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Romeo and Juliet (1968)

PG 04/02/1968 Drama, Romance 2h 18m
74%
User
Score
7.6/10
95%
69/100

No ordinary love story...

Overview

Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall in love against the wishes of their feuding families. Driven by their passion, the young lovers defy their destiny and elope, only to suffer the ultimate tragedy.

Franco Zeffirelli

Director

Franco Brusati

Screenplay

Masolino D'Amico

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Leonard Whiting

Leonard Whiting

Romeo

Olivia Hussey

Olivia Hussey

Juliet

John McEnery

John McEnery

Mercutio

Michael York

Michael York

Tybalt

Milo O’Shea

Milo O’Shea

Friar Laurence

Pat Heywood

Pat Heywood

the Nurse

Robert Stephens

Robert Stephens

the Prince

Bruce Robinson

Bruce Robinson

Benvolio

Paul Hardwick

Paul Hardwick

Lord Capulet

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Media

ROMEO AND JULIET (1968) - OFICIAL TRAILER

ROMEO AND JULIET (1968) - OFICIAL TRAILER

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Romeo and Juliet 1968 Original Trailer

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written on June 25, 2022

The location photography and the beautiful score from Nino Rota help make this, for my money, the best screen adaptation of this most tragic of Shakesperian tragedies. Add to those classic elements, a really strong cast that mixes new blood with those more experienced and we get a properly heart-rending iteration. The constantly feuding "Montague" and "Capulet" families dominate society in Verona. Despite this long standing animosity, the curious and charming young "Romeo" (Leonard Whiting) risks life and limb to attend the "Capulet" masked ball. It is there that he encounters the beauty that is "Juliet" (Olivia Hussey) and the two embark on a relationship that puts both themselves and their friends in great peril. Over the course of the next 2¼ hours, Franco Zeffirelli immerses us in the...

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A review by Filipe Manuel Neto

Written on January 31, 2023

**Another fine adaptation of the Bard's masterpiece.**

William Shakespeare is an author of all time. Everyone knows him, everyone considers him, even those who don't speak native English. It is a universal heritage, and “Romeo and Juliet” is his most important work. There is no end to the number of film adaptations: basically, “Romeo and Juliet” has been adapted to film for as long as cinema has existed. And it's hard to choose which one is the best, each one has its merits and demerits. I have some preferences, but I'm not going to lie, this adaptation deserves to be among the best.

It's pretty obvious that Franco Zeffirelli tried everything to be absolutely faithful to the material and give us something realistic and powerful. In addition to trying to give us realistic sets...

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