---
title: 'Romeo, Juliet and Darkness (1960)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jiří Weiss'
released: '1960-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 92
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'Czechoslovakia'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/romeo-juliet-and-darkness-1960'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054250/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Romeo, Juliet and Darkness (1960)

1960 · 92 min · Drama, War · Czechoslovakia

Original title: Romeo, Julie a tma

## Synopsis

Romeo, Juliet and Darkness is a 1960 Czech drama film directed by Jiří Weiss. Inspired by William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the film is about problems experienced by a young Jewish woman who is hidden from the Gestapo by a student lover. In 1997 a TV adaptation of the same name was directed by Karel Smyczek.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jiří Weiss](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-weiss)
- **Screenplay:** [Jiří Weiss](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-weiss), [Jan Otčenášek](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-otcenasek)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jiří Srnka](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-srnka)
- **Director of Photography:** [Václav Hanuš](https://cinepixo.com/people/vaclav-hanus)
- **Editor:** [Miroslav Hájek](https://cinepixo.com/people/miroslav-hajek)

## Cast

- [Ladislav Kazda](https://cinepixo.com/people/ladislav-kazda)
- [Miloš Nedbal](https://cinepixo.com/people/milos-nedbal)
- [Ladislav Mrkvička](https://cinepixo.com/people/ladislav-mrkvicka)
- [Věra Tichánková](https://cinepixo.com/people/vera-tichankova)
- [Josef Kozák](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-kozak)
- [Václav Lohniský](https://cinepixo.com/people/vaclav-lohnisky)
- [Marie Marešová](https://cinepixo.com/people/marie-maresova)
- [Jiřina Šejbalová](https://cinepixo.com/people/jirina-sejbalova)
- [Zuzana Fišárková](https://cinepixo.com/people/zuzana-fisarkova)
- [Ivo Gübel](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivo-gubel)
- [Josef Vorel](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-vorel)
- [Anna Melíšková](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-meliskova)
- [Jindřich Narenta](https://cinepixo.com/people/jindrich-narenta)
- [Pavel Bártl](https://cinepixo.com/people/pavel-bartl)
- [František Smolík](https://cinepixo.com/people/frantisek-smolik)

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