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The Last days of Pompeii ... a Merian C. Cooper production

Feature film from the USA. Drama. Follows the events in the lives of inhabitants of ancient Pompeii leading up to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

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  • "Feature film from the USA. Drama. Follows the events in the lives of inhabitants of ancient Pompeii leading up to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius."@en
  • "The grandeur of an era and the terror of nature at its deadliest come to the screen in this classic spectacle about a simple blacksmith who rises to glory and riches and crosses paths with Jesus and Pontius Pilate. But his wealth means nothing when Mt. Vesuvius releases its fury."@en
  • "Just before Pompeii is destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, a blacksmith turned wealthy gladiator plots to gain wealth and power."
  • "Just before Pompeii is destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, a blacksmith turned wealthy gladiator plots to gain wealth and power."@en
  • ""After his wife and son are injured by a runaway chariot and later die because he has no money to pay for a doctor, an embittered Pompeiian blacksmith, Marcus, dedicates himself to a career as a well-paid gladiator. Although he never relishes killing his arena rivals, Marcus soon becomes the most successful fighter on the circuit, earning substantial sums in the process. His life changes, however, when he meets Flavius, the seven-year-old son of a defeated opponent, whom he adopts. Eventually Marcus is forced out of the arena and must support Flavius through the odious but lucrative job of slave and horse trading. Before leaving on a horse buying trip to Judea, Marcus befriends a Greek soothsayer, who prophesies that Flavius will go to strife-ridden Jerusalem and meet 'a great man' and that Marcus will be confronted with a life-altering choice between success and failure. Marcus, believing that the great man is Pontius Pilate, takes Flavius to meet the ruler, who offers Marcus a job stealing horses from his desert enemy. Although the raid is successful, Flavius is thrown from a horse and nears death, but is cured miraculously by a stranger known only as 'the Lord.' Marcus pledges his dedication to the stranger, but when another follower later begs his help to save the prophet from crucifixion, Marcus chooses to save his ill-gotten gold instead. Many years later, Flavius, who is haunted by dim memories of the man who had once cured him, rejects his father's plans for him and devotes himself to liberating runaway slaves who are destined for Marcus' deadly arena. Caught with the escaping slaves, Flavius is sent to fight in the arena, in spite of Marcus' pleas and bribes for his freedom. At the start of the battle, however, Mt. Vesuvius erupts, and once again, Marcus is given the choice between saving his wealth and human lives. After tossing away his coveted gold, Marcus finally sacrifices his own life to rescue Flavius and his band of runaway slaves. As Marcus' soul ascends to heaven, it is greeted with open, forgiving arms by the spirit of the doomed prophet, Jesus"--AFI catalog, 1931-1940."@en
  • "A story of power, greed and religion set at the time of the great eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D."@en
  • ""The filmmakers and special-effects team behine 'King Kong' recreate one of the most dramatic events in human history - the volcanic eruption that buried a city alive in the time of Imperial Rome." -- from cover."@en

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  • "Feature films"@en
  • "History"@en
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Drama"@en
  • "Drama"
  • "Video recordings for the hearing impaired"@en
  • "Features"@en
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  • "Biblical epics"@en
  • "Bible films"@en
  • "Adaptation"@en

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  • "The Last days of Pompeii ... a Merian C. Cooper production"@en
  • "The Last days of Pompeii"@en
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  • "Last days of Pompeii (Motion picture : 1935)"@en

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