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The Lovers of Verona

Not Rated Drama

Starring: Serge Reggiani, Anouk Aimée, Pierre Brasseur, Louis Salou, Martine Carol

Writer: André Cayatte, William Shakespeare, Jacques Prévert

Release Date:
March 7, 1949
Ratings:
4.8 / 10
Director:
André Cayatte
Companies:
Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique

Overview

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...