Drama

The Lovers of Verona

Name: The Lovers of Verona
Director: André Cayatte
Genre: Drama
Released: 1949-03-07
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 5.0
Cast: Serge Reggiani, Anouk Aimée, Pierre Brasseur, Louis Salou, Martine Carol

March 7, 1949

1h 45m

TMDB5.0· 14

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...