The Last Days of Pompeii

The Last Days of Pompeii

7.3
19841 Season
The Last Days of Pompeii

Overview

This seven-hour British-Italian adaptation of Edward Bulwer-Lytton's 1834 epic, set against the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. and previously filmed in 1935, and in 1960 was a vehicle for muscleman Steve Reeves, was trashed by the critics as the campiest of sword and sandal sagas to emerge in years. This despite its reported $19-million price tag, the nobility of its cast that includes Laurence Olivier, Siobhan McKenna and Anthony Quayle, and its rather unspectacular special effects. The central figures are Nicholas Clay as Glaucus, the noble Athenian; Olivia Hussey as the high-born Ione, his love, who is seduced by the Egyptian, Arbaces (Franco Nero), a religious fanatic; Duncan Regehr as Lydon, the champion gladiator; and Linda Purl as the blind slave Nydia, who is torn between Glaucus and Lydon.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Centerpoint
Columbia Pictures Television
RAI

Additional Information

Original Name:The Last Days of Pompeii
Status:Ended
First Air Date:1984-05-06
Last Air Date:1984-05-08
Number of Episodes3
Duration:140 min
Original Language:EN

Seasons

Miniseries

Miniseries

3 Episodes

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