SHAKESPEARE

Alternative title

Lovers of Verona

Synopsis

Feature film. In modern Venice and Verona a film company is making Romeo and Juliet. The stand-ins for the lead roles are Angelo, a young glassblower and Georgia, the daughter of a former Fascist official. They feel their own lives are mirrored in the parts they see in the film production. Georgia’s malevolent fiance tries to get gangsters to murder Angelo, and when this fails persuades Georgia’s family to kill him. The lovers die together on Juliet’s tomb in the film studio.

Language

French (Standard)

Country

France

Medium

Film

Technical information

Black-and-white / Sound

Year of release

1949

Duration

102 mins; 9,187 feet

Credits

Director

Andre Cayatte

Producer

Raymond Borderie

Cinematographer

Henri Alekan

Screenplay

Andre Cayatte; Jacques Prevert

Music

Joseph Kosma

Cast

Serge Regianni	Angelo (Romeo)
Anouk Aimee	Georgia (Juliet)
Dalio	Amadeo Maglia
Louis Salou	Ettore Malgia (Capulet)
Pierre Brasseur	Raffaele

Additional Details

Production type

Fiction Films

Plays

Romeo and Juliet

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Gangster films

Notes

Notes

The BFI National Archive, London holds two viewing copies; one nitrate with English subtitles (9,308ft, 103min) and a safety copy (102min) with no English subtitles.

Released on DVD in 2015 on Blu-ray with English subtitles.

General

The film was shot at the Paris-Studios-Cinema at Brillancourt and in the glass factory of Pauly & Co., Venice.

Production Company

Name

CICC

Archive

Name

Archives Francaises du Film du Centre National De La Cinematographie (CNC)

Email

AFF@cnc.fr

Web

http://www.cnc/fr External site opens in new window

Phone

+33-1 3014 8000

Address

7bis Rue A, Turpault, F-78395
Bois D’Arcy
France

Name

BFI National Archive

Web

http://www.bfi.org.uk/archive-collections/searching-access-collections/research-viewing-services External site opens in new window

Phone

020 7255 1444

Fax

020 7436 0165

Address

21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN

Online Retailer

Name

Amazon.fr

Web

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