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Der Untergang von Pompeji

Originaltitel: The Last Days of Pompeii
  • 1935
  • 12
  • 1 Std. 36 Min.
IMDb-BEWERTUNG
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Der Untergang von Pompeji (1935)
EpicPeriod DramaAdventureDrama

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuIn the doomed Roman city, a gentle blacksmith becomes a corrupt gladiator, while his son leans toward Christianity.In the doomed Roman city, a gentle blacksmith becomes a corrupt gladiator, while his son leans toward Christianity.In the doomed Roman city, a gentle blacksmith becomes a corrupt gladiator, while his son leans toward Christianity.

  • Regie
    • Ernest B. Schoedsack
    • Merian C. Cooper
  • Drehbuch
    • Ruth Rose
    • Boris Ingster
    • James Ashmore Creelman
  • Hauptbesetzung
    • Preston Foster
    • Basil Rathbone
    • David Holt
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    6,4/10
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    • Regie
      • Ernest B. Schoedsack
      • Merian C. Cooper
    • Drehbuch
      • Ruth Rose
      • Boris Ingster
      • James Ashmore Creelman
    • Hauptbesetzung
      • Preston Foster
      • Basil Rathbone
      • David Holt
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    • 19Kritische Rezensionen
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    Preston Foster
    Preston Foster
    • Marcus
    Basil Rathbone
    Basil Rathbone
    • Pontius Pilate
    David Holt
    David Holt
    • Flavius (As a Boy)
    Alan Hale
    Alan Hale
    • Burbix
    John Wood
    John Wood
    • Flavius (As a Man)
    Louis Calhern
    Louis Calhern
    • Prefect (Allus Martius)
    Dorothy Wilson
    Dorothy Wilson
    • Clodia
    Wyrley Birch
    Wyrley Birch
    • Leaster
    Betty Alden
    Betty Alden
    • Calpurnia
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    • Attendant in Gladiators' Training Room
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    Ward Bond
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    Symona Boniface
    Symona Boniface
    • Slave Auction Observer
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    Tom Brower
    Tom Brower
    • Runaway Slave
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    • Regie
      • Ernest B. Schoedsack
      • Merian C. Cooper
    • Drehbuch
      • Ruth Rose
      • Boris Ingster
      • James Ashmore Creelman
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    9telegonus

    An Effective Period Piece

    The Last Days Of Pompeii tells the story of a poor blacksmith in ancient Rome who becomes a gladiator and in turn a wealthy man, while his son, upon encountering Jesus, grows up to become a Christian. The film is a spectacle from the middle thirties, after the De Mille manner, which is to say it tries to look big but is actually, upon closer examination, at best mid-sized. RKO didn't really have the bucks to make a film on as lavish a scale as they surely would have wished. The film has many flaws, but also virtues. It was made by the King Kong team of Ernest Schoedsak and Merian Cooper, who were very resourceful gentlemen, highly creative and not at all like other Hollywood film-makers, and therefore the movie has a unique style that's difficult to put into words. The best way I can describe their approach is to say that it's highly individual; its makers had their own way of doing things, and therefore told their their story, or more properly showed it, so that the movie doesn't resemble other films with similar themes. Also on the plus side is its cast, not of thousands, maybe of hundreds; more likely of dozens. In the leading role Preston Foster's anchors the film in a kind of emotional reality. He may not have been the most versatile of actors but he was a most sincere one, and he is excellent in the lead. Also good is Basil Rathbone as Pontius Pilate, surprisingly unhammy. It's a very good movie overall, hokey as hell but always watchable, and in the end, while the spectacle of Mount Vesuvius erupting isn't all it might be, the movie as whole at least holds firm, and I for one was moved by it, not to tears maybe, but in a more modest way, by the smaller, more intimate tale of a good man who comes to his senses too late, at least for redemption in this world.
    9jcog

