The read
It runs long at 3h 16m.
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
5 audience votes
Key crew
- Carmine GalloneDirector
- Amleto PalermiDirector
- Alfredo PanziniWriter
Cast
- Victor VarconiGlauco
- Rina De LiguoroIone
- María CordaNydia
- Bernhard GoetzkeArbace
- Emilio GhioneCaleno
- Lia MarisJulia
- Gildo BocciDiomede
Stills
Themes
volcanosilent filmpompeii1st centuryvesuvius