''79 A.D.'' ( it, Anno 79 - La distruzione di Ercolano, french: Les derniers jours d'Herculanum, also known as ''The Destruction of Herculaneum'') is a 1962 Italian-French
epic
Epic commonly refers to:
* Epic poetry, a long narrative poem celebrating heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation
* Epic film, a genre of film with heroic elements
Epic or EPIC may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and medi ...
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
written and directed by
Gianfranco Parolini
Gianfranco Parolini (20 February 1925 in Rome, Italy – 26 April 2018 in Rome, Italy) was an Italian film director. He is often credited as Frank Kramer. Among his films are ''The Sabata Trilogy'', several sword and sandal films, most of the Kommi ...
and starring
Brad Harris
Bradford Harris (July 16, 1933 – November 7, 2017) was an American actor, stuntman, and executive producer. He appeared in a variety of roles in over 50 films, mostly in European productions. He was an inductee in the Stuntman's Hall of Fame ...
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[Michele Giordano. ''Giganti buoni''. Gremese Editore, 1998. .]
Plot
General Marcus Tiberius, the nephew of Emperor Titus Flavius, returns to Rome in triumph only to find it in turmoil. More and more people are being murdered on the streets, and nefarious members of the Roman Senate are blaming the Christian community. When Marcus is ordered to take action against the Christians, he refuses, so his uncle strips him of all his titles and sends him into exile. However, Marcus is determined to investigate the matter himself. Amidst all the love and intrigue at the emperor's court in A.D 79, a disaster is looming. In the shadow of the volcano, Mount Vesuvius, the city is about to be destroyed.
Cast
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Brad Harris
Bradford Harris (July 16, 1933 – November 7, 2017) was an American actor, stuntman, and executive producer. He appeared in a variety of roles in over 50 films, mostly in European productions. He was an inductee in the Stuntman's Hall of Fame ...
as Marcus Tiberius
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Mara Lane
Mara Lane (born Dorothy Bolton; 1 August 1930) is a British-Austrian actress. She appeared in more than 30 films from 1951 to 1965.
Early life
Lane was born in Vienna, Austria. She is the eldest daughter of Russian-born pianist mother Olga Mirono ...
as Diomira
* Susan Paget as Livia
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Jany Clair
Jany Clair (born 2 September 1938) is a retired French actress.
Early life
Clair was born Jany Guillaume in Lille, France.
Career
Clair starred in a number of B-grade films in the 1950s and 1960s, in particular in a number of sword and sanda ...
as Myrta
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Jacques Berthier as Tercius
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Philippe Hersent
Philippe Hersent (26 July 1912 – 30 December 1982) was a French actor. He appeared in more than eighty films from 1930 to 1978.
Filmography
References
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1912 births
1982 deaths
French male film actors
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as Tito Flavio
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Carlo Tamberlani
Carlo Tamberlani (11 March 1899 – 5 August 1980) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 127 films between 1931 and 1976. He was born in Salice Salentino, Italy and died in Subiaco, Italy. His brother Nando Tamberlani was also an actor. ...
as Furio
* as Claudia
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Isarco Ravaioli
Isacco Ravaioli, best known as Isarco Ravaioli (3 March 1933 – 15 February 2004), was an Italian film actor.
Life and career
Born in Ravenna, Ravaioli obtained a diploma of teaching in his hometown, and he started working as a primary school ...
as Licinio
* Djordje Nenadovic as Samson
* Niksa Stefanini as Valerio
* Vladimir Leib as Lepido
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Ignazio Dolce
Ignazio Dolce (born 26 March 1933) is an Italian director and actor.
Life and career
Born in Palermo, Sicily, Dolce graduated at Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, and starting from the late 1950s he began a career as a character actor. ...
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French disaster films
Peplum films
Italian disaster films
1962 adventure films
Films directed by Gianfranco Parolini
Films about volcanoes
Films set in the Roman Empire
Films set in 79 AD
Pompeii in popular culture
1960s disaster films
Sword and sandal films
French adventure films
Italian adventure films
1960s Italian films
1960s French films
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