Romeo and Juliet in Yiddish (2012)

The play Romeo and Juliet has been translated around the world. Now Eve Annenberg’s gritty, funny feature film sets William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in contemporary New York City with Brooklyn-inflected English and Yiddish spoken by a talented cast.

Producers
Original title	Romeo and Juliet in Yiddish
Directors	Eve Annenberg
Writers	Eve Annenberg

Cast

Lazer Weiss

as Lazer / Romeo

Melissa Weisz

as Juliet / Faggie

Mendy Zafir

as Mendy / Benvolio

Yoeli Weiss

as Mo / Mercutio

Josef Yossi Friedman

as Tybalt / Ty

Eve Annenberg

as Ava / Nurse

Isaac Schoenfeld

as Isaac / Rabbi

Yelena Shmulenson

as Lady Cauplet