Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet — Plot

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
• May 19, 1955
• Runtime
• 92 min
• Genres
• Romance, Music, Drama
• Director
• Lev Arnshtam

Romeo and Juliet — 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