L.C.P. di Pompei, often known as Ditta Pompei simply as Pompei, is an Italian

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 manufacturer of shoes, and other costume items, for film productions. Founded in 1932 it has primarily served Cinecittà

Cinecittà

Cinecittà is a large film studio in Rome that is considered the hub of Italian cinema.-History:The studios were founded in 1937 by Benito Mussolini and his head of cinema Luigi Freddi for propaganda purposes, under the slogan "Il cinema è l'arma più forte"...

 film productions. In the 1960s it manufactured classical foot gear for the numerous sword and sandal

Sword and sandal

The Peplum , also known as Sword-and-Sandal, is a genre of largely Italian-made Historical or Biblical Epics that dominated the Italian film industry from 1957 to 1965, eventually being replaced in 1965 by the "Spaghetti Western"...

 epics being made at Cinecittà. Since the 1970s, it has also been employed on large international film projects. Based in Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

, Pompei also has branches in Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

 and London

London

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List of notable projects

• Romeo and Juliet
  Romeo and Juliet (1954 film)
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  (1954)
• Goliath and the Dragon
  Goliath and the Dragon
  La vendetta di Ercole , better known as Goliath and the Dragon, is a 1960 Italian film starring Mark Forest and Broderick Crawford. The identity of the title character was changed from Hercules to Goliath for release in the United States.The film was distributed in North America by American...
  
  (1960)
• Maciste nella terra dei ciclopi (1961)
• Waterloo (1970)
• Amarcord
  Amarcord
  Amarcord is a 1973 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Federico Fellini, a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age tale about Titta, an adolescent boy growing up among an eccentric cast of characters in the fictional town of Borgo in 1930s Fascist Italy...
  
  (1973)
• Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma (1975)
• The Name of the Rose
  The Name of the Rose (film)
  The Name of the Rose is a 1986 film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, based on the book of the same name by Umberto Eco. Sean Connery is the Franciscan friar William of Baskerville and Christian Slater is his apprentice Adso of Melk, who are called upon to solve a deadly mystery in a medieval...
  
  (1986)
• Caligula
  Caligula (film)
  Caligula is a 1979 American-produced Italian biographical film directed by Tinto Brass, with additional scenes filmed by Giancarlo Lui and Penthouse founder Bob Guccione. The film concerns the rise and fall of Roman Emperor Gaius Caesar Germanicus, better known as Caligula...
  
  (1979)
• Monty Python's Life of Brian
  Monty Python's Life of Brian
  Monty Python's Life of Brian, also known as Life of Brian, is a 1979 British comedy film written, directed and largely performed by the Monty Python comedy team...
  
  (1979)
• Amadeus
  Amadeus (film)
  Amadeus is a 1984 period drama film directed by Miloš Forman and written by Peter Shaffer. Adapted from Shaffer's stage play Amadeus, the story is based loosely on the lives of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri, two composers who lived in Vienna, Austria, during the latter half of the...
  
  (1984)
• Jean de Florette
  Jean de Florette
  Jean de Florette is a 1986 French historical drama film directed by Claude Berri, based on a novel by Marcel Pagnol. It is part of a duology, and is followed by Manon des Sources. The film takes place in rural Provence, where two local farmers scheme to trick a newcomer out of his newly inherited...
  
  (1986)
• La Reine Margot
  La Reine Margot (1994 film)
  La Reine Margot is a 1994 French period film directed by Patrice Chéreau, based on the 1845 historical novel of the same name by Alexandre Dumas, père. It stars Isabelle Adjani, Daniel Auteuil, Virna Lisi and Vincent Pérez...
  
  (1994)
• Evita
  Evita (film)
  Evita is the 1996 film adaptation of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical of the same name based on the life of Eva Perón. It was directed by Alan Parker and written by Parker and Oliver Stone. It starred Madonna, Antonio Banderas, and Jonathan Pryce...
  
  (1996)
• The Wings of the Dove (1997)
• Shakespeare in Love
  Shakespeare in Love
  Shakespeare in Love is a 1998 British-American comedy film directed by John Madden and written by Marc Norman and playwright Tom Stoppard....
  
  (1998)
• Bon Voyage
  Bon Voyage (2003 film)
  Bon Voyage is a French film directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau, released 16 April 2003. The film was a critical success due in part to its tight interweaving of various genres, including spy, romance, World War II, and comedy. The film features the first reteaming of stars Isabelle Adjani and Gérard...
  
  (2003)
• The Passion of the Christ
  The Passion of the Christ
  The Passion of the Christ is a 2004 American drama film directed by Mel Gibson and starring Jim Caviezel as Jesus. It depicts the Passion of Jesus largely according to the New Testament Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John...
  
  (2004)
• Casanova (2005)
• Oliver Twist
  Oliver Twist (2005 film)
  Oliver Twist is a 2005 British drama film directed by Roman Polanski. The screenplay by Ronald Harwood is based on the 1838 novel of the same title by Charles Dickens....
  
  (2005)
• Marie Antoinette
  Marie Antoinette (2006 film)
  Marie Antoinette is a 2006 biographical film, written and directed by Sofia Coppola. It is very loosely based on the life of the Queen consort in the years leading up to the French Revolution. It won an Academy Award for Best Costume Design...
  
  (2006)
• Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)