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
Palmyre Levasseur
as Dresser (uncredited)
Lucien Raimbourg
as Stage manager (uncredited)
Guy Favières
as The grandfather
Franck Maurice
as The man (uncredited)
Marcel Dalio
as Amedeo Maglia
Roland Armontel
as Blanchini
Claudye Carter
as Clio
Frédéric O'Brady
as Killer
Philippe Lemaire
as Benedetti
Claude Nicot
as Leo
Robert Rollis
as Understudy (uncredited)
Anouk Aimée
as Georgia Maglia (Juliette)
Louis Salou
as Ettore Maglia
Charles Dechamps
as Sandrini
René Génin
as Guardian of the Tomb
Solange Sicard
as Lucia Maglia
Marcel Pérès
as Domini
Max Dalban
as Killer
Charles Blavette
as Boss of the glassworks
Serge Reggiani
as Angelo (Romeo)
Pierre Brasseur
as Raffaele
Martine Carol
as Bettina Verdi
Marianne Oswald
as Laetitia
Yves Deniaud
as Ricardo