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Les amants de Vérone (The Lovers Of Verona) is a 1949 French film directed by André Cayatte and loosely based on the William Shakespeare play, Romeo and Juliet. The film was a joint project of screenwriter Jacques Prevert and director Andre Cayatte and enjoyed great international success. it was released in Italy in 1949, then internationally in 1951. This time the story is set in post war Italy and involves Angelo, a glass-blower from Murano, and Georgia Maglia, the daughter of a fascist magistrate.
Angelo and Georgia are thrown together when they become stand-ins for the stars of a film version of Romeo and Juliet being shot on location in Venice. Inevitably they fall in love and their affair parallels the Shakespeare tragedy. The principal difficulty is the scheming of Rafaële, the Magia family's ruthless consigliere. In the end, Angelo is killed and Georgia dies at his side.
Original Release
03/07/1949
US Release
03/11/1951
Cast
Name | Character |
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Serge Reggiani | Angelo (Romeo) |
Anouk Aimee | Giorgia Maglia (Juliette) / Georgia Maglia (Juliette) |
Pierre Brasseur | Raffaele |
Louis Salou | Ettore Maglia |
Martine Carol | Bettina Verdi |
Roland Armontel | Blanchini |
Charles Dechamps | Sandrini |
René Génin | Le gardien du tombeau |
Solange Sicard | Lucia Maglia |
Claudye Carter | Clio |
Directors
Writers
André Cayatte, William Shakespeare, Jacques Prévert
Cast
Name | Character |
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Serge Reggiani | Angelo (Romeo) |
Anouk Aimee | Giorgia Maglia (Juliette) / Georgia Maglia (Juliette) |
Pierre Brasseur | Raffaele |
Louis Salou | Ettore Maglia |
Martine Carol | Bettina Verdi |
Roland Armontel | Blanchini |
Charles Dechamps | Sandrini |
René Génin | Le gardien du tombeau |
Solange Sicard | Lucia Maglia |
Claudye Carter | Clio |
Marcel Pérès | Domini |
Guy Favières | Le grand-père |
Frédéric O'Brady | Un tueur |
Max Dalban | Un tueur |
Charles Blavette | Le patron de la verrerie |
Philippe Lemaire | Benedetti |
Claude Nicot | Leo |
Marianne Oswald | Laetitia |
Yves Deniaud | Ricardo |
Marcel Dalio | Amedeo Maglia |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Raymond Borderie | Producer |