In a specially adupted version by Marion Leighton
Growing up together in Jerusalem, Ben-Hur and Messala had been close friends until the day that Messala returned from school in Rome, convinced that he, as a Roman, was the master of his Jewish friend.
From that day on, Ben Hur is betrayed by Messala.., his family is imprisoned by Messala... and he is chained in captivity on a Roman slave ship by Messala. So Ben-Hur lives each day for revenge and when his chance for escape comes, he gains that revenge ...along with glory in the chariot races at the Roman circus. But it isn't until Ben-Hur stands at a cross on a hill in Jerusalem that he finds his true destiny in life.