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Leonard Whiting
Actor 76 years old

Leonard Whiting

London, England, UK

Leonard Whiting (born June 30, 1950) is a British actor who starred as Romeo in the 1968 Zeffirelli film version of Romeo and Juliet opposite Olivia Hussey's Juliet, a role which earned him the Golden Globe Award for New Star Of The Year - Actor.

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The Royal Hunt of the Sun

The Royal Hunt of the Sun

Irving Lerner 1969 2h 1m 6.0

The Spanish explorer Pizarro captures the Inca god-chief Atahualpa and promises to free him upon the delivery of a hoard of gold. But Pizarro finds himself torn between his desire for conquest and his sense of honor after friendship and respect develops between captive and captor.

Infanzia, vocazione e prime esperienze di Giacomo Casanova, veneziano

Infanzia, vocazione e prime esperienze di Giacomo Casanova, veneziano

Luigi Comencini 1969 1h 57m

Through the childhood and the adolescence of Giacomo Casanova (from his memoirs), this is a description of how people live in the Venice of the 18th century: customs, habits, medicine, religion and most of all - the omnipresence of hypocrisy. Written by Yepok

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

Franco Zeffirelli 1968 2h 18m 7.7

Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall in love against the wishes of their feuding families. Driven by their passion, the young lovers defy their destiny and elope, only to suffer the ultimate tragedy.

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