The Last Days of Pompeii (1926 film)

The Last Days of Pompei
Directed by	Carmine Gallone Amleto Palermi
Written by	Alfredo Panzini (titles)
Based on	The Last Days of Pompeii 1834 novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Starring	Victor Varconi
Cinematography	Alfredo Donelli
Color process	Pathechrome
Distributed by	Società Italiana Grandi Films
Release date	9 March 1926 (1926-03-09)
Running time	181 minutes
Country	Italy
Languages	silent Italian intertitles

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

• Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei at IMDb
• Frame of film at Widescreen Museum