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5.2 1h 32m

Romeo and Juliet

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.

Top 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

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.

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