Romeo and Juliet (1955)
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.
Directors:
Lev Arnshtam, Leonid Lavrovsky.
Writers:
Lev Arnshtam, Leonid Lavrovsky.
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Galina Ulanova as Juliet |
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Yuri Zhdanov as Romeo |
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Iraida Olenina as Juliet's nurse |
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Aleksandr Radunsky as Lord Capulet |
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Yelena Ilyushchenko as Lady Capulet |
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Aleksey Yermolayev as Tybalt |
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Sergei Koren as Mercutio |
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Vladimir Kudryashov as Benvolio |
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Lev Loshchilin as Friar Laurence |
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Aleksandr Lapauri as Paris |
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S. Uvarov as |
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Georgi Farmanyants as |
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Mikhail Lavrovsky as Page |
| Sound | Sergei Prokofiev | Music |
| Crew | Lichorshin | Film Processor |
| Sound | Gennadi Rozhdestvensky | Conductor |
| Directing | Lev Arnshtam | Director |
| Directing | Leonid Lavrovsky | Director |
| Camera | Chen-U-Lang | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Aleksandr Shelenkov | Director of Photography |
| Writing | William Shakespeare | Book |
| Writing | Lev Arnshtam | Screenplay |
| Writing | Leonid Lavrovsky | Screenplay |
| Art | Aleksei Parkhomenko | Production Design |
| Camera | Leonid Lavrovsky | Director of Photography |
