Romeo and Juliet (1955)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1955-05-19
Runtime: 92 minutes
Director: Lev Arnshtam
Top Cast
- Galina Ulanova as Juliet
- Yuri Zhdanov as Romeo
- Iraida Olenina as Juliet's nurse
- Aleksandr Radunsky as Lord Capulet
- Yelena Ilyushchenko as Lady Capulet
- Aleksey Yermolayev as Tybalt
- Sergei Koren as Mercutio
- Vladimir Kudryashov as Benvolio
- Lev Loshchilin as Friar Laurence
- Aleksandr Lapauri as Paris
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