Pompeii in Popular Culture - Film

Film

There have been several movies based on Edward Bulwer-Lytton's book The Last Days of Pompeii:

  • 1900 - The Last Days of Pompeii (UK), directed by Walter R. Booth.
  • 1908 - The Last Days of Pompeii (Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei) (Italy), directed by Arturo Ambrosio and Luigi Maggi.
  • 1913 - The Last Days of Pompeii (Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei) (Italy), directed by Mario Caserini.
  • 1926 - The Last Days of Pompeii (Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei) (Italy), directed by Carmine Gallone.
  • 1935 - The Last Days of Pompeii, an RKO film, with Preston Foster and Basil Rathbone, which carried a disclaimer that, although the scenes of Vesuvius erupting had been inspired by the novel, the movie did not use its plot or characters.
  • 1950 - The Last Days of Pompeii (Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei / Les Derniers Jours de PompĂ©i) (Italy/France), directed by Marcel L'Herbier and Paolo Moffa.
  • 1959 - The Last Days of Pompeii (Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei) (Italy), directed by Sergio Leone.

Productions using Pompeii as a story backdrop include:

  • 1958 - Curse of the Faceless Man
  • 1971 - Up Pompeii a comedy which followed the eponymous TV series (see below), culminating in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

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