Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

1955 · 92 min · ★ 5.2 · Romance, Music, Drama

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.

Directed by Lev Arnshtam · Written by Leonid Lavrovsky

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