1949
5.1 (12 votes)
1h 45m
Genres
Drama
Production Companies
Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique
The Lovers of Verona (Les Amants de Vérone)
Overview
Angelo, a glass-blower from Murano, and Georgia Maglia, the pretty daughter of a fallen fascist magistrate, are chosen to be the stand-ins for the stars of a film version of "Romeo and Juliet" being shot on location in Venice and Verona. It is not long before they fall in love and their romance parallels that of Shakespeare's timeless heroes. Indeed their union is threatened by the schemings of Raffaele, the Maglia family's dubious tout...
Key Crew
Director: André Cayatte
Writer: André Cayatte, Jacques Prévert
Director of Photography: Henri Alekan
