Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei
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Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei (The Last Days of Pompeii) (1926
) is a Italian
historical silent
drama film
.
and Amleto Palermi
based on The Last Days of Pompeii
by Edward George Bulwer-Lytton. The film was made entirely in the Pathechrome stencil color process.
1926 in film
-Events:*August - Warner Brothers debuts the first Vitaphone film, Don Juan. The Vitaphone system used multiple 33⅓ rpm disc records developed by Bell Telephone Laboratories and Western Electric to play back audio synchronized with film....
) is a Italian
Cinema of Italy
The history of Italian cinema began just a few months after the Lumière brothers had patented their Cinematographe, when Pope Leo XIII was filmed for a few seconds in the act of blessing the camera.-Early years:...
historical silent
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
.
Production background
The film was directed by Carmine GalloneCarmine Gallone
Carmine Gallone was an early acclaimed Italian film director, screenwriter, and film producer. Considered one of Italian cinema's top early directors, he directed over 120 films in his fifty year career between 1913 and 1963.-Filmography:*Il bacio di Cirano *La donna nuda *Senza colpa! *Fior di...
and Amleto Palermi
Amleto Palermi
Amleto Palermi was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 71 films between 1914 and 1942. He directed The Old Lady, which starred Vittorio De Sica in his first sound film.-Selected filmography:...
based on The Last Days of Pompeii
The Last Days of Pompeii
The Last Days of Pompeii is a novel written by the baron Edward Bulwer-Lytton in 1834. Once a very widely read book and now relatively neglected, it culminates in the cataclysmic destruction of the city of Pompeii by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79.The novel uses its characters to contrast...
by Edward George Bulwer-Lytton. The film was made entirely in the Pathechrome stencil color process.
Cast
- Victor VarconiVictor VarconiVictor Varconi was a highly successful silent film star in Hungary. Born Mihály Várkonyi in Kisvárda, Austria-Hungary, he was the first Hungarian actor to make a film in the United States....
as Glauco - Rina De Liguoro as Ione
- María CordaMaría CordaMaría Corda was a Hungarian actress and a star of the silent film era in Germany and Austria....
as Nydia - Bernhard GoetzkeBernhard GoetzkeBernhard Goetzke was a German film actor. He appeared in 130 films between 1917 and 1961.He was born in Danzig and died in Berlin.-Selected filmography:...
as Arbace - Emilio GhioneEmilio GhioneEmilio Luigi Carlo Giuseppe Maria Ghione , known as Emilio Ghione, was an Italian silent film actor, director and screenwriter...
as Caleno - Lia Maris as Julia
- Gildo BocciGildo BocciGildo Bocci was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 60 films between 1913 and 1959.He was born and died in Rome, Italy.-Selected filmography:* The Last Days of Pompeii...
as Diomede - Enrica Fantis as Julia's friend
- Vittorio Evangelisti as Apecide
- Ferruccio BianciniFerruccio BianciniFerruccio Biancini was an Italian film actor, producer, screenwriter and director. He appeared in 15 films between 1916 and 1950.He was born in Pomponesco, Lombardy and died in Rome.-Selected filmography:...
as Olinto - Carlo Gualandri as Clodio
- Vasco CretiVasco CretiVasco Creti was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 117 films between 1915 and 1944.-Selected filmography:* Maschiaccio * Il siluramento dell'Oceania * The Last Days of Pompeii...
as Sallustius - Alfredo MartinelliAlfredo MartinelliAlfredo Martinelli was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 103 films between 1916 and 1967.He was born and died in Siena, Tuscany.-Selected filmography:* I Topi Grigi * The White Sister...
as Lepidus - Giuseppe Pierozzi as Josio
- Enrico Monti as Lidone
- Enrico Palermi as Medone
- Carlo Reiter as Pansa
- Carlo DuseCarlo DuseCarlo Duse was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 82 films between 1916 and 1956.He was born in Udine, Italy and died in Rome, Italy.-Selected filmography:* Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei...
as Burbo - Osvaldo Genazzani
- Italia Vitaliani
- Paola Dria
- Donatella Neri