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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 (/ p ɒ m ˈ p eɪ (i)/ ⓘ pom-PAY(-ee); Latin: [pɔmˈpei̯.iː]) was a city in what is now the municipality of Pompei, near Naples, in the Campania region of Italy.Along with Herculaneum, Stabiae, and many surrounding villas, the city was buried under 4 to 6 m (13 to 20 ft) of volcanic ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.
The film was released in Italy on 24 August 1913, distributed by Giuseppe Barattolo. It was distributed in the US by the Kleine Optical Company under the name George Kleine Attractions. The Last Days of Pompeii was the first film shown in the newly founded city of Tel Aviv, then in Ottoman Palestine. It inaugurated the Eden Cinema, the first ...
Up Pompeii! is a British television comedy series set in ancient Pompeii and broadcast between 1969 and 1970, starring Frankie Howerd. The first series was written by Talbot Rothwell , a scriptwriter for the Carry On films , and the second series by Rothwell and Sid Colin .
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.
The Last Days of Pompeii: 1913 a silent film directed by Mario Caserini and Elioterio Rudolfi The Last Days of Pompeii: 1935 The Last Days of Pompeii: 1950 French film (dir. by Paolo Moffa) The Last Days of Pompeii: 1959 dir. by Mario Bonnard & Sergio Leone: 79 A.D. 1962 written and directed by Gianfranco Parolini and starring Brad Harris: Up ...
The Epic Film: Myth and History. Routledge & Kegan Paul. ISBN 0710096569. Jewell, Richard B. (2012). RKO Radio Pictures: A Titan Is Born. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520951952. Smith, Gary A. (2000). Epic Films: Casts, credits and commentary on over 350 historical spectacle movies. McFarland & Companu, Inc. ISBN 0786415304.