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Les derniers jours de Pompéi

Original title: The Last Days of Pompeii
  • TV Mini Series
  • 1984
  • 5h 10m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
668
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Olivia Hussey, Nicholas Clay, and Franco Nero in Les derniers jours de Pompéi (1984)
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Rich residents of Pompeii enjoy luxury life until Vesuvius erupts, burying the city. inhis daughter Julia, cultured Greek Glaucus, gladiator Lydon, nobles Antonius and Ione, villainous pries... Read allRich residents of Pompeii enjoy luxury life until Vesuvius erupts, burying the city. inhis daughter Julia, cultured Greek Glaucus, gladiator Lydon, nobles Antonius and Ione, villainous priest Arbaces, and persecuted Christian slaves.Rich residents of Pompeii enjoy luxury life until Vesuvius erupts, burying the city. inhis daughter Julia, cultured Greek Glaucus, gladiator Lydon, nobles Antonius and Ione, villainous priest Arbaces, and persecuted Christian slaves.

  • Stars
    • Ned Beatty
    • Brian Blessed
    • Ernest Borgnine
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    668
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    • Stars
      • Ned Beatty
      • Brian Blessed
      • Ernest Borgnine
    • 19User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Ned Beatty
    Ned Beatty
    • Diomed
    • 1984
    Brian Blessed
    Brian Blessed
    • Olinthus
    • 1984
    Ernest Borgnine
    Ernest Borgnine
    • Marcus
    • 1984
    Nicholas Clay
    Nicholas Clay
    • Glaucus
    • 1984
    Lesley-Anne Down
    Lesley-Anne Down
    • Chloe
    • 1984
    Olivia Hussey
    Olivia Hussey
    • Ione
    • 1984
    Siobhan McKenna
    Siobhan McKenna
    • Fortunata
    • 1984
    Franco Nero
    Franco Nero
    • Arbaces
    • 1984
    Linda Purl
    Linda Purl
    • Nydia
    • 1984
    Anthony Quayle
    Anthony Quayle
    • Quintus
    • 1984
    Duncan Regehr
    Duncan Regehr
    • Lydon
    • 1984
    Laurence Olivier
    Laurence Olivier
    • Gaius
    • 1984
    Benedict Taylor
    Benedict Taylor
    • Antonius
    • 1984
    Gerry Sundquist
    Gerry Sundquist
    • Clodius
    • 1984
    Catriona MacColl
    Catriona MacColl
    • Julia
    • 1984
    Malcolm Jamieson
    Malcolm Jamieson
    • Petrus
    • 1984
    Tony Anholt
    Tony Anholt
    • Lepidus
    • 1984
    David Robb
    David Robb
    • Sallust
    • 1984
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    8Clusium

    I absolutely loved it. I read the original novel, after first seeing this miniseries, & thought the miniseries was far more superior!!

    I wish that Carmen Culver & Edward Bulwar Lyon lived in the same era & that Carmen Culver read over his writings at the time, & had rewritten it for him, so that her work would be the actual "The Last Days of Pompeii" novel.

    The truth is, the original was horrible. Edward Bulwar's writing of the book was very cheesy.

    I will never understand why the critics panned her work. Her miniseries was really wonderful. After seeing it again after so many years, I still absolutely loved it.

    A 100% romantic movie.
    10uruguay-2

    the first mini that I enjoy

    I´ve first seen in 1985, and was the first time that a movie touch my heart, then I read the book and I think that the traslation to the movie is very difficult, but Peter Hunt give us a masterpiece. The adaptation is amazing, and the cast is excellent specially by the beauty from Argentinian actress Olivia Hussey as Ione and Franco Nero as the the cruel Arbaces the Obscure.

