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The Last Days of Pompeii (1935)
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18 October 1935 (USA)
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In the doomed Roman city, a gentle blacksmith becomes a corrupt gladiator, while his son leans toward Christianity. full summary | add synopsis
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Fabulous film w/deep,rich undertones of conscience
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Preston Foster | ... | Marcus |
| Alan Hale | ... | Burbix |
| Basil Rathbone | ... | Pontius Pilate |
| John Wood | ... | Flavius, as a Man |
| Louis Calhern | ... | Prefect (Allus Martius) |
| David Holt | ... | Flavius, as a Boy |
| Dorothy Wilson | ... | Clodia |
| Wyrley Birch | ... | Leaster |
| Gloria Shea | ... | Julia |
| Frank Conroy | ... | Gaius Tanno |
| William V. Mong | ... | Cleon, the Slave Dealer |
| Murray Kinnell | ... | Simon, Judean Peasant |
| Henry Kolker | ... | Warder |
| Edward Van Sloan | ... | Calvus |
| Zeffie Tilbury | ... | The Wise Woman |
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96 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Victor System)
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Factual errors: Pontius Pilate committed suicide in Gaul in approximately 38 A.D. and could not have been present in Pompeii during the same year that Mt Vesuvius erupted (79 AD).
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He still believes in things.
Pontius Pilate: And you and I are wiser? Perhaps... What is truth?
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Pontius Pilate: And you and I are wiser? Perhaps... What is truth?
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Featured in Gladiators: Bloodsport of the Colisseum (2000) (V)
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I first saw this film when I was a child and the impact it had on me has never faded no matter how many times I watch it, nor at what age. Every time I find some nuance I had not noticed before...it really is an unsung masterpiece. Try to see it with eyes unjaded by years of excess on the movie screen...for its time it had great special effects..a wonderful script, interesting casting...none so much as Basil Rathbone as Pontius Pilate..I have never seen better! Basil imbues Pilate with a sense of duty and conscience that fills the screen with its irony and pain at his dilemma. Marvelous! Preston Foster is often forced and hammy...but it did not distract from the enjoyment of the movie..in fact it was "a style" of acting in the thirties that many leads presented..actors like Fredrick March, etc had the same style...a leftover from the silent age when actors, in order to convey their sentiment used their body more to propel their feelings to the screen. An exaggeration of movement that lasted for a number of years until the realization hit that on the big screen with sound actors could be more subtle with their gestures. The story is , in content wonderful...holds my attention even after all these years of viewing. It is a fascinating story...a progression from a happy, hard working man with everything he could ever want, who loses it all in a very few days for lack of money. Bitter and lost, after having lost not only those he loved but losing his principles too to try to save them, he decides the only thing worth having is money..because it is the only thing that PROTECTS you. In the backround to all of this is the story of the Christ...not meant to be in the foreground but a backdrop to everything that happens to this man struggling with the heavy burden of his reality and his decisions. This is a beautiful film worthy of repeated viewing for its amazing messages...and there are many. This is a thinking man's film, a philosopher's film, a spiritualist's film, and a film for every man and woman searching for answers to the question "why?" What it ultimately leaves you with is HOPE. This is a KEEPER.