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Ben-Hur (1959)

Directed by William Wyler · Cinematography by Robert Surtees

G212 min5 frames

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What is Ben-Hur about?

In 26 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accused by a Roman childhood friend-turned-overlord of trying to kill the Roman governor, he is put into slavery and his mother and sister are taken away as prisoners.

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The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Ben-Hur (1959) are #b2926f, #9c7e6b, #74513a, #52312b, #c7ab94, #3e2b1d — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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