Dias antes da lendária erupção do monte Vesúvio, o escravo Milo está preso dentro de um navio, em direcção a Pompeia. Ele vai fazer de tudo para fugir e salvar a mulher que ama, além de ajudar o seu melhor amigo, um gladiador que está em dificuldades no interior do coliseu local.
Catherine e Alexander, ricos e sofisticados, vão a Nápoles para vender uma villa do falecido tio. Há uma frieza no relacionamento e aspectos de Nápoles se adicionam à tensão. Ela se lembra de um poeta que amava e morreu na guerra; embora ela não o amasse, a memória ressalta a ausência de romance em sua vida de agora. Ela percorre os museus de Nápoles e Pompeia, imergindo-se no fascínio napolitano pelos mortos e percebe quantas mulheres estão grávidas; ele fica inativo em Capri, flertando com as mulheres, mas recuando do adultério. Com ela, ele é sarcástico; com ele, ela é crítica. Eles falam de divórcio. Será que este casal de estrangeiros encontrarão uma solução e direção na Itália?
This seven-hour British-Italian adaptation of Edward Bulwer-Lytton's 1834 epic, set against the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. and previously filmed in 1935, and in 1960 was a vehicle for muscleman Steve Reeves, was trashed by the critics as the campiest of sword and sandal sagas to emerge in years. This despite its reported $19-million price tag, the nobility of its cast that includes Laurence Olivier, Siobhan McKenna and Anthony Quayle, and its rather unspectacular special effects. The central figures are Nicholas Clay as Glaucus, the noble Athenian; Olivia Hussey as the high-born Ione, his love, who is seduced by the Egyptian, Arbaces (Franco Nero), a religious fanatic; Duncan Regehr as Lydon, the champion gladiator; and Linda Purl as the blind slave Nydia, who is torn between Glaucus and Lydon.
Forbidden love blossoms in the city of Pompeii, which until the eruption of volcano Vesuvius in 79 AD, is one of the empire's most powerful cities.
Up Pompeii! is a British television comedy series broadcast between 1969 and 1970, starring Frankie Howerd. The first series was written by Talbot Rothwell, a scriptwriter for the Carry On films, and the second series by Rothwell and Sid Colin. Two later specials were transmitted in 1975 and 1991.
Exploring life in Pompeii during the final days of the doomed city.
A forensic dig into history's most enduring mysteries. In Voices of the Dead, Professor Bettany Hughes leads a forensic investigation into some of the most enduring mysteries of the ancient world and brings viewers face-to-face with the extraordinary people of the past she unearths along the way.
Following the biggest archaeological excavation in Pompeii for a generation. Exciting discoveries and fresco-inspired animations tell the story of life in Pompeii AD 79.
A story of eternal romance and inevitable disaster recounting the tale of this once majestic city.
A historical exploration about the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 A.D. and the preserved Roman city it left behind.
