Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Victor Varconi
Glauco
Lead
Rina De Liguoro
Ione
María Corda
Nydia
Bernhard Goetzke
Arbace
Emilio Ghione
Caleno
LM
Lia Maris
Julia
Gildo Bocci
Diomede
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Carmine Gallone's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Last Days of Pompeii is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
