Shakespeare in Performance: Film
Giulietta e Romeo. [Romeo and Juliet] (1954, Renato Castellani)
| Title | Giulietta e Romeo. [Romeo and Juliet] |
|---|---|
| Year | 1954 |
| Release Locations | GB Italy |
| Director | Renato Castellani |
| Medium | Color video |
| Length | 2 hrs, 18 mins |
| Languages | English |
| Audience | college and university high school |
| Play Connections | Romeo and Juliet (interpretation) |
Description
An innovative movie that by searching for authenticity in the use of a hilltop town in northern Italy as a backdrop dazzled moviegoers of the Fifties. There were the inevitable outcries against its cavalier use or misuse of Shakespeare's text. And unfortunately the principal actors, Laurence Harvey and Susan Shentall, came through as more wooden than passionate. Yet the film paved the way for the later more successful 1968 Romeo and Juliet of Franco Zeffirelli
Description from Shakespeare on Screen : an International Filmography and Videography by Kenneth S. Rothwell and Annabelle Henkin Melzer. ©1990 Kenneth S. Rothwell. Cited by permission. — Added 2008-11-14
Cast Overview
Production Team and Crew Overview
| Director | Renato Castellani |
|---|---|
| Producer | Sandro Ghenzi |
| Producer | Joseph Janni |
| Composer | Roman Vlad |
| Costumes | Leonor Fini |
Production information courtesy of: Kenneth Rothwell