vennjoy.
EN
EnglishFrançaisEspañolDeutschItalianoPortuguêsNederlands
Join Vennjoy
← Back to discoveries
Romeo and Juliet
Film / 1955

Romeo and Juliet

Directed by Harold Clayton
ComedyRomanceDrama

★ 8.0/10Audience rating

Premiering on BBC as a part of their Sunday-Night Theatre program, this 1955 adaptation of Shakespeare's classic play closely follows the original text. The Montagues and Capulets, two families of Renaissance Italy, have hated each other for years, but the son of one family and the daughter of the other fall desperately in love and secretly marry.

The story

Premiering on BBC as a part of their Sunday-Night Theatre program, this 1955 adaptation of Shakespeare's classic play closely follows the original text. The Montagues and Capulets, two families of Renaissance Italy, have hated each other for years, but the son of one family and the daughter of the other fall desperately in love and secretly marry.

Cast

Virginia McKennaJuliet Capulet Tony BrittonRomeo Montague Flora RobsonNurse Laurence PayneMercutio Richard WordsworthTybalt Harcourt WilliamsFriar Laurence Eric LanderBenvolio

More to discover

Share in the feed ↗
VENNJOY / Selected

A few ideas just for you

Suggestions based on the genres of your favourites. Keep exploring: your tastes are never a box.

Create an account to keep your collection across devices.

Save your discoveries