Alberto Angela with 'Ulysses' at the Circus Maximus, to tell the world of Ben Hur

After having proposed a trip to the Sicily of the Leopard through the images of the film by Luchino Visconti, Alberto Angela go back in time to tell the world of Ben Hur in the fifth episode of Ulysses, the pleasure of discovery on Saturday 26 October on Rai 1. The majestic structure of the Circus Maximus, the place in the middle of the competitions of the chariots, is the backdrop to the story of the famous charioteer in Rome in the first century after Christ, as told in the colossal William Wyler , 1959, starring Charlton Heston , winner of eleven academy awards.

Alberto Angela with 'Ulysses' in the world of Ben Hur
Ben Hur is a fictional character, fruit of the creativity of an american novelist. Alberto Angela tells the story of a character just as famous, really existed: the auriga Scorpo , a star of the arena much-loved, the greatest champion of the Flavian era, repeatedly mentioned by the poet Martial, who, like the runners of today of Formula 1, had by the numerous victories in the Circus Maximus, the money, fame and the love of the crowds.

From the graphic reconstructions and virtual Rome at that time, Alberto Angela moves then in Sicily, first to Piazza Armerina to show the mosaics of the villa del Casale, in the province of Enna, then to the island of Favignana to illustrate the rostra of the ships of the first punic war, fought by the carthaginians against the romans. Other locations of filming are the Capitoline Museums, palazzo Massimo, and the Capitol hill where, under the imposing statue of marcus Aurelius, you can relive the splendor of the roman empire. We then move on to the golden years of Cinecittà where he was shot Ben Hur : the witnesses of that period are Franco Nero, the press agent Enrico Lucherini, and the photographer Rino Barillari.

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Date Of Update: 26 October 2019, 02:00