---
title: 'The Last Days of Pompeii (1959)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Sergio Leone'
released: '1959-11-12'
runtime_minutes: 100
genres:
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-last-days-of-pompeii-1959'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054422/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Last Days of Pompeii (1959)

1959 · 100 min · History · Germany, Italy


## Synopsis

The Last Days of Pompeii is a 1959 Eastmancolor historical disaster action film starring Steve Reeves, Christine Kaufmann, and Fernando Rey and directed by Mario Bonnard and Sergio Leone. Bonnard, the original director, fell ill on the first day of shooting, so Leone and the scriptwriters finished the film.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Sergio Leone](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergio-leone), [Mario Bonnard](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-bonnard)
- **Screenplay:** [Sergio Leone](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergio-leone), [Sergio Corbucci](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergio-corbucci), [Duccio Tessari](https://cinepixo.com/people/duccio-tessari), [Ennio de Concini](https://cinepixo.com/people/ennio-de-concini)
- **Producer:** [Lucio Fulci](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucio-fulci), [Paolo Moffa](https://cinepixo.com/people/paolo-moffa)
- **Director of Photography:** [Antonio L. Ballesteros](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonio-l-ballesteros)
- **Editor:** [Eraldo Da Roma](https://cinepixo.com/people/eraldo-da-roma)

## Cast

- [Steve Reeves](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-reeves) as Glaucus
- [Ignazio Dolce](https://cinepixo.com/people/ignazio-dolce)
- [Antonio Casas](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonio-casas)
- [Carlo Tamberlani](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlo-tamberlani) as Leader of the Christians
- [Mimmo Palmara](https://cinepixo.com/people/mimmo-palmara) as Gallinus
- [María Silva](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-silva)
- [Mino Doro](https://cinepixo.com/people/mino-doro) as Second Consul
- [Ángel Aranda](https://cinepixo.com/people/angel-aranda) as Antonius
- [Mario Morales](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-morales) as Caius
- [Guillermo Marín](https://cinepixo.com/people/guillermo-marin) as Ascanius, Consul of Pompeii
- [Pedro Fenollar](https://cinepixo.com/people/pedro-fenollar)
- [Mario Berriatúa](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-berriatua) as Marcus
- [Christine Kaufmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/christine-kaufmann) as Ione
- [Fernando Rey](https://cinepixo.com/people/fernando-rey) as Arbaces, high priest
- [Jesús Puente Alzaga](https://cinepixo.com/people/jesus-puente-alzaga)

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