The Last Days of Pompeii (1950)
by Marcel L'Herbier
Gaumont - September 20, 2021
Original Title :
Audio: DTS-HD-MA: French
Subtitles: Without
Country : France, Italy
Duration : 110' ( )
Format : Blu-Ray
Area : B
Genre : Peplum
Synopsis
In the year 79 in Poméi, Lysias and Hélène fall in love. Helen's tutor, high priest of Isis, wants to separate them. For this, he tries to make Lysias drink a love potion, but a young slave threatens to reveal everything. Unable to silence her, the high priest kills her and manages to accuse Lysias who is condemned to the lions. When Vesuvius wakes up...
A peplum classic by Marcal L'Herbier (L'homme du large, El Dorado).
Content and Bonuses
Image and sound restored
Unpublished presentation of the film by Didier Griselain, specialist in French cinema of the 1950s