The Last Days of Pompeii (1908 film)
Appearance
The Last Days of Pompeii | |
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Directed by | Arturo Ambrosio Luigi Maggi |
Written by | Edward Bulwer-Lytton (novel) Roberto Omegna |
Produced by | Arturo Ambrosio |
Starring | Luigi Maggi Lydia De Roberti Umberto Mozzato |
Cinematography | Roberto Omegna Giovanni Vitrotti |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Ambrosio Film |
Release date | December 1908 |
Country | Italy |
Languages | Silent Italian intertitles |
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.[1] 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.[2]
The film was made by the Turin-based Ambrosio Film.
Cast
- Luigi Maggi as Arbace
- Lydia De Roberti as Nidia
- Umberto Mozzato as Glauco
- Ernesto Vaser as Il padrone di Nidia
- Mirra Principi
- Cesare Gani Carini
References
Bibliography
- Brunetta, Gian Piero. The History of Italian Cinema: A Guide to Italian Film from Its Origins to the Twenty-first Century. Princeton University Press, 2009.
- Moliterno, Gino. The A to Z of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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Categories:
- 1908 films
- Italian films
- Italian disaster films
- Italian epic films
- Italian historical drama films
- Italian silent short films
- Italian-language films
- Films directed by Arturo Ambrosio
- Films directed by Luigi Maggi
- 1900s historical drama films
- Films set in ancient Rome
- Films set in the Roman Empire
- Films set in 79 AD
- Peplum films
- Pompeii in popular culture
- Films based on The Last Days of Pompeii
- Films about volcanoes
- Italian black-and-white films
- 1900s disaster films
- Sword and sandal films
- Silent Italian film stubs
- Historical film stubs