The Last Days of Pompeii
A demobilized centurion returns home to Pompeii to find his father murdered by a gang of black-hooded Christian robbers who terrorizes the city, and he decides to investigate the matter while the nearby volcano threatens to erupt.
- Rated
- Approved
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Released
- 1959
- Country
- Italy, Spain, West Germany, Monaco
Details
Release year: 1959
Storyline
A demobilized centurion returns home to Pompeii to find his father murdered by a gang of black-hooded Christian robbers who terrorizes the city, and he decides to investigate the matter while the nearby volcano threatens to erupt.
Top credits
Steve Reeves ā Glauco Leto
Christine Kaufmann ā Elena
Fernando Rey ā Arbace - l'alto sacerdote di ISsis- Barbara Carroll ā Nidia
Did you know
ā¢ During production, Steve Reeves suffered a major injury. A chariot he was driving struck a tree and he dislocated his shoulder. The injury never fully healed, putting an end to the more intense bodybuilding routines he had done for most of his life.
ā¢ Many of the same cast and crew members would be hired for Sergio Leone's first credited directorial effort, "The Colossus of Rhodes" (1961).
ā¢ It was reportedly during the production of this film that Sergio Leone, Sergio Corbucci and Duccio Tessari were introduced to the deserts of Spain. This would inspire their use of these locations for the genre that would be known as "spaghetti westerns."
User reviews
Acceptable and high-budgeted Peplum co-produced by Italy/Spain with the corpulent as well as endearing Steve Reeves
Enjoyable stupid disaster film
"The divine Ascanius desires to speak to you at once*
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
- Color
- Color, Color
