''The Last Days of Pompei'' () is a 1926 Italian

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silent

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. The film was directed by

Carmine Gallone Carmine Gallone (10 September 1885 – 11 March 1973) was an early Italian film director, screenwriter, and film producer, who was also controversial for his works of pro-Fascist propaganda and historical revisionism. Considered one of Itali ...

and Amleto Palermi based on the 1834 novel '' The Last Days of Pompeii'' by

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. Original

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s of the film were entirely colorized by the Pathechrome stencil color process.

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Victor Varconi Victor Varconi (born Mihály Várkonyi; March 31, 1891 – June 6, 1976) was a Hungarian actor who initially found success in his native country, as well as in Germany and Austria, in silent films, before relocating to the United States, where ...

as Glauco * Rina De Liguoro as Ione * María Corda as Nydia, the blind flower seller * Bernhard Goetzke as Arbace * Emilio Ghione as Caleno * Lia Maris as Julia *

Gildo Bocci Gildo Bocci (1 September 1886 – 22 July 1964) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 60 films between 1913 and 1959. He was born and died in Rome, Italy. Partial filmography * '' Messalina'' (1924) - Apollonio * '' Quo Vadis'' (1924) ...

as Diomede * Enrica Fantis as Julia's friend * Vittorio Evangelisti as Apecide * Ferruccio Biancini as Olinto * Carlo Gualandri as Clodio * Vasco Creti as Sallustius * Alfredo Martinelli as Lepidus * Giuseppe Pierozzi as Josio * Enrico Monti as Lidone * Enrico Palermi as Medone * Carlo Reiter as Pansa * Carlo Duse as Burbo

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Frame of film at Widescreen Museum
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