The Last Days of Pompei (Italian: Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei) is a 1926 Italian historical silent drama film. The film was directed by Carmine Gallone and Amleto Palermi based on the 1834 novel The Last Days of Pompeii by Edward Bulwer-Lytton. Original release prints of the film were entirely colorized by the Pathechrome stencil color process.
Plot summary
Cast
- Victor Varconi as Glauco
- Rina De Liguoro as Ione
- María Corda as Nydia, the blind flower seller
- Bernhard Goetzke as Arbace
- Emilio Ghione as Caleno
- Lia Maris as Julia
- Gildo Bocci as Diomede
- Enrica Fantis as Julia's friend
- Vittorio Evangelisti as Apecide
- Ferruccio Biancini as Olinto
- Carlo Gualandri as Clodio
- Vasco Creti as Sallustius
- Alfredo Martinelli as Lepidus
- Giuseppe Pierozzi as Josio
- Enrico Monti as Lidone
- Enrico Palermi as Medone
- Carlo Reiter as Pansa
- Carlo Duse as Burbo
See also
- List of early color feature films
References
External links
- The Last Days of Pompeii at IMDb
- Frame of film at Widescreen Museum
