Romeo and Juliet
7.3
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.
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Cast
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Galina Ulanova
Juliet
Also in
The Grand Concert
Stars of the Russian Ballet
Yuri Zhdanov
Romeo
Also in
I Am Khortitsa
Stars of the Russian Ballet
Iraida Olenina
Juliet's nurse
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Aleksandr Radunsky
Lord Capulet
Known for
Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka
Yelena Ilyushchenko
Lady Capulet
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Aleksey Yermolayev
Tybalt
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Sergei Koren
Mercutio
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Vladimir Kudryashov
Benvolio
Known for
Amphibian Man
Lev Loshchilin
Friar Laurence
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Aleksandr Lapauri
Paris
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S. Uvarov
Georgi Farmanyants
Lev Arnshtam Director · Leonid Lavrovsky Director William Shakespeare Author
First release May 19, 1955 · Produced in Russia, Russia · Original title Ромео и Джульетта
Production
Mosfilm
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Russia · Russia
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Languages
Original title
Ромео и Джульетта
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Finland · May 19, 1955
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Sweden
December 5, 1955 · Theatrical
XC
June 24, 1955 · Theatrical
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