The Last Days of Pompeii (1908)

• Drama
• History

Pompeii 79AD, mere days before the Vesuvian eruption. Glaucus and Jone are in love with each other. Arbaces, the Egyptian High Priest, is determined to conquer Jone. Glaucus purchases Nydia, the blind and long-suffering slave. Nydia falls in love with Glaucus and asks Arbaces for his help. He gives her a potion to make Glaucus fall in love with her-- In fact, a poison which will cause violent insanity.

Rating

4.9 / 10 (10 votes)

Release date

December 2, 1908

Runtime

19m

Language

Italian

Director

Arturo Ambrosio, Luigi Maggi

Status

Released