The Last Days of Pompeii (1908 film)

The Last Days of Pompeii
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	Ambrosio Film
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. 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.

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

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.

External links

• The Last Days of Pompeii at IMDb