The Last Days of Pompeo (Italian: Gli ultimi giorni di Pompeo) is a 1937 Italian "white-telephones" comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Enrico Viarisio, Roberta Mari and Camillo Pilotto.[1] The film's title is an allusion to the novel The Last Days of Pompeii by Edward Bulwer-Lytton. It refers to a character in contemporary Italy named Pompeo.
| The Last Days of Pompeo | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Mario Mattoli |
| Written by | Aldo De Benedetti |
| Produced by | Liborio Capitani |
| Starring | Enrico Viarisio Roberta Mari Camillo Pilotto |
| Cinematography | Domenico Scala |
| Edited by | Fernando Tropea |
| Music by | Giulio Bonnard |
Production companies | Capitani Film ENIC |
| Distributed by | Generalcine |
Release date | 1937 |
Running time | 72 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
The film's was shot at Cinecittà Studios in Rome.
Cast edit
- Enrico Viarisio as Pompeo Quarantini
- Roberta Mari as L'eritiere
- Camillo Pilotto as Il banchiere
- Luigi Cimara as L'avvocato
- Marcello Giorda as Il commissario
- Armando Migliari as L'americano
- Franco Coop as L'ufficiale della marina mercantile
- Armando Fineschi as Manolo D'Add
- Maria Donati
- Tecla Scarano
- Agostino Salvietti
- Vincenzo Scarpetta
- Dina Perbellini
- Clelia Bernacchi
- Romano Calò
References edit
- ^ Apra p.101
Bibliography edit
- Aprà, Adriano. The Fabulous Thirties: Italian cinema 1929-1944. Electa International, 1979.
External links edit
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