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DramaRomance

Romeo and Juliet

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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.

Release Date : 1954-09-01

Language :EnglishItalian

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Verona ProduzioneThe Rank OrganisationUniversalcineGeneral Film Distributors

Production Country : ItalyUnited Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Laurence Harvey

Character Name : Romeo

Original Name : Laurence Harvey

Gender : Male

Susan Shentall

Character Name : Juliet

Original Name : Susan Shentall

Gender : Female

Flora Robson

Character Name : Nurse

Original Name : Flora Robson

Gender : Female

Norman Wooland

Character Name : Paris

Original Name : Norman Wooland

Gender : Male

Mervyn Johns

Character Name : Friar Laurence

Original Name : Mervyn Johns

Gender : Male

John Gielgud

Character Name : Chorus

Original Name : John Gielgud

Gender : Male

Bill Travers

Character Name : Benvolio

Original Name : Bill Travers

Gender : Male

Sebastian Cabot

Character Name : Capulet

Original Name : Sebastian Cabot

Gender : Male

Lydia Sherwood

Character Name : Lady Capulet

Original Name : Lydia Sherwood

Gender : Female

Ubaldo Zollo

Character Name : Mercutio

Original Name : Ubaldo Zollo

Gender : Male

Enzo Fiermonte

Character Name : Tybalt

Original Name : Enzo Fiermonte

Gender : Male

Giulio Garbinetto

Character Name : Montague

Original Name : Giulio Garbinetto

Gender : Male

Nietta Zocchi

Character Name : Lady Montague

Original Name : Nietta Zocchi

Gender : Female

Ennio Flaiano

Character Name : Prince of Verona

Original Name : Ennio Flaiano

Gender : Male

Carla Diaz

Character Name :

Original Name : Carla Diaz

Gender : Female

Thomas Nicholls

Character Name : Brother Giovanni

Original Name : Thomas Nicholls

Gender : Male

Mario Meniconi

Character Name : Baldassare

Original Name : Mario Meniconi

Gender : Male

Pietro Capanna

Character Name : Sansone

Original Name : Pietro Capanna

Gender : Male

Giovanni Gavagnin

Character Name :

Original Name : Giovanni Gavagnin

Gender : Male

Faustone Signoretti

Character Name :

Original Name : Faustone Signoretti

Gender : Male

Luciano Bodi

Character Name : Abraham

Original Name : Luciano Bodi

Gender : Male

Giovanni Testa

Character Name :

Original Name : Giovanni Testa

Gender : Male

Anna Maria Leone

Character Name :

Original Name : Anna Maria Leone

Gender : Female

Alma De Río

Character Name :

Original Name : Alma De Río

Gender : Female

Dagmar Josipovitch

Character Name : Rosaline

Original Name : Dagmar Josipovitch

Gender : Female

Elio Vittorini

Character Name : Bartolomeo

Original Name : Elio Vittorini

Gender : Male

Reviews

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@Geronimo1967

2024-03-17

Even though the colour and the impressive location scenarios work really well here, the rest of it rather falls between two stools. It lacks the intensity of a stage play and the acting talent assembled - Flora Robson and the underused John Gielgud notwithstanding - is really quite underwhelming. You'll recall the story of the feuding Montagues and Capulets that sees true love emerge from centuries of slaughter and mayhem. It's "Romeo" (Laurence Harvey) who falls for "Juliet" (Susan Shentall) and they must keep their burgeoning romance under wraps for fear of all hell breaking loose. That's becoming harder and harder but as the story unfolds it also becomes much less engaging to watch. Harvey never was a particularly versatile actor and there's virtually no chemistry on display between him and the almost as wooden though maybe a bit more suitably virtuous Shentall. It's very much a lacklustre ensemble effort with few of the originally quirky and notable characters standing up to much scrutiny and somehow Renato Castellani has striven to create something here that belies it's credentials as one of literature's greatest and most enduring love stories. At times, it is almost little better than a very well choreographed and photographed soap. Every now and again these re-imaginings of Shakespeare's works come along, but this one is unlikely to be one anyone remembers too fondly.