Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

1955
1h 32m
5.2

5.2/10

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Overview

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.

Status: Released

Language: RU

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Production Information

Production Companies
Mosfilm
Production Countries
Soviet Union
Spoken Languages
Russian

Keywords

Quick Facts

Original Title Ромео и Джульетта
Release Date May 19, 1955
Status Released
Language RU
IMDb ID tt0048561

Cast

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
Lev Loshchilin

Friar Laurence

Aleksandr Lapauri
Aleksandr Lapauri

Paris

S. Uvarov
S. Uvarov

Georgi Farmanyants
Georgi Farmanyants

Key Crew

Lev Arnshtam
Director
Leonid Lavrovsky
Director
Leonid Lavrovsky
Screenplay
Lev Arnshtam
Screenplay