The Last Days of Pompeii
About The Last Days of Pompeii
In Pompeii in 79, Glaucus loves Jone. Giulia courts him. His blind slave Nidia loves him and says nothing. Arbace, a priest of Isis, wants Jone for himself and wants to please Giulia. He accuses Glaucus of a murder he did not commit. Glaucus is sentenced to the lions. Vesuvius erupts on the day of the sentence.
Cast & crew
More about The Last Days of Pompeii
Ubaldo Maria Del Colle and Giovanni Enrico Vidali directed. Ernesto Maria Pasquali produced it at Pasquali Film. It opened on 26 August 1913 and runs 95 minutes. The Italian title is Jone o gli ultimi giorni di Pompei. Cristina Ruspoli plays Jone. Luigi Mele plays Glaucus. Giovanni Enrico Vidali plays Arbace. Suzanne De Labroy plays Nidia. It is one of two Italian films of Bulwer-Lytton's novel released in 1913. The other is the Ambrosio production Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei.
Themes
Background
The story is set in Pompeii in the year 79, at the eruption of Vesuvius.
Making
Pasquali's version was in release the same year as Ambrosio's longer Pompeii picture. The two are separate productions of the same novel.
Preservation
A print survives.
Notes
- Ines Melidoni is billed as Julia, the Giulia of the story. Michele Cuisa plays Caleno.
- Arbace's accusation is meant to clear the way to Jone and to satisfy Giulia.
- The eruption and the arena sentence are set on the same day.
- This is the Pasquali film, not the Ambrosio film of the same year.
Scenes
- Arbace names Glaucus as the murderer.
- Glaucus is sentenced to the lions.
- Vesuvius opens on the day of the games.
Influenced by
- Edward Bulwer-Lytton's The Last Days of Pompeii
