The Last Days of Pompeii

Synopsis

Carmine Gallone and Amleto Palermi’s The Last Days of Pompeii 1926 stages in sumptuous colour tinting the epic fall of the ancient city buried by Mount Vesuvius’ eruption. Adapted from Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s love story, the film was innovative in its special effects and an early major box-office hit. A beautiful tinted restoration print was prepared using photochemical processes by Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia-Cineteca Nazionale in the mid-1990s and the premiere screening of the restoration print was held in the amphitheatre in Pompeii, followed by a screening at the major restoration festival ‘Il Cinema Ritrovato’ in Bologna in 1998.

Main Cast

Victor Varconi

Glauco

Age : 85 | Popularity : 4%

Rina De Liguoro

Ione

Age : 73 | Popularity : 4%

María Corda

Nydia

Age : 77 | Popularity : 7%

Bernhard Goetzke

Arbace

Age : 80 | Popularity : 5%

Emilio Ghione

Caleno

Age : 50 | Popularity : 3%

Lia Maris

Julia

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Gildo Bocci

Diomede

Age : 77 | Popularity : 5%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Carmine Gallone Amleto Palermi
Writing	Writer	Alfredo Panzini
Department	Role	Name

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