7.6 Score

1967 • 1h 57min • Approved • Comedy, Romance

The Taming of the Shrew

"The motion picture they were made for!"

Italy, 16th century. Petruchio, a choleric, lying and poor rural landowner from Verona, arrives in Padua in search of fortune and a wife, while Baptista, a wealthy merchant, announces that he will not allow Bianca, his youngest daughter, to marry until the temperamental and unruly Katherina, his eldest daughter, does.

IMDb 7.1

RT 83%

Director

Franco Zeffirelli

Writers

Franco Zeffirelli

Suso Cecchi d'Amico

Paul Dehn

Composer

Nino Rota

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Elizabeth Taylor

Katharina

Richard Burton

Petruchio

Natasha Pyne

Bianca

Michael York

Lucentio

Cyril Cusack

Grumio

Michael Hordern

Baptista

Alfred Lynch

Tranio

Alan Webb

Gremio

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Elizabeth Taylor Katharina

Richard Burton Petruchio

Natasha Pyne Bianca

Michael York Lucentio

Cyril Cusack Grumio

Michael Hordern Baptista

Alfred Lynch Tranio

Alan Webb Gremio

Victor Spinetti Hortensio

Roy Holder Biondello

Mark Dignam Vincentio

Bice Valori The Widow

Giancarlo Cobelli The Priest

Vernon Dobtcheff Pedant

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