{"id":104947,"date":"2024-06-07T23:59:09","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T23:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ucm.one\/%f0%9f%8e%ac-the-destruction-of-herculaneum-by-gianfranco-parolini-available-as-a-limited-edition-mediabook-and-on-blu-ray-dvd\/"},"modified":"2024-06-10T15:12:11","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T15:12:11","slug":"the-destruction-of-herculaneum-by-gianfranco-parolini-available-as-a-limited-edition-mediabook-and-on-blu-ray-dvd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ucm.one\/en\/the-destruction-of-herculaneum-by-gianfranco-parolini-available-as-a-limited-edition-mediabook-and-on-blu-ray-dvd\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83c\udfac \u2018The Destruction of Herculaneum\u2019 by Gianfranco Parolini available as a limited edition mediabook and on Blu-ray &#038; DVD"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\"><strong>UCM.ONE<\/strong><\/span> is releasing the Italian film \u2018<strong>The Destruction of Herculaneum<\/strong>\u2019 (Original Italian title: \u2018<strong>Anno 79: La distruzione di Ercolano<\/strong>\u2019, German title: \u2018<strong>Die letzten Stunden von Pompeji<\/strong>\u2018) by <strong>Gianfranco Parolini<\/strong> for the first time\u00a0in the uncut Italian cinema version, which is over 18 minutes longer than the well-known German video version, on the <strong>M-Square Classics<\/strong> label as a mediabook strictly limited to 500 units as well as on Blu-ray and DVD.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018<strong>The Destruction of Herculaneum<\/strong>\u2019 is a <em>\u2018sandal film classic\u2019<\/em> that skilfully combines historical drama and disaster film, supported by original footage of a volcanic eruption, without dispensing with fights in the style of the Hercules films.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Summary:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>79 AD: Marcus Tiberius (Brad Harris), victorious general and nephew of the Roman emperor Titus Flavius (Philippe Hersent), wants to warn his uncle of a planned coup by his advisor Tercius. But the emperor does not trust him. Instead, he sends him to Pompeii to destroy the \u2018true enemies\u2019 of the Roman Empire &#8211; the Christians. But Marcus Tiberius refuses. He sides with the gladiators to fight with them against Tercius and his henchmen. But in the meantime, Pompeii threatens to suffocate under the red-hot, all-consuming lava of Mount Vesuvius&#8230;[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The visually stunning costume film is now being released for the first time in the completely rescanned and uncut original film version and also in the elaborately reconstructed German cinema version. The German cinema release: was on 6 September 1963, distributed by <strong>Constantin-Film<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leading actor <strong>Bradford Harris<\/strong> (1933-2017) is known from a number of sandal films, westerns and action films from the 60s and 70s, such as \u2018<strong>The Odyssey of Hercules<\/strong>\u2019, \u2018S<strong>amson &#8211; Liberator of the Enslaved<\/strong>\u2019 and \u2018<strong>Django &#8211; He Sowed Death<\/strong>\u2019. 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Since you can&#8217;t take the film seriously anyway, it also lowers your expectations. And between all the fights and other silliness, there is no overly dripping pathos. 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