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Romeo and Juliet (1954) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1954 · 141 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Renato Castellani
- Starring
- John Gielgud, Laurence Harvey, Flora Robson, Sebastian Cabot, Norman Wooland, Carla Diaz
Set in Renaissance Italy, the long‑standing feud between the Montague and Capulet families erupts when their children, Romeo and Juliet, meet, fall passionately in love, and secretly marry. Their forbidden union sparks a chain of desperate choices that ends in tragedy for both lovers and their households.
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