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The Last Days of Pompeii

Ernest B. Schoedsack
USA      96 m.
Synopsis

Bulwer Lytton’s novel The Last Days of Pompeii is one of the most adapted texts in the history of film since the silent period. Cooper and Schoedsack couldn’t miss the opportunity to take it to the screen in a talkie version. The best special effects techniques of the time lend visibility to the magnificent and tragic spectacle of the proud city destroyed by volcanic eruption.

Director
Ernest B. Schoedsack
Screenplay
Ruth Rose
Production
RKO Radio Pictures Inc., Merian C. Cooper
Photography
J. Roy Hunt, Jack Cardiff
Edition
Archie F. Marshek
Music
Bernhard Kaun, Max Steiner
Cast
Preston Foster, Alan Hale, Basil Rathbone, John Wood, David Holt
Format
HDCAM Standard
Running Time
96 m.
Country
USA
Year
1935
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