ROMEO AND JULIET (ROYAL BALLET)- RUDOLF NUREYEV AND MARGOT FONTEYN

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• Release Year: 1966
• Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
• Plot: This film is the famed Royal Baqllet production of Romeo and Julet. This historical performance stars Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev as the quintessential stage lovers. It captures the greatest dance partnership of our century at the peak of their careers.; Fonteyn and Nureyev's performance has been critically hailed as 'perfection in movement which epitomizes the freedom that lies beyond technical mastery. It expresses itself as poetic lyricism.'; Romen And Juliet features the music of Sergei Prokofiev; a work which has been recognized as the first great full-length ballet score since Tchaikovsky's classics. The choreography of Kenneth Macmillan is acknowledged as the reason for the ballet's successful transfer to the film medium. John Lanchbery conducts the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden.
• Cast: Margot Fonteyn, Rudolf Nureyev, David Blair, Desmond Doyle, Julia Farron, Michael Somes, Anthony Dowell, Derek Rencher, Leslie Edwards, Georgina Parkinson, Gerd Larsen, Ronald Hynd, Christopher Newton, Betty Kavanagh, Deanne Bergsma, Lambert Cox, Ian Hamilton, Carol Hill, Deanne Horsham, Ann Howard, Ann Jenner, Margaret Lyons, Monica Mason, Bob Mead, Carole Needham, Jennifer Penny, Keith Rosson, Laurence Ruffel, Paul Czinner, William Shakespeare, Kenneth MacMillan
• Director: Paul Czinner
• Runtime: 2:10
• Company: Kultur
• Media Format: Other