THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII.
A cinematographic adaptation of Edward Bulwer's novel.
Producer: Director:
Year 79 AD. The Via Domitia in Pompeii.
Glaucus, the most attractive, the most elegant.
Arbaces, the Egyptian high priest and his disciple Apoecides.
The High Priest introduces his disciple the mysteries of Isis.
From the terrace of the Temple, Arbace sees
the beautiful Jone in the company of Glaucus.
Arbace, who secretly loves Jone, vows to win her heart.
After a day of work, Nidia comes back home.
After escorting Jone home, Claudio and Glaucus take leave.
The tavern Burba and Stratonica, Mistress of Nidia.
Glaucus buys the slave Nidia to free her from the abuses of Stratonica.
Nidia is happy.
You are so good, Glaucus, and I'm your little slave.
The roses of gratitude.
The thorns of jealousy.
The intrigues of Arbace.
Jone receives a letter of Arbace.
Arbace the divine Jone... Salute! Your beauty even dims the day,
but not the vision of your eyes. Isis is immense
and powerful. Come to the Temple, O divine.
The oracle will announces to you the
judgment of those in whom you have placed...
your confidence, your love and your honor .
The predatory bird.
In the clutches of the hawk. The Temple of fate.
The magic: Using magic tricks, Arbace shows Glaucus...
Jone in the arms of dancers and courtiers.
Apoecides rescues Jone.
The threats of the defeated.
Terrified, Jone flees to the home of Glaucus.
Here you will sleep in peace and Nidia will rest at your feet.
A cheerful morning.
Love! Love!
Nidia goes to the Temple of Isis to plead for peace to his heart.
One loves...
and the other suffers.
Nidia tells her sorrows to Arbace.
Come back tonight and I'll give you a magic potion for Glaucus.
At the foot of Mount Vesuvius.
The sky threatened rain.
The snowstorm.
A protective fire.
The cave of the witch.
Arbace goes to the witch of Vesuvius.
To protect Jone, Glaucus kills the witch's sacred creature.
The curse of the witch.
Arbace asks the witch to give him a deadly potion.
And for him? Then I'll give you a potion that will confuse his mind...
and will turn Glaucus into a fool without reason.
Arbace gives the potion to Nidia. "This vial will ensure eternal happiness."
The effect of the potion.
The Secrets of Isis.
Apoecides vows to reveal all the tricks of Arbace
and expose him to the community.
The Revenge of Arbace. The High Priest, after killing Apoecides,
accuses Glaucus to have murdered him.
Nidia wants to denounce the betrayal of the High Priest.
To stop him, Arbace has her kidnapped.
Nidia is locked in a basement room of the Temple.
In front of the Senate and the people, Arbace
accuses Glaucus of murdering Apoecides.
The judgment of the people: "To the lions!! Throw them to the lions!!"
Jone receives the devastating news.
The day of the show in the arena.
Nidia and Sosia, his guard.
To distract Sosia's attention Nidia is pretending to do magic.
Games in the arena. The parade of gladiators.
Nidia deceive the gullible Sosia and manages to escape.
The battle of the gladiators on horseback.
Glaucus is moved from the prison to the arena.
Nidia in a hurry to find Claudio.
She talks about the potion and adds: "He is not the murderer..."
Arbace killed Apoecides and blamed Glaucus to get rid of a rival."
There is no hope is for Glaucus.
Still under the effect of the potion, Glaucus
does not understand what's going on.
The keepers gather the animals.
The servants open the gate...
when a man with a pale and distorted face appears and accuses Arbace.
It is Claudio, who has arrived just in time.
The crowd cries out: "Throw the Egyptian to the lions! Save Glaucus!"
But a cry stops the noise: "Look at the Mount Vesuvius!"
At the sight of this horrible spectacle, Glaucus comes to himself.
His first cry is: "Jone!"
At Jone's house.
The Destruction of Pompeii.
The fiery avalanche progresses relentlessly.
The last meeting. Only the blind woman can see in the dense darkness.
Saved.
The poor blind has completed her act of love. Now she is only looking for peace.
The End