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The Last Days of Pompeii

Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei

1908 · 0h 19m · Drama, History · Italy

Pompeii 79AD, mere days before the Vesuvian eruption. Glaucus and Jone are in love with each other. Arbaces, the Egyptian High Priest, is determined to conquer Jone. Glaucus purchases Nydia, the blind and long-suffering slave. Nydia falls in love with Glaucus and asks Arbaces for his help. He gives her a potion to make Glaucus fall in love with her-- In fact, a poison which will cause violent insanity.

Directed by
Arturo Ambrosio, Luigi Maggi
Written by
Roberto Omegna
Based on the novel by
Edward George Bulwer-Lytton
Starring
Luigi Maggi, Umberto Mozzato, Lydia De Roberti, Ernesto Vaser
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