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

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)

Trailer

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