The Lovers of Verona (1949)

Les amants de Vérone (The Lovers Of Verona) is a 1949 French film directed by André 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. 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 Rafaële, the Magia family's ruthless consigliere. In the end, Angelo is killed and Georgia dies at his side.

Synopsis

Peu après la Seconde Guerre mondiale, on tourne à Venise une adaptation de Roméo et Juliette. En marge des protagonistes, deux jeunes gens vont vivre à leur tour le drame de Shakespeare : Angelo, verrier à Murano et Georgia, fille d'un magistrat fasciste. Ils doublent les vedettes du film et vivent un amour incertain et toujours menacé, en particulier par les intrigues du louche Raffaele, rabatteur de la famille Maglia. Angelo est tué et Georgia meurt à ses côtés.

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