The Last Days of Pompeii (1908 film)

The Last Days of Pompeii
Directed by Arturo Ambrosio
Luigi Maggi
Produced by Arturo Ambrosio
Written by Edward Bulwer-Lytton (novel)
Roberto Omegna
Starring Luigi Maggi
Lydia De Roberti
Umberto Mozzato
Cinematography Roberto Omegna
Giovanni Vitrotti
Production
company
Distributed by Ambrosio Film
Release date
 December 1908
Country Italy
Language Silent
Italian intertitles

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.[1] 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.[2]

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

  1. ↑ Moliterno p.6
  2. ↑ Moliterno p.6

Bibliography

  • Brunetta, Gian Piero. The History of Italian Cinema: A Guide to Italian Film from Its Origins to the Twenty-first Century. Princeton University Press, 2009.
  • Moliterno, Gino. The A to Z of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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