Jone o Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei (1913)

Original title

Jone ovvero gli ultimi giorni di Pompei

Directed by

Ubaldo Maria Del Colle

Genre

drama film, silent film, adventure film, disaster film, sword-and-sandal film, historical film

Country

Italy

Runtime

1h 35m

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In ancient Pompeii just before the devastating eruption of Mount Vesuvius, a story of love and conflict unfolds among the city's inhabitants. An adaptation of the 1834 novel, this silent film depicts the final days leading up to the catastrophic disaster.

dramatichistoricepicintensetragicslow-burnvisually lushgrandiose

What happens

Ione o gli ultimi giorni di Pompei is a 1913 Italian film. Based on Edward Bulwer-Lytton's 1834 novel of the same name, the film - one of two different adaptations of the same book in Italy that year - is set during the final days leading up to the Mount Vesuvius eruption in Pompeii in 79 AD. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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