79 A.D. (1962)

Original title

Anno 79: La distruzione di Ercolano

Directed by

Gianfranco Parolini

Genre

disaster film

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

16

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows the events leading to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. It shows the lives of people in the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum as the disaster approaches.

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What happens

79 A.D. (Italian: Anno 79 - La distruzione di Ercolano, French: Les derniers jours d'Herculanum, also known as The Destruction of Herculaneum) is a 1962 Italian-French epic drama film written and directed by Gianfranco Parolini and starring Brad Harris. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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