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The Last Days of Pompeii

1913 · 106 min Drama Action
5.4 / 10 · TMDB

Well-respected Pompeiian Glaucus performs an act of kindness by purchasing Nydia, a blind slave being mistreated by her owner. Nydia falls in love with her new master, but he only has eyes for Ione. Ione in turn is lusted after by Arbace, an Egyptian high priest of Isis. When Nydia beseeches Isis for help in capturing Glaucus' heart, Arbace gives her a "love" potion-- an elixir made to drive Glaucus mad, securing Ione for himself. Ultimately, Mount Vesuvius will end their lives and seal their fates in a terrible, glorious eruption.

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Original Title Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei
Year 1913
Country Italy
Genre Drama, Action
Director Eleuterio Rodolfi
Runtime 106 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.4/10 (17 votes)

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The film constructs a classic melodrama against a historical catastrophe, relying on the contrast between intimate human dramas and the epic scale of natural disaster. It explores the visual power of location shooting and crowd scenes.

What lingers after viewing is the sense of life's fragility in the face of inexorable history, where personal passions are forever sealed by the final apocalypse. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Eleuterio Rodolfi

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Watch in silence, as a silent poem about fate and passion, appreciating the monumentality of early cinema.

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