History
The Last Days of Pompeii
Carmine Gallone and Amleto Palermiâs The Last Days of Pompeii 1926 stages in sumptuous colour tinting the epic fall of the ancient city buried by Mount Vesuviusâ eruption. Adapted from Edward Bulwer-Lyttonâs love story, the film was innovative in its special effects and an early major box-office hit. A beautiful tinted restoration print was prepared using photochemical processes by Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia-Cineteca Nazionale in the mid-1990s and the premiere screening of the restoration print was held in the amphitheatre in Pompeii, followed by a screening at the major restoration festival âIl Cinema Ritrovatoâ in Bologna in 1998.
