'' Romeo and Juliet '' ( , translit . Romeo i Dzhulyetta ) is a 1955 Soviet ballet film directed by Lev Arnshtam . The film was based on the 1940 production of Prokofiev 's ballet , choreographed by Leonid Lavrovsky . It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival , where it won the Best Lyrical Film and was nominated as the Palme d'Or
1955 Cannes Film Festival
1955 Cannes Film Festival
Romeo and Juliet (1955 film)