Interview with Konstantin Raikin about the film "Romeo and Juliet" by Franco Zeffirelli (1996-1998)

Private apartment, study.

Director and actor Konstantin Raikin talks about the film "Romeo and Juliet" by Franco Zeffirelli, about acting, street scenes, about the interpretation of Shakespeare that was unusual for Soviet people, about the decline of the tragedy genre in favor of melodrama, about the image of Juliet, about love, about the endless possibilities of interpretations of Shakespeare's play in cinema and theater (synchronously).