Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet (1955)

Ромео и Джульетта

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.

Date of release
1955-05-19
TMDB
5.2 / 10 (8)
Runtime
1h 32m
Genres
Romance, Music, Drama
Director
Lev Arnshtam, Leonid Lavrovsky

Casting

Interesting facts

Romeo and Juliet is a 1955 Soviet ballet film directed by Lev Arnshtam. The film was based on the 1940 production of Prokofiev's ballet, choreographed by Leonid Lavrovsky. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Best Lyrical Film and was nominated as the Palme d'Or.

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