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Romeo and Juliet 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.
Original Release
03/25/1955
US Release
04/02/1956
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Galina Ulanova | Juliet |
| Yuri Zhdanov | Romeo |
| Iraida Olenina | Juliet's nurse |
| Aleksandr Radunsky | Lord Capulet |
| Yelena Ilyushchenko | Lady Capulet |
| Aleksei Yermolayev | Tybalt |
| Sergey Koren | Mercutio |
| Vladimir Kudryashov | Benvolio |
| Lev Loshchilin | Friar Laurence |
| Aleksandr Lapauri | Paris |
Directors
Lev Arnshtam, Leonid Lavrovsky
Writers
Lev Arnshtam, Leonid Lavrovsky, William Shakespeare
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Galina Ulanova | Juliet |
| Yuri Zhdanov | Romeo |
| Iraida Olenina | Juliet's nurse |
| Aleksandr Radunsky | Lord Capulet |
| Yelena Ilyushchenko | Lady Capulet |
| Aleksei Yermolayev | Tybalt |
| Sergey Koren | Mercutio |
| Vladimir Kudryashov | Benvolio |
| Lev Loshchilin | Friar Laurence |
| Aleksandr Lapauri | Paris |
| Serafim Uvarov | (as S. Uvarov) |
| Georgi Farmanyants | |
| S. Uvarov | |
| A. Yermolayev | Tybalt |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Pavel Danilyants | Executive Producer |
