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The Last Days of Pompeii

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Chariots race, people (Ubaldo Stefani, Negri Pouget, Tettoni Fiorio) play, and lions pack the arena until Mount Vesuvius erupts in A.D. 79.

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LA Times Staff Los Angeles Times 06/04/2021
A revelation in photo drama from the standpoint of art and beauty, as well as dramatic force. Go to Full Review Variety Staff Variety 06/04/2021
In no other film has the immense sweep of the old Athenian playgrounds been so impressively conveyed. You don't see merely a corner of what might be an arena. You see it all. Go to Full Review SMH Staff Sydney Morning Herald 06/04/2021
The scenic interest is well sustained, and the amphitheatre assembly, with the subsequent earthquake spectacle, represent a triumph in construction. Go to Full Review Harry Ennis New York Clipper 06/04/2021
To use the rather trite phrase, "awe inspiring" in relation to this is possibly a poor way of describing the eruption of Vesuvius and the destruction of Pompeii, for it reaches the superlative in motion picture production, and has never seen equaled, Go to Full Review C.J. Ver Halen Motion Picture News 06/04/2021
We went to criticise, but our pencil lay idle and forgotten in the wonder of the unwinding scenes before us. It is truly a masterly production, done by a big mind on a massive scale. It is a photoplay marvel we wish the whole world could see. Go to Full Review Motography Staff Motography 06/04/2021
There are five great leading roles in The Last Days of Pompeii production and all are enacted by accomplished and talented players, but Signora Fernanda Negri-Pouget... stands out vividly from among the thousands appearing in the six reel spectacle. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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david f 05/31/2016 This silent movie based on a turgid historical romance novel from the 1800s suffers from many of the cliches of the silent era-the pure heroes and mustache twirling villains, for example. Interesting to see the early film industry embrace classical themes, though, as they would become such a permanent staple. See more 02/22/2014 Awful characterizations, awful storytelling, a chaste/dull romance between chaste/dull aristocrats, no nudity despite scenes which call for it, a villainous foreign priest (the only religion in this Pompeii is Egyptian!), a kind of Victorian bourgeois Pompeii. See more 06/05/2012 Unfortunately while some visual effects were impressive for a 1913 movie, the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius was only a brief conclusion to some melodramatic love triangles. See more 07/30/2010 not bad for its time See more 06/01/2009 I was amazed at the short length of this film at first, but then, when you see it, it is basically a tragedy that had all the superfluous parts stripped and instead redone with only the most strongest theme, that of love and its infinite sadness. The epic is a good way of representing this, and watching it like this was a particular experience for me if you might say so. See more 01/18/2009 An early experimental film which broadened the mind of many other directors, using large scale. Many famous epic films came soon after this one. See more Read all reviews
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Mario Caserini

Director

Ubaldo Stefani

Glaucus

Negri Pouget

Nidia

Tettoni Fiorio

Jone
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Synopsis Chariots race, people (Ubaldo Stefani, Negri Pouget, Tettoni Fiorio) play, and lions pack the arena until Mount Vesuvius erupts in A.D. 79.
Director
Mario Caserini
Genre
History, Drama
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 14, 2017
Runtime
1h 28m
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