Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

NR 1954 · 141 min · ★ 5.4 · Drama, Romance

In Shakespeare's classic play, the Montagues and Capulets, two families of Renaissance Italy, have hated each other for years, but the son of one family and the daughter of the other fall desperately in love and secretly marry.

Directed by Renato Castellani

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