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Romeo e Giulietta

Alternative title
Romeo and Juliet
Synopsis
Romeo and Juliet with Francesca Bertini as Juliet and Gustavo Serena as Romeo.
Country
Italy
Medium
Film
Technical information
Colour / Silent
Year of release
1912
Duration
26 mins; 2342 feet

Credits

Director
Ugo Falena
Cast
Gustavo SerenaRomeo
Francesca BertiniJuliet
Giovanni PezzingaTybalt

Additional Details

Production type
Fiction Films
Plays
Romeo and Juliet
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes
The film was restored by the Nederlands Filmmuseum in 1997 in Pathecolor, the restored copy being shown at Il Cinema Ritrovata in Bologna in 2002.

The copy (an unrestored print) held by the Library of Congress has Russian titles having being acquired from the Gosfilmofond (Moscow).
General
Shot on location in Verona and originally released in Pathecolor.
History
Produced in 1911, released January 1912. Source: Aldo Bernardini, Archivio del Cinema Italiano. Volume I, Il Cinema Muto, 1905-1930.
Reviews
Ball, Robert Hamilton. Shakespeare on Silent Film: A Strange Eventful History. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1968 (p125-7, 367). Ball details the contents summarised from contemporary reviews and trade journals.

Production Company

Name

Film d’Arte Italiana

Archive

Name

Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting & Recorded Sound Division

Web
http://catalog.loc.gov/ External site opens in new window
Phone
(20) 707-8572
Fax
(20) 707-237’1
Address
Motion Picture & Television Reading Room
James Madison Building, LM 336
101 Independence Avenue, SE
Washington, D.C.
20540-4690
United States
Name

Nederlands Filmmuseum

Email
info@filmmuseum.nl
Web
http://www.filmmuseum.org External site opens in new window
Phone
+31 (20) 5891435
Fax
+31 (20) 5891454
Address
Het Filmmuseum
P.O. Box 74782
1070 BT Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Netherlands

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