The Last Days of Pompeii (1908 film)

The Last Days of Pompeii
Directed byArturo Ambrosio
Luigi Maggi
Written byRoberto Omegna
Based onThe Last Days of Pompeii
1834 novel
by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Produced byArturo Ambrosio
StarringLuigi Maggi
Lydia De Roberti
Umberto Mozzato
CinematographyRoberto Omegna
Giovanni Vitrotti
Production
company
Distributed byAmbrosio Film
Release date
  • December 1908 (1908-12)
Running time
17 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguagesSilent
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.

  1. ^ Moliterno p.6
  2. ^ Moliterno p.6

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