Romeo and Juliet (1955 film) explained

Romeo and Juliet
Director:Lev Arnshtam
Leonid Lavrovsky
Producer:Pavel Danilyants
Starring:Yuri Zhdanov
Galina Ulanova
Music:Sergei Prokofiev
Cinematography:Yu-Lan Chen
Aleksandr Shelenkov
Editing:Tatyana Likhachyova
Runtime:92 minutes
Country:Soviet Union

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Festival de Cannes: Romeo and Juliet . 1 February 2009. festival-cannes.com.