Romeo and Juliet

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

May 19, 1955

Original language

Russian

Spoken languages

Russian

Countries

Soviet Union

Production

Mosfilm

Cast

Galina Ulanova,Yuri Zhdanov,Iraida Olenina,Aleksandr Radunsky,Yelena Ilyushchenko,Aleksey Yermolayev,Sergei Koren,Vladimir Kudryashov,Lev Loshchilin,Aleksandr Lapauriand 3 more

Director

Lev Arnshtam,Leonid Lavrovsky

Writer

William Shakespeare,Lev Arnshtam,Leonid Lavrovsky

Cinematography

Aleksandr Shelenkov,Chen-U-Lang,Leonid Lavrovsky

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0048561