Romance ·Music ·Drama · Soviet Union · 1955 · 1h 32m

Romeo and Juliet

Ромео и Джульетта

Director

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

Crew

Chen-U-Lang — Director of Photography Aleksandr Shelenkov — Director of Photography Leonid Lavrovsky — Director of Photography Lev Arnshtam — Screenplay Leonid Lavrovsky — Screenplay Aleksei Parkhomenko — Production Design

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.

Mood & Themes

ballet

Key Collaborators

Lev Arnshtam Director Leonid Lavrovsky Director Chen-U-Lang Director of Photography Aleksandr Shelenkov Director of Photography Leonid Lavrovsky Director of Photography Lev Arnshtam Screenplay Leonid Lavrovsky Screenplay Aleksei Parkhomenko Production Design

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