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An epic adaptation of Bulwer-Lytton's novel about the final hours of residents of Pompeii before the cataclysmic eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Ultimi giorni di Pompei (Motion picture : 1913).
Corporate Author: Kino International Corporation
Other Authors: Caserini, Mario, 1874-1920, Pasquali, Ernesto Maria, 1883-1919, Negri-Pouget, Fernanda, -1955, Tettoni Fior, Eugenia, Stefani, Ubaldo, Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron, 1803-1873
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:Silent film with intertitles and piano accompaniment.
Published: New York, NY : Kino on Video, [2000]
Subjects:
Pompeii (Extinct city) > Drama.
Vesuvius (Italy) > Eruption, 79 > Drama.
Silent films.
Historical films.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, Italian.
Feature films.
Description
Summary:An epic adaptation of Bulwer-Lytton's novel about the final hours of residents of Pompeii before the cataclysmic eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
Item Description:Based on the novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1913 under title: Gli Ultimi giorni di Pompeii.
First released in Italy.
Digitally remastered and color tinted with newly translated intertitles.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color tinted ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert.
Format:DVD.
Production Credits:Produced for video by Bret Wood ; original piano score adapted and arranged by Beatrice Jona Affron from a variety of classical works ; performed by Martha Koeneman ; titles translated by Nicholas Mulligan and Ulrike Dorda.