# Sidney Olcott's BEN-HUR (1907)

Very first film version of Lew Wallace's best seller. An unauthorised one too which was successfully sued by the right owners. A notorious precedent for copyright reinforcement. Now definitely in Public Domain. more info on http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0000582/

- Kind: Short
- Runtime: 10 min
- Genres: Silent
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/SidneyOlcottsBen-hur1905)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/SidneyOlcottsBen-hur1905?play=1)