Les Amants de Vérone (1949)

Les Amants de Vérone is a French film first released in 1949, directed by André Cayatte.  The film is based on a play by William Shakespeare and stars Pierre Brasseur, Marcel Dalio, Serge Reggiani, Louis Salou and Martine Carol.  It has also been released under the title: The Lovers of Verona.  Our overall rating for this film is: good.


A film crew is shooting an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet in Venice.  Bettina Verdi, the leading actress, visits a glass factory in Murano with her guide Raffaele.  One of the glassblowers, Angelo, is mesmerized by Bettina, so much so that he joins the cast as Romeo’s double just so that he can see her again.  On the film set, Angelo meets Georgia, who is Juliet’s double.  Georgia lives in a Venetian palace with her father Ettore and brother Amedeo.  Both are hiding from justice after the fall of Fascism.   Raffaele is in love with Georgia and does what he can to help her family.  But when he realises that Georgia loves Angelo, Raffaele is outraged and decides to have his revenge.  He will choose his moment carefully...
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