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Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

★ 5.2/10•1955•1h 32m•Romance•Music•Drama

Russian ballet version of Shakespeare's tragedy about star crossed lovers from two feuding Italian Renaissance families. The film was based on the 1940 production of Prokofiev's ballet, choreographed by Leonid Lavrovsky. It won the Best Lyrical Film at the 1955 Cannes Film Festival, was nominated as the Palme d'Or.

Lev Arnshtam · Director

Leonid Lavrovsky · Director

Lev Arnshtam · Screenplay

Leonid Lavrovsky · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 32m
LanguageRU
Release DateMay 19, 1955

Actors

Galina Ulanova

Galina Ulanova

Juliet

Yuri Zhdanov

Yuri Zhdanov

Romeo

Iraida Olenina

Iraida Olenina

Juliet's nurse

Aleksandr Radunsky

Aleksandr Radunsky

Lord Capulet

Yelena Ilyushchenko

Yelena Ilyushchenko

Lady Capulet

Aleksey Yermolayev

Aleksey Yermolayev

Tybalt

Sergei Koren

Sergei Koren

Mercutio

Vladimir Kudryashov

Vladimir Kudryashov

Benvolio

Lev Loshchilin

Friar Laurence

Aleksandr Lapauri

Aleksandr Lapauri

Paris

S. Uvarov

Georgi Farmanyants

Mikhail Lavrovsky

Mikhail Lavrovsky

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