The Last Days of Pompeii (1926) [N/A]
Featuring:
Victor Varconi, Rina De Liguoro, María Corda
Written by:
Edward George Bulwer-Lytton
Alfredo Panzini
Directed by:
Carmine Gallone, Amleto Palermi
Release Date:
March 9, 1926
Original Title:
Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei
Alternate Titles:
The Last Days of Pompeii
Genres:
History
Production Companies:
Società Italiana Grandi Films
Production Countries:
Italy
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 196
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.
Epic, melodramatic and rather risque adaptation of the British novel about ancient Roman decadence, culminates in the eruption of a nearby volcano.
