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'The Lovers of Verona' (French: 'Les amants de Vrone') is a 1949 French drama film directed by Andr Cayatte and loosely based on the William Shakespeare play, 'Romeo and Juliet'. The film was a joint project of

screenwriter Jacques Prevert and director Andre Cayatte and enjoyed great international success. it was released in Italy in 1949, then internationally in 1951.[https://web.archive.org/web/20121104191547/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/100564/Les-Amants-De-Verone/overview 'Les Amants De Verone', Review Summary], New York Times This time the story is set in post war Italy and involves Angelo, a glass-blower from Murano, and Georgia Maglia, the daughter of a fascist magistrate.

Angelo and Georgia are thrown together when they become stand-ins for the stars of a film version of 'Romeo and Juliet' being shot on location in Venice. Inevitably they fall in love and their affair parallels the Shakespeare tragedy. The principal difficulty is the scheming of Rafale, the Magia family's ruthless consigliere. In the end, Angelo is killed and Georgia dies at his side.

Main cast



* Serge Reggiani as Angelo (Romeo)

* Anouk Aime as Georgia (Juliet)

* Martine Carol as Bettina Verdi, the star of the movie

* Pierre Brasseur as Rafale

* Marcel Dalio as Amedeo Maglia

* Marianne Oswald as Laetitia

* Ren Gnin as The guardian of the tomb

* Yves Deniaud as Ricardo, an actor

* Charles Blavette as The head of the glassworks

* Marcel Prs as Domini, a glass blower

Production



It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location in Venice. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ren Moulaert.

In his memoirs, cinematographer Henri Alekan recalled when 16-years-old Anouk Aime was forced to dive completely naked into the cold waters of the Adige river, without anyone managing to keep away the onlookers obviously interested in the scene.

Critical reception



TV Guide called it "An intriguing romance",[http://movies.tvguide.com/lovers-verona/104896 'The Lovers of Verona'] TV Guide, 1949 Movie Review but Bosley Crowther did not like the film, calling it, "a story set within a weird and grotesque frame of contemporary morbidness in Venice and gaudy film-making in Italy."[https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E0CE3DF1038E13BBC4A52DFB566838A649EDE Review by Bosley Crowther 'The Lovers of Verona,' Modern Paraphrase of Romeo and Juliet, at Cinema 48], New York Times, 12 March 1951 Pauline Kael said, "The film's sensuous poetic elegance contrasts with the seamy elements it encompasses... You may feel you've been made too aware of the film's artistic intentions, and the romanticism can drive you a little nuts."[https://books.google.com/books?id=0NlZpWZn4JsC&pg=PA441&lpg=PA441&dq=the+lovers+of+verona+film&source=bl&ots=tUi7PG4UkI&sig=XUMd7RRHNV2BOUaRrq-ikKoA0eU&hl=en&ei=b883TpehII-RgQfOrMijAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&sqi=2&ved=0CDcQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=the%20lovers%20of%20verona%20film&f=false 5001 nights at the movies] by Pauline Kael

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