Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Silent
Cast: Ramón Novarro, Francis X. Bushman, May McAvoy, Betty Bronson
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ is a 1925 American silent epic adventure-drama film directed by Fred Niblo and written by June Mathis based on the 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by General Lew Wallace. Starring Ramon Novarro as the title character, the film is the first feature-length adaptation of the novel and second overall, following the 1907 short.