The Lovers of Verona
Les Amants de Vérone
Release: 1949-03-07
·Runtime: 105m
·★ 4.8
Drama
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...
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique
Cast
Serge Reggiani
as Angelo (Romeo)
Anouk Aimée
as Georgia Maglia (Juliette)
René Génin
as Guardian of the Tomb
Solange Sicard
as Lucia Maglia
Charles Blavette
as Boss of the glassworks
Philippe Lemaire
as Benedetti
Marianne Oswald
as Laetitia
Yves Deniaud
as Ricardo
Roland Armontel
as Blanchini
Lucien Raimbourg
as Stage manager (uncredited)
Robert Rollis
as Understudy (uncredited)
Frédéric O'Brady
as Killer
Pierre Brasseur
as Raffaele
Marcel Dalio
as Amedeo Maglia
Charles Dechamps
as Sandrini
Guy Favières
as The grandfather
Claude Nicot
as Leo
Palmyre Levasseur
as Dresser (uncredited)
Franck Maurice
as The man (uncredited)
Louis Salou
as Ettore Maglia
Martine Carol
as Bettina Verdi
Claudye Carter
as Clio
Marcel Pérès
as Domini
Max Dalban
as Killer
