105 minutes
3/7/1949
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...
Serge Reggiani
as Angelo (Romeo)
Anouk Aimée
as Georgia Maglia (Juliette)
Pierre Brasseur
as Raffaele
Louis Salou
as Ettore Maglia
Martine Carol
as Bettina Verdi
Marcel Dalio
as Amedeo Maglia
Roland Armontel
as Blanchini
Charles Dechamps
as Sandrini
René Génin
as Guardian of the Tomb
Solange Sicard
as Lucia Maglia
Claudye Carter
as Clio
Marcel Pérès
as Domini
Guy Favières
as The grandfather
Frédéric O'Brady
as Killer
Max Dalban
as Killer
Charles Blavette
as Boss of the glassworks
Philippe Lemaire
as Benedetti
Claude Nicot
as Leo
Marianne Oswald
as Laetitia
Yves Deniaud
as Ricardo
Palmyre Levasseur
as Dresser (uncredited)
Franck Maurice
as The man (uncredited)
Lucien Raimbourg
as Stage manager (uncredited)
Robert Rollis
as Understudy (uncredited)