Romeo and Juliet (1955 film)
| Romeo and Juliet | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Lev Arnshtam Leonid Lavrovsky |
| Written by | William Shakespeare Lev Arnshtam Leonid Lavrovsky |
| Starring | Yuri Zhdanov Galina Ulanova |
| Cinematography | Yu-Lan Chen Aleksandr Shelenkov |
| Edited by | Lichorshin |
| Music by | Sergei Prokofiev |
Release date |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
Romeo and Juliet (Russian: Ромео и Джульетта, translit. Romeo i Dzhulyetta) 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.[1]
Cast[]
- Galina Ulanova as Juliet
- as Romeo (as Yu. Zhdanov)
- as Juliet's nurse
- as Lord Capulet (as A. Radunsky)
- as Lady Capulet
- Aleksey Yermolayev as Tybalt
- as Mercutio (as S. Koren)
- as Benvolio
- as Friar Laurence
- as Paris (as A. Lapauri)
References[]
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Romeo and Juliet". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 1 February 2009.
External links[]
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