The Last Days of Pompeii
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Carmine Gallone and Amleto Palermi’s The Last Days of Pompeii 1926 stages in sumptuous colour tinting the epic fall of the ancient city buried by Mount Vesuvius’ eruption. Adapted from Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s love story, the film was innovative in its special effects and an early major box-office hit. A beautiful tinted restoration print was prepared using photochemical processes by Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia-Cineteca Nazionale in the mid-1990s and the premiere screening of the restoration print was held in the amphitheatre in Pompeii, followed by a screening at the major restoration festival ‘Il Cinema Ritrovato’ in Bologna in 1998.
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Cast
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Victor Varconi
Glauco
Known for
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Samson and Delilah
Rina De Liguoro
Ione
Also in
The Leopard
Messalina
María Corda
Nydia
Also in
Moon of Israel
Samson and Delila
Bernhard Goetzke
Arbace
Known for
Destiny
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
Emilio Ghione
Caleno
Also in
The Grey Rats
Come fu che l'ingordigia rovinò il Natale a Cretinetti
Lia Maris
Julia
No other roles listed
Gildo Bocci
Diomede
Known for
47 Talking Corpses
Poor But Beautiful
Carmine Gallone Director · Amleto Palermi Director Alfredo Panzini Writer
First release March 9, 1926 · Produced in Italy · Original title Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei
Production
Società Italiana Grandi Films
Production
Italy
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Original title
Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
Italy · March 9, 1926
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No release date listed for United States.
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