Romeo e Giulietta

Alternative title: Romeo and Juliet
Synopsis: Romeo and Juliet with Francesca Bertini as Juliet and Gustavo Serena as Romeo.
Country: Italy
Medium: Film
Technical information: Colour / Silent
Year of release: 1912
Duration: 26 mins; 2342 feet

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Notes: The film was restored by the Nederlands Filmmuseum in 1997 in Pathecolor, the restored copy being shown at Il Cinema Ritrovata in Bologna in 2002.

The copy (an unrestored print) held by the Library of Congress has Russian titles having being acquired from the Gosfilmofond (Moscow).
General: Shot on location in Verona and originally released in Pathecolor.
History: Produced in 1911, released January 1912. Source: Aldo Bernardini, Archivio del Cinema Italiano. Volume I, Il Cinema Muto, 1905-1930.
Reviews: Ball, Robert Hamilton. Shakespeare on Silent Film: A Strange Eventful History. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1968 (p125-7, 367). Ball details the contents summarised from contemporary reviews and trade journals.

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