The Lovers of Verona

(1949)

★ 5 IMDb · 14 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1949

Runtime: 105 мин

Country: France

Director: Андре Кайат

Cast: Serge Reggiani, Анук Эме, Пьер Брассёр, Louis Salou, Martine Carol, Марсель Далио, Roland Armontel, Charles Dechamps, Рене Женин, Solange Sicard

Plot

Angelo, a glass-blower from Murano, and Georgia Maglia, the pretty daughter of a fallen fascist magistrate, are chosen to be the stand-ins for the stars of a film version of "Romeo and Juliet" being shot on location in Venice and Verona. It is not long before they fall in love and their romance parallels that of Shakespeare's timeless heroes. Indeed their union is threatened by the schemings of Raffaele, the Maglia family's dubious tout...