    A Very Under-Appreciated Film

    "The Last Days of Pompeii" was a film that captivated me during childhood and still intrigues me today, albeit on a different level. As viewers' comments have noted, "Last Days" is a little heavy handed with its moral theme and the character development of Marcus the Blacksmith-turned Gladiator-turned head of the Arena. Marcus (Preston Foster) is an innately good man, blessed with a loving wife, baby son, and a career, until an out-of-control chariot shatters his existence. With his wife (Gloria Shea) nearing death, Marcus must turn to the Arena, against his earlier values, now faced with the reality that money is the key to everything. Marcus becomes a killing machine, progressing up the gladiator billing to the top spot, but then adopts the son, Flavius (David Holt), of a slain adversary, resulting in another change. Acquiring a Greek slave (Wyrley Birch) to tutor his son, Marcus eventually heads for the Holy Land to make his fortune, meets Pontius Pilate (Basil Rathbone), and encounters Christ. Pilate uses Marcus in a symbiotic way that benefits them both, but it is the Lord who heals Holt when he lies near death. Marcus turns his back on the Lord, despite the protests of Simon (Murray Kinnell), in order to get his money back to Pompeii. The scene shifts, with Flavius (John Wood) now a young man appalled by the events in the Arena and struggling to remember the man who healed him in his youth. The conflict between father and son, arrival of Pilate to take Flavius to Rome, the corrupt Prefect (Louis Calhern) who demands gore for the "Games," and Flavius' romance with a slave (Dorothy Wilson) all intertwine and lead to the climatic eruption of Vesuvius. Marcus redeems himself in the emotional conclusion.

    As a child, I loved Marcus' spiritual journey from innocent joy to sorrow to hard-hearted bitterness to mercenary greed and, finally, to redemption. As an adult, I still like the tale, but have focused more on the acting and production values. I disagree with the commentators who call the acting "wooden." Foster gives one of the best performances of his career as Marcus. As many note, Rathbone renders a sympathetic, sensitive delineation of Pilate. And the supporting players are superb: Edward Van Sloan as a kindly neighbor, Frank Conroy as a kind but condescending noble, Gloria Shea as the young wife, Dorothy Wilson as the son's love interest, Calhern as the despicable Prefect, Zeffie Tilbury as an old Greek soothsayer, etc. Even the minor roles are well-etched: Ward Bond as a bragging opponent of Marcus, Jason Robards Sr. as the tax gatherer, Reginald Barlow as the slave market proprietor, Kinnell as the Judean peasant, and many more. One can even spot Jim Thorpe throwing coins after a gladiator battle. A few players did very underrated work in "The Last Days of Pompeii." Alan Hale Sr., as Burbix, captures the rough edges of a criminal and then the fierce loyalty to his understanding friend Marcus. William V. Mong, as the growling-at-times, cowering-with-fear at others, slave dealer, Cleon, gives a wonderful, colorful performance that is anything but "wooden." But it is Wyrley Birch, as Leaster, the kindly Greek scholar/slave, who provides the moral compass for the film, counseling Marcus, tolerating his greed and seeming imperviousness to the suffering of others, while educating his son Flavius that there is a better way and far superior values than those his father seems to endorse. Birch walks the tightrope and never becomes overly sentimental. Truly, Leaster represents the apex of Birch's career.

    "The Last Days of Pompeii" is an enjoyable film on many levels, including as a morality tale. It is much more than that, however. And for lovers of old character actors, it is a treasure trove!
    7Tweetienator

    Good Oldie

    These days I watched this old epic and well entertained I was. A fine story and great production make you - almost - forget that there are no colors. Filmed in colors this one could scratch at the doors of Ben Hur (1959) or Quo Vadis? (1951). Anyway, if you like epics of the Roman age, you may give this almost antique movie a try. Good.
    7bkoganbing

    DeMille Like Film For RKO

    The team that produced King Kong for RKO Pictures, writer Meriam C. Cooper and director Ernest B. Schoedsack, decided to emulate Cecil B. DeMille in giving us The Last Days Of Pompeii. It's not a bad film, but it nearly bankrupted RKO so prohibitive was the cost for that small studio.

