sotto Roma. I segreti della città eterna (seconda parte)
122 min
Australia. Il continente delle sfide (replica modificata del 15 novembre 2014)
124 min
Viaggio nella Cappella Sistina
128 min
Cleopatra. La regina che sedusse Roma
130 min
Viaggio senza ritorno
127 min
Alla corte di Sissi
127 min
Episode 12
125 min
