Last Days of Pompei ( Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei ) is a movie Italian – German – Spanish – Monaco directed by Mario Bonnard and Sergio Leone , released in 1959 .
Synopsis
Glaucus returns from his military service and discovers his murdered father; everything accuses Christians who everyone says they are bandits without faith or law …
On the background of the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. AD , a persecution of Christians organized by wealthy citizens unscrupulous.
Technical sheet
- Title: The Last Days of Pompeii
- Original title: Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei
- Director: Mario Bonnard , Sergio Leone
- Assistants-realization: Duccio Tessari , Enzo Barboni
- Scenario: Sergio Corbucci , Ennio De Concini , Luigi Emmanuele , Sergio Leone , Duccio Tessari , based on Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s eponymous novel
- Music: Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
- Photography: Antonio L. Ballesteros
- Editing: Eraldo Da Roma
- Artistic direction: Ramiro Gómez
- Sets: Aldo Tommasini
- Costumes: Vittorio Rossi
- Makeup: Angelo Malantrucco
- Country of origin: Germany ( FRG ), Spain , Italy , Monaco
- Shooting:
- Languages: English , Italian
- Outdoors: Naples , Pompei ( Italy )
- Producers: Lucio Fulci , Paolo Moffa
- Production Companies: ABC Filmverleih (Germany), Transocean-Film Vasgen Badal & Co. KG (Germany), Cineproduzioni Associate (Italy), Domiciana (Italy), Procusa (Spain)
- Distribution Companies: ABC-Filmverleih, United Artists
- Format: color ( Eastmancolor ) – 35 mm – 2.35: 1 Supertotalscope – monophonic
- Genre: historical film , peplum
- Duration: France 100 min, Germany 96 min, Italy 100 min, Spain 95 min, United States 103 min
- Release dates: , , France :
Distribution
- Steve Reeves (VF: Bernard Noël ) : Glaucus
- Christine Kaufmann ( VF : Sophie Leclair ) : Elena daughter of Ascanius
- Fernando Rey (VF: Jean Davy ) : Arbacès, high priest
- Barbara Carroll (VF: Joëlle Janin ) : Nydia
- Anne-Marie Baumann (VF: Nadine Alari ) : Julia
- Angel Aranda (VF: Maurice Sarfati ) : Antonius
- Mimmo Palmara ( VF : John Claudio ) : Gallinus
- Guillermo Marín ( VF : Jean-Francois Laley) : Ascanius
- Carlo Tamberlani (VF: Richard Francoeur ) : the leader of Christians
- lola Torres (VF: Mary Francey ) : the innkeeper
- Mino Doro ( VF : Louis Arbessier ) : the consul
- Mario Berriatúa ( VF : Michel Gudin ) : The Marcus Praetorian
- Mario Morales : the Praetorian Caius
- Ángel Ortiz ( VF : Henri Djanik ) : The Helios Praetorian
- Ignazio Dolce
- Vicky Lagos : the servant of Ascanius
- Antonio Casas : the drunkard