Acting

Yelena Ilyushchenko

Born June 17, 1904 · Tiflis, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia]

Died January 16, 1987 · aged 82

Soviet ballerina.

Known For

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet · 1955

Romeo and Juliet

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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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Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet · 1955

Romeo and Juliet

MovieRomanceMusic

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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