The Last Days of Pompeii (1908)
- Original title
- Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei
- Directed by
- Luigi Maggi, Arturo Ambrosio
- Genre
- drama film, silent film, disaster film, sword-and-sandal film, historical film
- Country
- Kingdom of Italy
- Runtime
- 20 min
- Rating
- 4.9 of 10 from 10 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A historical drama set in ancient Pompeii. It follows characters caught in the city before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
historicalepicdramaticsilentsomberold-fashionedfast-paced
What happens
The Last Days of Pompeii (Italian: Gli ultimi giorni di Pompeii) is a 1908 Italian silent historical film directed by Arturo Ambrosio and Luigi Maggi and starring Lydia De Roberti and Umberto Mozzato. It was loosely based on the novel of the same title by Edward Bulwer-Lytton. The film was a success on its release, and its popularity is credited with starting a fashion for epic historical films. The film was made by the Turin-based Ambrosio Film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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