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Running time
  
20 minutes

Story by
  
Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Country
  
Italy

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Genre
  
Short, Drama

Screenplay
  
Roberto Omegna

The Last Days of Pompeii (1908 film) The Last Days Of Pompeii

Language
  
Silent Italian intertitles

Director
  
Arturo Ambrosio Luigi Maggi

Writer
  
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
,
Roberto Omegna

Release date
  
December 1908

Directors
  
Luigi Maggi, Arturo Ambrosio

Cast
  
Luigi Maggi
,
Lydia De Roberti
,
Umberto Mozzato

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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
  • References

    The Last Days of Pompeii (1908 film) Wikipedia
    The Last Days of Pompeii (1908 film) IMDb The Last Days of Pompeii (1908 film) themoviedb.org