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.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
8 audience votes
Key crew
- Lev ArnshtamDirector
- Leonid LavrovskyDirector
- Lev ArnshtamScreenplay
- Leonid LavrovskyScreenplay
Cast
- Galina UlanovaJuliet
- Yuri ZhdanovRomeo
- Iraida OleninaJuliet's nurse
- Aleksandr RadunskyLord Capulet
- Yelena IlyushchenkoLady Capulet
- Aleksey YermolayevTybalt
- Sergei KorenMercutio
- Vladimir KudryashovBenvolio
- Lev LoshchilinFriar Laurence
- Aleksandr LapauriParis
- S. UvarovCast
- Georgi FarmanyantsCast
Stills
Themes
ballet