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Romeo and Juliet (Italian: Romeo e Giulietta) is a 1968 period romantic tragedy film, based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare. Directed and co-written by Franco Zeffirelli, the film stars Leonard Whiting as Romeo and Olivia Hussey as Juliet.
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Romeo and Juliet: Directed by Franco Zeffirelli. With Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey, John McEnery, Milo O'Shea. When two young members of feuding families meet, forbidden love ensues.
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- Drama, Romance
- Franco Zeffirelli
- 1968-10-08
Sep 17, 2000 · "Romeo and Juliet" is always said to be the first romantic tragedy ever written, but it isn't really a tragedy at all. It's a tragic misunderstanding, scarcely fitting the ancient requirement of tragedy that the mighty fall through their own flaws.
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Franco Zeffirelli directed the classic Romeo and Juliet 1968 movie. Read an overview and review of this Academy Award-winning film, along with insights into how.
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Oct 29, 2015 · Emulating Renato Castellani, who had previously in 1960 filmed Romeo and Juliet on location in an Italian hill city, Franco Zeffirelli, veteran stage and opera director, combined the neo-realism of Italian cinema with the unabashed sentimentality of a Puccini opera in making this enormously popular adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedies of ...
