---
title: 'Romeo and Juliet (1955)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Lev Arnshtam'
released: '1955-03-25'
runtime_minutes: 92
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'Soviet Union'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/romeo-and-juliet-1955'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048561/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Romeo and Juliet (1955)

1955 · 92 min · Drama, Romance · Soviet Union

Original title: Ромео и Джульетта

## Synopsis

Romeo and Juliet is a 1955 Soviet ballet film directed by Lev Arnshtam. The film was based on the 1940 production of Prokofiev's ballet, choreographed by Leonid Lavrovsky. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Best Lyrical Film and was nominated as the Palme d'Or.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Lev Arnshtam](https://cinepixo.com/people/lev-arnshtam), [Leonid Lavrovsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonid-lavrovsky)
- **Screenplay:** [Lev Arnshtam](https://cinepixo.com/people/lev-arnshtam)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Sergei Prokofiev](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergei-prokofiev)
- **Director of Photography:** [Iolanda Chen](https://cinepixo.com/people/iolanda-chen), [Aleksandr Shelenkov](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksandr-shelenkov)

## Cast

- [Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Lapauri](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksandr-aleksandrovich-lapauri)
- [Yuri Zhdanov](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuri-zhdanov)
- [Yury Zhdanov](https://cinepixo.com/people/yury-zhdanov)
- [Aleksey Yermolayev](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksey-yermolayev)
- [Sergey Koren](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergey-koren)
- [Aleksandr Radunsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksandr-radunsky)
- [Galina Ulanova](https://cinepixo.com/people/galina-ulanova)

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