Synopsis
This French version of The Last Days of Pompeii was shots on standing sets left over from the epic historical drama Fabiola. Bypassing the continuity of the original Bulwer-Lytton novel and the 1936 Hollywood film version, this adaptation concocts a plotline concerning a pair of lovers named Isias (Georges Marchal) and Helen (Micheline Presle). When Isias is slipped a so-called love potion by a rival, he is driven mad. Upon recovery, he learns he is to stand trial for the murder of gorgeous slave Nadia...more