1967
6.9 (172 votes)
1h 57m
Genres
Comedy
Romance
Production Companies
Columbia Pictures
Royal Films International
FAI
Royal Films International
FAI
The Taming of the Shrew
The motion picture they were made for!
Overview
Italy, 16th century. Petruchio, a choleric, lying and poor rural landowner from Verona, arrives in Padua in search of fortune and a wife, while Baptista, a wealthy merchant, announces that he will not allow Bianca, his youngest daughter, to marry until the temperamental and unruly Katherina, his eldest daughter, does.
Key Crew
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Screenplay: Franco Zeffirelli, Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Paul Dehn
Producer: Franco Zeffirelli, Richard Burton
Director of Photography: Oswald Morris
Top Cast
Elizabeth Taylor
Katharina
Richard Burton
Petruchio
Natasha Pyne
Bianca
Michael York
Lucentio
Cyril Cusack
Grumio
Michael Hordern
Baptista
Alfred Lynch
Tranio
Alan Webb
Gremio
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