'Romeo and Juliet' is always said to be the first romantic tragedy ever written, but it isn't really a tragedy at all. This is first love for Juliet, and Romeo's crush on the unseen Rosalind is forgotten the moment he sees Juliet at the masked ball: 'I ne'er saw true beauty until this night.' You will receive a weekly newsletter full of.

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  Two families of Verona, the Montagues and the Capulets, have been feuding with each other for years. Young Romeo Montague falls hopelessly in love with Juliet Capulet at first sight and she returns his affections. But will the families allow their love?Â

  Actors: Leonard Whiting,Olivia Hussey,John McEnery,Milo OShea,Pat Heywood,Robert Stephens,Michael York,Bruce Robinson,Paul Hardwick,Natasha Parry,Antonio Pierfederici,...»

  Country: International

  Quality: SD

  IMDb: 7.6
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• Played by: Leonard Whiting

  Played by: Olivia Hussey

  Played by: John McEnery

  Played by: Milo O'Shea

  Played by: Pat Heywood

  Played by: Robert Stephens

  Played by: Michael York

  Played by: Bruce Robinson

  Played by: Paul Hardwick

  Played by: Natasha Parry

  Played by: Antonio Pierfederici

  Played by: Esmeralda Ruspoli

  Played by: Roberto Bisacco

  Played by: Roy Holder

  Played by: Keith Skinner

  Played by: Dyson Lovell

  Played by: Richard Warwick

  Played by: Roberto Antonelli
• Birthdate: 12 February 1923, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
• Birthdate: 23 April 1564, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, Kingdom of England [now England, UK]

  Birthdate: 4 August 1922, Milan, Lombardy, Italy

• Mostly it remains enjoyable for its color and visual flair.

  Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet is a lovely, sensitive, friendly popularization of the play...

  The success of the film depends upon Whiting and Miss Hussey...They are magnificent.

  The sets are tight and stagey, every corner is decorated with baroque lushness, every shot framed by a velvet curtain or silvery branch. And the dialogue isn't caged in by any attempts at naturalism.

  High-minded and lively, with heartbreakingly beautiful actors on show, and all shot in a kind of honeycomb-sunglow light.

  Neither lead is a skilled actor, but the film's lush and unrepentant romanticism carries the day

  Despite major trimmings of Shakespeare's text, this is a lovely version of the much-filmed play, largely due to the casting of the leads with handsome, unknown teenagers.

  Wonderful, but a little too mature for some kids.

  For many, this remains the definitive big-screen Romeo And Juliet.

  Cheesy at best, but perfect school Shakespeare.

  ... the excessive wailing of the ill-fated couple as they suffer all manner of ... set-backs made me want to turn them over my knee and 'give you something to cry about.'