The Last Days of Pompeii

Name: The Last Days of Pompeii
Director: Marcel L'Herbier, Paolo Moffa
Released: 1950
Duration: 103 min
Rating: 5.6
Cast: Micheline Presle, Micheline Presle, Georges Marchal, Georges Marchal, Marcel Herrand

1950 · 103 MIN · IMDB 5.6 · 142 VOTES · DIR. Marcel L'Herbier, Paolo Moffa

Overview

In Pompeii in the year 79, Lycias and Helen fall in love. Helen's guardian, the high priest of Isis, wants to separate them. To do so, he tries to make Lycias drink a love potion, but a young slave threatens to reveal everything. The high priest, unable to silence her, kills her and arranges to have Lycias accused...

Dialogue Timeline — 23 lines

01:28:28 Master, there are slaves chained in the cellar.

01:28:31 Those who drank your wine.

01:28:33 What shall we do? They will choke to death.

01:28:36 What do slaves matter now, our safety is what counts.

01:28:59 Lysias!

01:29:36 Helen!

01:29:39 Lysias!

01:30:41 Helen!

01:30:45 Helen!

01:30:48 Lysias!

01:30:50 Helen!

01:31:25 And you, Aulus, come!

01:32:21 Look Lysias, oh look, the beach isn't far now!

01:32:24 The sea'll protect us. To the beach!

01:32:43 Dear God, have pity of them!

01:33:05 Lord!

01:33:09 My Lord, oh Lord, save those two!

01:33:21 Now we are safe!

01:33:30 Few were rescued from the burning grave

01:33:33 ...in which the city of Pompei was to remain...

01:33:37 ...for 18 centuries.

01:33:39 It had been wiped out at the height of its glory

01:33:41 ...and its ruins stand as a warning to men...

Cast & Characters

Micheline Presle Elena Micheline Presle Hélène Georges Marchal Lysia Georges Marchal Lysias Marcel Herrand Arbace Marcel Herrand Arbax Jaque Catelain Clodio Jaque Catelain Claudius Adriana Benetti Nidia Camillo Pilotto Diomede Camillo Pilotto Diomède Antonio Pierfederici Olinto

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed23

Dialogue density0.2 lines / min

First line01:28:28

Final line01:33:41

Production Record

DirectorMarcel L'Herbier, Paolo Moffa

LanguageFrench

IMDb votes142