    The film bears a distinct resemblance to DeMille's eye filling, but now incredibly campy The Sign Of The Cross. Our protagonist here is Preston Foster who plays Marcus the Blacksmith, but before the film is done goes through more reinventions of character than you would find in good and bad Russian literature. As a content, but happy blacksmith a bit of good fortune has him and wife celebrating. But she's accidentally injured and dies for lack of medical care, not that medical care was all that good back in those days to begin with. Foster decides that all that matters in life is the money you can accumulate for a rainy day. Foster is constantly reassessing life throughout the film.

    Foster gets to go to Judea and is on the scene of the crucifixion and before that has Jesus heal his adopted son David Holt who grows up to be John Wood. Foster also meets Basil Rathbone as Pontius Pilate who also does some major reassessing after presiding over the trial of Jesus.

    If the Oscar for Special Effects was in existence in 1935 it would have been interesting to see either The Last Days Of Pompeii or Mutiny On The Bounty would have won the award. Those scenes of the volcanic eruption of Versuvius are what guaranteed this film would not show a profit. They do rival what DeMille was capable of, but DeMille had a far bigger studio and more financial security in Paramount.

    Also in the cast are Louis Calhern as the Roman consul and Alan Hale as Foster's number two man. They give their usual good performances.

    As for RKO Studios and Preston Foster, they got some Oscar recognition for another film that Foster did for them that year. It was the low budget, but incredibly powerful Irish story, The Informer where Victor McLaglen won for Best Actor. A much better film than The Last Days Of Pompeii.

    Still the spectacle of this film can still awe you, even on the small screen.
    j_lesta

    Historically inaccurate, but fun and inoffensive viewing

    If you liked "Gladiator," then "The Last Days of Pompeii" is a good choice for an empty afternoon of slash-em-up moralizing. The sets are expansive and ornate, there's loads of action and the story, though pretty one-note, is well-written and well-acted. Normally I can't stand classical actors, but the performances in "Pompeii" are so energetic that I got sucked in, anyway. The moral underpinning of the movie does include a couple of appearances by Jesus Christ, complete with awed crowds of followers and the obligatory boys choir, but compared with some of the later Jesus epics that Hollywood produced ("King of Kings" and "The Greatest Story Ever Told"), "Pompeii" handles the material with considerable flair. The only major nitpick I have for this movie is its freewheeling use of history. At most, the story only covers 20 years, but Jesus died around 35 AD and Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD. But then, when has Hollywood let the truth get in the way of a good story?

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    • Wissenswertes
      According to the book The RKO Story, this film cost $237,000 more than it grossed in its original release, but it finally broke even with the box office from a 1949 re-release, paired with Herrscherin einer versunkenen Welt (1935).
    • Patzer
      The central subplot of the meeting with Jesus is impossible, as Pompeii was destroyed after his death in A.D. 79. Given these dates, Flavius would have been a middle aged man, clearly not a young man as portrayed.
    • Zitate

      Pontius Pilate: My boy, I've heard such ideas, a long time ago. They are dreams - beautiful dreams, I know, but dreams nonetheless.

      Flavius, as a Man: Was it a dream that once I knew a man who said "Love thy neighbor as thyself"?

      Marcus: There never was such a man, I tell you.

      Pontius Pilate: Don't lie to him, Marcus. There was such a man.

      Flavius, as a Man: What happened to him?

      Pontius Pilate: I crucified Him.

    • Crazy Credits
      The foreword at the beginning is a disclaimer stating that this film is not based on Edward George Bulwer-Lytton's novel. (It does not use the novel's plot, nor does it have any of the novel's characters.) However, the disclaimer goes on to say that the filmmakers are indebted to him for the description of the destruction of Pompeii.
    • Alternative Versionen
      A colorized version was made of this film in 1990.
    • Verbindungen
      Edited into The Toast of New York (1937)

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      • 31. Januar 1950 (Westdeutschland)
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      • Englisch
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      • The Last Days of Pompeii
    • Drehorte
      • Bronson Caves, Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, Kalifornien, USA
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      • RKO Radio Pictures
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      • 1.000.000 $ (geschätzt)
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