87 minutes
10/20/2003
In 79 AD, one of the infamous natural disasters in human history occurred when Mount Vesuvius erupted. With speculative dramatizations of various inhabitants' final hours along with detailed documentation of the known facts concerning the eruption, the horrific day is vividly brought to life.
Alisdair Simpson
as Narrator (voice)
Tim Pigott-Smith
as Pliny the Elder
Jim Carter
as Polybius
Jonathan Firth
as Stephanus
Rebecca Norton
as Fortunata
Martin Hodgson
as Gaius
Robert Whitelock
as Celadus
Rachel Atkins
as Plinia
Chad Shepherd
as Africanus
Chrissie Cotterill
as Epidia
Katharine Whitburn
as Julia
Leigh Jones
as Sabinus
George Antoni
as Felix