Pompeii: The Last Day is a 2003 dramatized documentary that tells of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius on August 24 79 AD.This eruption covered the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in ash and pumice, killing everyone trapped between the volcano and the sea.

Exploring life in Pompeii during the final days of the doomed city. Their last days began on Aug. 24, 79 AD, the day after the Roman holiday of Volcanalia, dedicated to the god of fire. With speculative dramatizations of various inhabitants' final hours along with detailed documentation of the known facts concerning the eruption, the horrific day is vividly brought to life. In 79 AD, one of the infamous natural disasters The Last Days of Pompeii was a moderate success on its initial release, but made an overall loss of $237,000. Rating: 3 stars out of 5. Some of the footage of Rome was re-used in the 1952 George Bernard Shaw adaptation Androcles and the Lion. Directing this opulent "spectacular" was Mario Caserini, who'd previously helmed such cinemadaptations as Othello, Romeo and Juliet, MacBeth and Siegfried. The Last Days of Pompeii seems to be quite a rare movie and I was pleased when BBC2 screened it several years ago and I still have it on video.

The Last Days of Pompeii (Italian: Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei) is a 1959 Eastmancolor sword and sandal action film starring Steve Reeves, Christine Kaufmann, and Fernando Rey and directed by Mario Bonnard and Sergio Leone.Bonnard, the original director, fell ill on the first day of shooting, so Leone and the scriptwriters finished the film. Watch Now S1E3 Episode 3 S1E3. It finally made a profit on its 1949 re-release, where it shared a double bill with Cooper and Schoedsack's She. TV Guide. Some of the footage of Rome was re-used in the 1952 George Bernard Shaw adaptation Androcles and the Lion. References The Last Days of Pompeii was a moderate success on its initial release, but made an overall loss of $237,000. The excellent cast includes Preston Foster, Alan Hale, a pre Sherlock Holmes Basil Rathbone and Edward Van Sloan (Dracula, Frankenstein). Watch Pompeii: The Last Day Add to Watchlist The eruption of Mount Vesuvius is perhaps the best known volcanic eruption to take place, largely because the ash and lava from the volcano covered the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. In 79 AD, one of the infamous natural disasters in human history occurred when Mount Vesuvius erupted. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of The Last Days Of Pompeii with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at TVGuide.com It finally made a profit on its 1949 re-release, where it shared a double bill with Cooper and Schoedsack's She. Catch up. The Last Days of Pompeii is a novel written by Edward Bulwer-Lytton in 1834. A dramatized recreation of the destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD. Pompeii: The Last Day (2003) is a drama, history movie starring George Antoni and Rachel Atkins.