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The Lovers of Verona (1949)
Directed by André Cayatte
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…
Length 105 minutes
Actors
Serge Reggiani | Anouk Aimée | Pierre Brasseur | Louis Salou | Martine Carol | Marcel Dalio | Roland Armontel | Charles Dechamps | René Génin | Solange Sicard | Claudye Carter | Marcel Pérès | Guy Favières | Frédéric O'Brady | Max Dalban | Charles Blavette | Philippe Lemaire | Claude Nicot | Marianne Oswald | Yves Deniaud | Palmyre Levasseur | Franck Maurice | Lucien Raimbourg | Robert Rollis