The Lovers of Verona

The Lovers of Verona

105 mins | Drama | March 7, 1949

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...

The Lovers of Verona

105 mins | Drama | March 7, 1949

The Lovers of Verona
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...
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique (CICC)
Original title Les Amants de Vérone
Directors André Cayatte
Writers Jacques Prévert, André Cayatte