Film
Romeo and Juliet
1955 · 1h 32m · Romance · Music · Drama
- IMDb
- 7.6
On Vescene
No Vescene ratings yet — sign in and be the first.
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.
Cast
Galina Ulanova
Juliet
Yuri Zhdanov
Romeo
Iraida Olenina
Juliet's nurse
Aleksandr Radunsky
Lord Capulet
Yelena Ilyushchenko
Lady Capulet
Aleksey Yermolayev
Tybalt
Sergei Koren
Mercutio
Vladimir Kudryashov
Benvolio
Lev Loshchilin
Friar Laurence
Aleksandr Lapauri
Paris
S. Uvarov
Georgi Farmanyants
Mikhail Lavrovsky
Page
Crew
- Lev ArnshtamDirector · Screenplay
- Leonid LavrovskyDirector · Screenplay · Director of Photography
- Chen-U-LangDirector of Photography
- Aleksandr ShelenkovDirector of Photography
Media
Details
- Release date
- May 19, 1955
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Russian
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Genres
- Romance, Music, Drama
Similar films
Needle in a Timestack
2021
Swan Lake: La Scala Ballet
2004
Like Water for Chocolate
2023
The Nutcracker
1977
Masters of Georgian Ballet
1955
Snow White
2010
The Deep End
2001
The Nutcracker
1987
The Nutcracker (National Opera of Ukraine Ballet)
2018
Aria
1987
Giselle
2006
Center Stage
2000
Rate it on Vescene
Rate films and shows on two axes — quality and fun — and share taste with friends.