Romeo and Juliet (1955 film)
Romeo and Juliet (Russian: Ромео и Джульетта, translit. Romeo i Dzhulyetta) is a 1955 Soviet ballet film directed by Lev Arnshtam. The film was based on the 1940 production of Prokofiev's ballet, choreographed by Leonid Lavrovsky. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Best Lyrical Film and was nominated as the Palme d'Or.[1]
| Romeo and Juliet | |
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| Directed by | Lev Arnshtam Leonid Lavrovsky |
| Written by | William Shakespeare Lev Arnshtam Leonid Lavrovsky |
| Starring | Yuri Zhdanov Galina Ulanova |
| Music by | Sergei Prokofiev |
| Cinematography | Yu-Lan Chen Aleksandr Shelenkov |
| Edited by | Lichorshin |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
Cast
- Galina Ulanova as Juliet
- Yuri Zhdanov as Romeo (as Yu. Zhdanov)
- I. Olenina as Juliet's nurse
- Aleksandr Radunsky as Lord Capulet (as A. Radunsky)
- Ye. Ilyushchenko as Lady Capulet
- Aleksey Yermolayev as Tybalt
- Sergei Koren as Mercutio (as S. Koren)
- V. Kudryashov as Benvolio
- L. Loshchilin as Friar Laurence
- Aleksandr Lapauri as Paris (as A. Lapauri)
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References
- "Festival de Cannes: Romeo and Juliet". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 1 February 2009.
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