{{short description|1962 film}} {{for|the year|AD 79}} {{Infobox film | name = 79 A.D. The Destruction of Herculaneum | image = 79 A.D. poster.jpg | caption = | director = Gianfranco Parolini | producer = | writer = Gianfranco Parolini <br /> Giovanni Simonelli | starring = Brad Harris<br>Fulvia Gasser<br>Mara Lane | music = Carlo Franci | cinematography = Francesco Izzarelli | editing = Edmondo Lozzi | distributor = | released = {{Film date|1962}} | runtime = 113 minute | country = Italy<br/>France | language = Italian | budget = }}
'''''79 A.D.''''' ({{langx|it|Anno 79 - La distruzione di Ercolano}}, {{langx|fr|Les derniers jours d'Herculanum}}, also known as '''''The Destruction of Herculaneum''''') is a 1962 Italian-French epic drama film written and directed by Gianfranco Parolini and starring Brad Harris.<ref name="60-69-l">{{cite book|author=Roberto Chiti|author2=Roberto Poppi|author3=Enrico Lancia|author4=Mario Pecorari|name-list-style=amp|title=Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film|year=1991|publisher=Gremese Editore, 1992|isbn=8876055932}}</ref><ref name=Merfd>{{cite book|author=Gianfranco Casadio|title=I mitici eroi: il cinema "peplum" nel cinema italiano dall'avvento del sonoro a oggi (1930-1993)|year=2007|publisher=Longo, 2007|isbn=978-8880635291}}</ref><ref>Michele Giordano. ''Giganti buoni''. Gremese Editore, 1998. {{ISBN|8877421835}}.</ref>
==Summary==
General Marcus Tiberius, Emperor Titus Flavius's nephew, triumphantly returns to Rome only to discover the city in chaos. Street murders are escalating, and some corrupt members of the Roman Senate are falsely accusing the Christian community. When ordered to act against the Christians, Marcus defies the command, leading his uncle to strip him of titles and exile him. Undeterred, Marcus resolves to investigate independently. Amidst the romance and political intrigue of the emperor's court in A.D. 79, a looming disaster unfolds. Beneath the shadow of Mount Vesuvius, the city faces imminent destruction alongside Herculaneum.
==Cast== * Brad Harris as Marcus Tiberius * Mara Lane as Diomira * Susan Paget as Livia * Jany Clair as Myrta * Jacques Berthier as Tercius * Philippe Hersent as Tito Flavio * Carlo Tamberlani as Furio * {{ill|Ivy Holzer|it|Ivy Holzer}} as Claudia * Isarco Ravaioli as Licinio * Đorđe Nenadović as Samson * Niksa Stefanini as Valerio * Vladimir Leib as Lepido * Ignazio Dolce
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb title|id=0055754}}
Category:French disaster films Category:Italian disaster films Category:1962 adventure films Category:Films directed by Gianfranco Parolini Category:Films about the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD Category:Herculaneum Category:1960s disaster films Category:1960s sword-and-sandal films Category:French adventure films Category:Italian adventure films Category:1962 Italian films Category:1962 French films
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