Romeo and Juliet
1955, Russian. Directed by Lev Arnshtam & Leonid Lavrovsky.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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Cast & crew
- Lev ArnshtamDirector
- Leonid LavrovskyDirector
- Galina UlanovaJuliet
- Yuri ZhdanovRomeo
- Iraida OleninaJuliet's nurse
- Aleksandr RadunskyLord Capulet
- Yelena IlyushchenkoLady Capulet
- Aleksey YermolayevTybalt
- Sergei KorenMercutio
- Vladimir KudryashovBenvolio
- Lev LoshchilinFriar Laurence
- Aleksandr LapauriParis
- S. UvarovCast
- Georgi FarmanyantsCast
Details
- Released
- 19 May 1955
- Original title
- Ромео и Джульетта
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Leonid Lavrovsky, Lev Arnshtam
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Romeo and Juliet runs 92 minutes (1h 32m).
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Romeo and Juliet isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 19 May 1955. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed Romeo and Juliet?
Romeo and Juliet (1955) was directed by Lev Arnshtam and Leonid Lavrovsky and stars Galina Ulanova, Yuri Zhdanov, Iraida Olenina.