    I recommend as one of the best mini-series of all time.
    10s-cools

    This is the best version of the Last days of Pompeii so far

    I've read the novel written by Bulwer Lytton, I visited Pompeii about 5 times and have read scores of books on the city and its dramatic destruction. This is the best screen adaptation of the book so far. It sticks quite well to Bulwer's novel and adds quite a few pleasant characters and events. Of course this mini-series is not perfect, even has countless flaws : the Temple of Isis, the houses of Glaucus and Diomedes come directly out of the set-designers' imagination, sending Christians to the lions is a bit too cliché, some aspects of the novel have been changed to make it all more dynamic (the novel is very slow-paced actually). But all in all, the plot is interesting, changes and additions good. Nead Beatty's portrayal of Diomedes is just brilliant!! Lesley-Ann Down is gorgeous as Chloe... The day this mini-series comes out on DVD, I'll buy it right away!
    JasonDanielBaker

    Are you not entertained?!!! (Rumble) Ummm...Let's get outta here!

    79 A.D. 52 years into Pax Romana and 46 years after the death of Christ, Decadent Pompeiians make life uncomfortable for Christians when they aren't outright killing them. Wealthy citizens struggle to relate to their slaves whilst social climbing. Slaves, as depicted here generally appear more concerned with self-esteem issues than how back-breaking their labour is and the volcano behind them is set to blow any minute.

    A decadent coast city with flaky rich people, wide-scale prostitution, and a dangerous cult all co-existing while the ground shakes? It is like modern Los Angeles only without the hard drugs or racial tensions.

    The easiest criticism to make about this mini-series is that it tries to tell too many stories at once and tells none of them properly with an ending alluded to not merely by history but the title. A grab bag of subplots on offer have a few intriguing elements amidst the mostly boring ones but added together they make for an incoherent muddled mess interlocking too neatly at the end.

    There are a lot of examples of clunky historical epic expositional dialogue beyond the narrator at the beginning which turns into heavy-handed metaphysical discussion the viewer might not be ready for.

    Whatever potential appeal this mini-series might have had appears to have heavily been placed upon a location shoot and legacy casting of actors who had triumphed in roles set in the ancient world.

    Olivia Hussey and Ernest Borgnine had both been in Jesus of Nazareth (1977) along with Lord Laurence Olivier who had of course also appeared in Spartacus (1960). Anthony Quayle had been in Masada (1981) and The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964). Brian Blessed and David Robb had been in I,Claudius (1976). Brian Coburn was in Julius Caesar (1979) and The Day Christ Died (1980). Howard Goorney was in Antony & Cleopatra (1981) and Peter & Paul (1981). Stephen Grief was in The Cleopatras (1983). Nicholas Clay played the title role in The Search For Alexander the Great (1981). Howard Lang had been in Ben-Hur (1959). Marilu Tolo is credited as having been in several gladiator movies in the 1960s.

    As for the much celebrated homoerotic undertones, I cannot really say I know what those might be but my guess would be they has to do with Lydon - the gladiator played by Canadian actor Duncan Regehr. Different people look for different things I reckon and because of it they might see things which are not there.
    10scrib521

    Talent Ignored?

    With a remarkable cast & spiffed up story based on the book, this made-for-TV movie was a joy to watch. All that being said, I must assert that Duncan Regehr totally sold this series - Yes, he was Damn Hot as the gladiator Lydon. Following the splendid job he did playing Erroll Flynn in "My Wicked, Wicked Ways", I was hoping Hollywood would snatch him up & turn out blazing action/adventure flicks with a film noir edge - but nothing happened, or possibly even a remake of "Captain Blood", but still - no. From 1985 on, insipid, look-alike pretty boys got all the leads, it seems. Aside from that, this version of the "Last Days of Pompeii" had a stellar cast with some stunning scenes, sets, & special effects, & um, oh - the gladiatorial fight sequences were every bit of okay, too!

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      Carmen Culver's television script added so many new characters, and changed so many sequences from the 1834 novel by Edward George Bulwer-Lytton that her version merited a paperback novelization of its own, written by David Wind.
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    • Release date
      • May 6, 1984 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Italy
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Last Days of Pompeii
    • Filming locations
      • Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK(Studio)
    • Production companies
      • Columbia Pictures Television
      • RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana
      • Centerpoint Productions
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      • 5h 10m(310 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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