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Pompeii is a 2014 epic historical romantic disaster film produced and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson. [8] An international co-production between the United States, Germany and Canada, [ 5 ] it is a fictional tale inspired by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD that destroyed Pompeii , a city of the Roman Empire .
The Garden of the Fugitives (Italian: Orto dei Fuggiaschi) [1] is an archaeological site located in the ancient destroyed city of Pompeii, in Regio 1 Insula 21. [2] [3] It contains the casts of 13 victims of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. [4]
Pompeii: The Last Day is a 2003 dramatized documentary that tells of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius towards the end of August 79 CE. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This eruption covered the ancient Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in ash and pumice, killing a large number of people trapped between the volcano and the sea.
In a book on ancient Rome in cinema, Maria Wyke described Last Days as a "highly moralistic gangster film dressed in classical costume". [12] For Wyke, the film failed because it lacked the "pagan violence and eroticism" that made previous historical movies exciting, while performing Christian moralizing that "lacked any historical credibility."
Up Pompeii! 1969–1970 BBC TV Series Up Pompeii: 1971 set in 79 AD, yet anachronistically shows Nero still reigning 10 years after his death (1971) The Last Days of Pompeii: 1984 ABC-TV miniseries Pompeii: The Last Day: 2003 Imperium: Pompeii: 2007 part of the Imperium series. The Fires of Pompeii: 2008 new Doctor Who series 4 ep. 2 Pompeii: 2014
The Last Days of Pompeii: 1950: 79: Pompeii in the days leading up to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius: The Last Days of Pompeii: 1959: 79: Pompeii in the days leading up to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius: 79 A.D. 1962: 79: Pompeii in the days leading up to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius: Pompeii: The Last Day: 2003: 79
Fascinating artworks have been uncovered in a new excavation at Pompeii, the ancient Roman city doomed and buried by Mount Vesuvius’s deadly eruption in AD79.. The most impressive discovery is ...
During an archeological dig at Pompeii, a worker uncovers a jewel box and the calcified body of a gladiator. En route to the Museo di Napoli, the body comes to life and kills the driver of the truck that is transporting it. Afterwards, the body, apparently dead again, is found several meters away from the wrecked truck.