The Last Days of Pompeii (1926)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1926-03-09
Runtime: 196 minutes
Director: Carmine Gallone
Top Cast
- Victor Varconi as Glauco
- Rina De Liguoro as Ione
- María Corda as Nydia
- Bernhard Goetzke as Arbace
- Emilio Ghione as Caleno
- Lia Maris as Julia
- Gildo Bocci as Diomede
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