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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.

Release: 1955-05-19
Runtime: 92 min
Rating: 5.2 / 10
Cast
Galina Ulanova
Galina Ulanova
Juliet
Yuri Zhdanov
Yuri Zhdanov
Romeo
Iraida Olenina
Iraida Olenina
Juliet's nurse
Aleksandr Radunsky
Aleksandr Radunsky
Lord Capulet
Yelena Ilyushchenko
Yelena Ilyushchenko
Lady Capulet
Aleksey Yermolayev
Aleksey Yermolayev
Tybalt
Sergei Koren
Sergei Koren
Mercutio
Vladimir Kudryashov
Vladimir Kudryashov
Benvolio
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Lev Loshchilin
Friar Laurence
Aleksandr Lapauri
Aleksandr Lapauri
Paris
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S. Uvarov
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Georgi Farmanyants
Mikhail Lavrovsky
Mikhail Lavrovsky
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