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The Last Days of Pompeii, 1h47
Directed by Marcel L'Herbier, Paolo Moffa
Origin France
Genres Drama, Historical, Peplum
Themes Films set in Africa, La fin du monde, Volcanisme, Films about volcanoes, Disaster films
Actors Micheline Presle, Georges Marchal, Marcel Herrand, Jaque-Catelain, Adriana Benetti, Claudio Ermelli

In Pompeii, in the year 79AD, Lysias, a wealthy young Greek, abducts the beautiful Hélène, who is a pupil of Arbax, the sinister High Priest of Isis. For revenge, Arbax causes Lysias to drink a magic potion to make him fall in love with his ally Julie, but Lysias becomes mad from the drink. Nidia, a young slave girl rescued by Lycias, has overheard the plot and accuses Arbax of trying to kill her master. Arbax kills the girl and has Lysias accused of the murder. Condemned to the lions in the arena, Lysias only escapes the punishment when the eruption of Vesuvius brings panic to the town, and he leads Hélène to safety.
Stromboli
Stromboli (1950)
, 1h47
Directed by Roberto Rossellini
Origin Italie
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Volcanisme
Actors Ingrid Bergman, Renzo Cesana

Bergman plays Karin, a displaced Lithuanian in Italy, who escapes the internment camp by marrying an Italian POW fisherman (Mario Vitale), whom she met in the camp on the other side of the barbed wire. He promises her a great life in his home island of Stromboli. She soon discovers that his home island is very harsh and barren, not at all what she expected, and the people, very traditional and conservative, show hostility and disdain towards this strange, foreign woman.
Volcano
Volcano (1950)
, 1h46
Directed by William Dieterle
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Volcanisme
Actors Anna Magnani, Rossano Brazzi, Geraldine Brooks, Eduardo Ciannelli, Rosina Galli, Enzo Staiola

The film plot involves a former prostitute (Magnani) who is exiled to the island of her birth by the police . There she suffers ostracism by the islanders and tries to defend the virtue of her younger sister from the advances of a deep-sea diver . It runs for 106 minutes.
One Million B.C., 1h20
Directed by Hal Roach, D. W. Griffith
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Dinosaur films, La préhistoire, Volcanisme, Animaux préhistoriques
Actors Victor Mature, Carole Landis, Lon Chaney, Jr., Conrad Nagel, John Hubbard, Nigel De Brulier

In a modern day prologue, a group of hikers caught in a storm seek shelter in a cave. They encounter an anthropologist (Conrad Nagel, "The Narrator") who interprets prehistoric carvings that introduce the story of a young caveman.
Her Jungle Love, 1h21
Directed by George Archainbaud
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Seafaring films, Transport films, Volcanisme, Films about apes, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Dorothy Lamour, Ray Milland, Lynne Overman, J. Carrol Naish, Virginia Vale, Jonathan Hale

À la suite d'un crash d’avion, l’aviateur Bob Mitchell et son mécanicien Jimmy Wallace se retrouvent sur une île du Pacifique. Ils ont échappé à la mort grâce à Toura, une belle jeune fille, vivant seule avec un chimpanzé et un tigre Meewa. Toura est considérée comme une déesse par les indigènes des îles voisines. Ils font la connaissance de la jeune fille très ignorante des coutumes civilisées, Bob tombant sous son charme lui enseigne même comment embrasser. Prêts à quitter l’île sur un radeau de fortune, ils sont attaqués et capturés par les cruels adorateurs du dieu Crocodile dirigés par un prêtre dément nommé Kuasa. Tous les blancs sont devenus ses ennemis mortels depuis qu’une Anglaise a rejeté une fois son amour, il s’est vengé d'elle en kidnappant sa fille Toura qu’il a installée dans l’île. Voyant que Toura veut partir, Kuasa veut la sacrifier avec ses nouveaux amis au dieu crocodile quand le volcan se met en éruption et détruit Kuasa et ses hommes. Bob, Jimmy et Toura rencontrent sur la plage des sauveteurs dans lesquels se trouve Eleanor la fiancée de Bob. Bob épris de Toura doit maintenant choisir entre elle et sa fiancée.
The Last Days of Pompeii, 1h36
Directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack, Merian C. Cooper
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, La fin du monde, Sports films, Volcanisme, Films about volcanoes, Disaster films
Actors Preston Foster, Alan Hale, Basil Rathbone, David Jack Holt, Dorothy Wilson, John Wood

In the time of Jesus Christ, blacksmith Marcus (Preston Foster) is content with his life, beautiful wife Julia (Gloria Shea) and six-month-old son. However, when Julia and their child are run down by a chariot in the streets of Pompeii, Marcus spends the little money he has to pay for a doctor and medicine. Needing more, in desperation, he becomes a gladiator. He wins his fight, but in vain; his wife and child die.
Bird of Paradise, 1h20
Directed by King Vidor, H. Bruce Humberstone, Fred Fleck
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Théâtre, Transport films, Volcanisme, Films based on plays
Actors Dolores del Río, Joel McCrea, John Halliday, Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher, Bert Roach, Lon Chaney, Jr.

As a yacht sails into an island chain in the South Pacific, a large number of natives in pontoon boats sail out to greet them. The natives dive for the trinkets the yacht's crew throws them. A shark arrives, scaring most of the natives away. In an attempt to catch a shark by throwing it bait that has been tied to a harpoon-sized hook, Johnny Baker (Joel McCrea) accidentally steps into a loop that tightens around his ankle. The shark takes the bait, and the rope grows tighter, causing the rope to yank the young man overboard. Luana (Dolores del Río), the daughter of the chief, saves his life by leaping into the water and cutting the rope.
The Last Days of Pompeii, 3h1
Directed by Amleto Palermi, Carmine Gallone
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Historical, Peplum
Themes La fin du monde, Volcanisme, Films about volcanoes, Disaster films
Actors Victor Varconi, Rina De Liguoro, María Corda, Bernhard Goetzke, Emilio Ghione, Gildo Bocci

À cause d'une rivalité amoureuse, Glauco, un bel Athénien aux multiples conquêtes, devient le pire ennemi d'Arbace, grand prêtre égyptien du temple d'Isis. Ce dernier a déjà éliminé un de ses proches qui menaçait de faire des révélations sur son compte et s'arrange pour faire accuser Glauco à sa place, qu'il fait jeter dans la fosse aux lions. Mais peu après, le Vésuve entre en éruption.
The Last Days of Pompeii, 56minutes
Directed by Mario Caserini, Eleuterio Rodolfi
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Action, Historical, Peplum
Themes Films set in Africa, La fin du monde, Volcanisme, Films about volcanoes, Disaster films
Actors Fernanda Negri Pouget, Carlo Campogalliani

In Pompeii 79AD, Glaucus and Jone are in love with each other. Arbace, Egyptian High Priest is determined to conquer her. Glaucus buys the blind slave Nidia who is mishandled by her owner.