---
title: 'Romeo and Juliet (1954)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Renato Castellani'
released: '1954-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 138
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/romeo-and-juliet-1954'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047029/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Romeo and Juliet (1954)

1954 · 138 min · Drama, Romance · United Kingdom, Italy


## Synopsis

Romeo and Juliet is a 1954 tragedy film adaptation of the Shakespearean tragedy of the same name. It is directed and written for the screen by Renato Castellani, and stars Laurence Harvey as Romeo and newcomer Susan Shentall as Juliet, with Flora Robson, Mervyn Johns, Bill Travers, Sebastian Cabot, Enzo Fiermonte and John Gielgud. A British and Italian co-production, it was released in the United Kingdom by General Film Distributors on September 1, 1954.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Renato Castellani](https://cinepixo.com/people/renato-castellani)
- **Screenplay:** [Renato Castellani](https://cinepixo.com/people/renato-castellani)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Roman Vlad](https://cinepixo.com/people/roman-vlad)
- **Producer:** [Earl St. John](https://cinepixo.com/people/earl-st-john), [Joseph Janni](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-janni)
- **Director of Photography:** [Robert Krasker](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-krasker)

## Cast

- [Nietta Zocchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/nietta-zocchi)
- [Laurence Harvey](https://cinepixo.com/people/laurence-harvey)
- [Enzo Fiermonte](https://cinepixo.com/people/enzo-fiermonte)
- [Mervyn Johns](https://cinepixo.com/people/mervyn-johns)
- [Flora Robson](https://cinepixo.com/people/flora-robson)
- [Norman Wooland](https://cinepixo.com/people/norman-wooland)
- [Sebastian Cabot](https://cinepixo.com/people/sebastian-cabot)
- [John Gielgud](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-gielgud)

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