The Last Days of Pompeii: Decadence, Apocalypse, Resurrection
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This forgotten rarity is an opulent version of Bulwer-Lytton’s novel that was shot in Italy and France over a two-year period. Dubbed in English. Preceded at 6:30 by the 25-min. documentary Pompeii: Once There Was a City.
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Directed by Roberto Rossellini. With Ingrid Bergman and George Sanders. In this revered and moving drama, a British man and wife traveling in Italy suffer marital problems that come to a head at Pompeii. In English. Cleveland revival premiere.
Theater Ninjas present the latest version of their original performance "The Excavation," a theatrical celebration of the life, death and re-birth of Pompeii in popular culture.
Spaghetti Western maestro Sergio Leone co-directed this action-packed “sword and sandal” epic inspired by the 1834 Edward Bulwer-Lytton novel that also lent its name to the Cleveland Museum of Art’s current exhibition. Muscleman Steve Reeves plays a Roman centurion from Pompeii who discovers that his father has been murdered by a gang of hooded thieves. Angry, he vows to unmask the killers and avenge his dad’s death. Meanwhile Mt. Vesuvius prepares to blow its own top…