The Last Days of Pompeii (1950)

Original title

Les Derniers Jours de Pompéi

Directed by

Paolo Moffa, Marcel L'Herbier

Genre

drama film, sword-and-sandal film

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This black and white film adapts the novel about the destruction of the ancient Roman city. It follows the lives of several characters as they face moral conflicts and impending disaster.

dramatichistoricalsomberslow-pacedepictragicdatedtheatrical

What happens

The Last Days of Pompeii (1950) (French: Les Derniers Jours de Pompéi) (Italian: Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei) is a black and white French-Italian historical drama, directed by Marcel L'Herbier "in collaboration with" Paolo Moffa, who was also the director of production. It was adapted from Edward Bulwer-Lytton's novel The Last Days of Pompeii. The film has also been known as Sins of Pompeii. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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