A dramatized recreation of the destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD.A dramatized recreation of the destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD.A dramatized recreation of the destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD.
- Won 1 Primetime Emmy
- 1 win & 1 nomination total
Alisdair Simpson
- Narrator
- (UK version)
- (voice)
Rebecca Norton
- Fortunata
- (as Rebecca Clarke)
George Antoni
- Felix
- (as George Yiasoumi)
F. Murray Abraham
- Narrator
- (US version)
- (voice)
Tony Amendola
- Pomponianus
- (uncredited)
Omar Berdouni
- Callistus
- (uncredited)
Emily Canfor-Dumas
- Slave Girl
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThe film takes place from August 24 to August 25, 79 AD.
- GoofsAs the second-last pyroclastic wave stops just outside the city, the carbon dioxide it sends into the city should have affected all the lamps, dimming if not extinguishing the flames. The flames are untouched although the people are choking.
- Quotes
Alisdair Simpson - Narrator: The people of Pompeii have never seen anything like this before. There is no word in Latin for 'volcano."
- ConnectionsEdited into I Shouldn't Be Alive: Alone in the Amazon (2010)
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The dramatised documentary of Pompeii was not that great. The special effects were good, although some things didn't quite happen as it did. Besides the effects of the volcanic eruption itself that others have gone into, and I won't even comment on, the rest was just more propaganda than telling a historic tale.
It was unfair of the BBC to portray one of the dead Pompeii victims as a horrid bad man. It left a nasty taste in my mouth and that was enough for me. The character Stephanus the Fuller may have been a really nice and kind man but this drama turned him into the villain. I'm not sure how they can really make things like that and be given so many awards.
- nightroses
- Sep 1, 2019
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- 龐貝古城
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