Drama ·Adventure · United States of America · 1935 · 1h 36m

The Last Days of Pompeii

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Director
Ernest B. Schoedsack
Cast
Preston Foster as Marcus Alan Hale as Burbix Basil Rathbone as Pontius Pilate John Wood as Adult Flavius Louis Calhern as Prefect Allus Martius David Holt as Flavius as a Boy
Crew
J. Roy Hunt — Director of Photography Ruth Rose — Screenplay Merian C. Cooper — Producer Aline Bernstein — Costume Design
Tagline

VESUVIUS...COULD NOT DESTROY THIER LOVE..!

Synopsis

In this action-filled spectacle set in ancient Pompeii, a blacksmith becomes a Roman gladiator, though his rise to wealth and power is jeopardized by his son's Christianity and the eruption of Vesuvius.

Mood & Themes
blacksmithgladiatorroman empirechristianityvolcanoancient romevolcanic eruptionpompeiidisaster movie1st centuryvesuviusfather son relationship
Key Collaborators
Ernest B. Schoedsack Director J. Roy Hunt Director of Photography Ruth Rose Screenplay Merian C. Cooper Producer Aline Bernstein Costume Design
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