On the 24th August 79 AD, the eruption of Vesuvius went down in history. The Roman city of Pompeii was totally eradicated. Several thousand of its inhabitants perished. Less than ten kilometres away, the small town of Herculaneum was lost under thirty meters of volcanic mud. The two hundred years of digs that followed uncovered the remains of only thirty-two bodies. So what happened to Herculaneum and its inhabitants?
History – Vulcanology – Mystery
Partner(s) : Doclab - CNRS
Broadcaster(s) : France 3 - Planète - Télé-Québec - France 5 - Rai
Director(s) : Marco Visalberghi, Maurice Ribière
Author(s) : Marco Visalberghi, Maurice Ribière
Year : 2002
Duration : 52 minutesFestival(s) :
Festival du Film Archéologique (Amiens) 2003 – 2e Prix du festival
Festival International du Film Archéologique (Bruxelles) 2003 – Prix de l’image
Festival International du Film d’Archéologie (Nyon) 2003 – Prix spécial du jury et du public
Festival International du Film Maritime (Toulon) 2003 – Mention spéciale du jury
Rassegna Internazionale del Cinema Archeologico (Rovereto – Italie) 2003 – Prix du public
Rencontres Internationales de l’Audiovisuel Scientifique (Paris) 2003 – Prix spécial du jury
ICRONOS (Bordeaux) 2004 – Grand Prix du Festival
