Pompeii: The Last Day

About Pompeii: The Last Day

In 79 AD, one of the infamous natural disasters in human history occurred when Mount Vesuvius erupted. With speculative dramatizations of various inhabitants' final hours along with detailed documentation of the known facts concerning the eruption, the horrific day is vividly brought to life.

Pompeii: The Last Day (2003) is a documentary history film directed by Peter Nicholson. It runs 87 minutes and was released in October 2003.

The film is filed under historical drama, ancient rome, natural disaster, and historical event.

Alisdair Simpson appears as Narrator (voice), Tim Pigott-Smith as Pliny the Elder, Jim Carter as Polybius, and Jonathan Firth as Stephanus. The screenplay is by Edward Canfor-Dumas. It streams on Britbox Apple TV channel in the United States.

Pompeii, The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari, and The Last Days of Pompeii make useful companions to Pompeii: The Last Day.