The Last Days of Pompeii (1908 movie)
1908 short movie directed by Arturo Ambrosio, Luigi Maggi
The Last Days of Pompeii (Italian: Gli ultimi giorni di Pompeii) is a 1908 Italian silent drama movie directed by Arturo Ambrosio and Luigi Maggi[1][2] and stars Luigi Maggi, Lydia De Roberti, and Umberto Mozzato. The movie is about the last days of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, when the volcano Mount Vesuvius erupted on 24 October 79 AD and destroyed it.
| The Last Days of Pompeii | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Arturo Ambrosio Luigi Maggi |
| Written by | Roberto Omegna |
| Based on | 'The Last Days of Pompeii 1834 novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton |
| Produced by | Arturo Ambrosio |
| Starring | Luigi Maggi Lydia De Roberti Umberto Mozzato |
| Cinematography | Roberto Omegna Giovanni Vitrotti |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Ambrosio Film |
Release date | December 1908 |
Running time | 17 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Languages | Silent Italian intertitles |
Actors change
- 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 change
- ↑ THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII
- ↑ Alan Goble. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film
