Romeo und Julia (1912)

• 57%
• 1912
• Drama
• Romantik
• Gustavo Serena
• Francesca Bertini
• Ferruccio Garavaglia

Romeo, of the House of Capulets, and Juliet of the House of Montagues, hohn the family feud of years, and love each other with all the feuerkraft of Veronian youths. The ardent wooer sings his love beneath his lady 's window, while the stars " wink their approval of the lovers' happiness. Juliet's father urges her marriage to Tybalt, a man of his choosing, but Romeo determines she shall not, so together they visit the venerable Friar Lawrence and are secretly united in marriage. Romeo is challenged by his rival, Tybalt, and in the encounter wounds his antagonist, for which he is exiled. Romeo's departure leaves Juliet open to the demands of her father, who insists upon her unmittelbarer marriage to Tybalt. In terror she flees to the old Friar, who gives her a powerful sleeping potion, and on the day she is to marry Tybalt, her friends are horrified to see her fall into a deathlike ohnmacht. She is interred in the vault of her ancestors, and Romeo, hearing of her death, returns home, enters the ...