Romeo and Juliet in Yiddish 2012

The play Romeo and Juliet has been translated around the world. Now Eve Annenberg’s gritty, funny feature film sets William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in contemporary New York City with Brooklyn-inflected English and Yiddish spoken by a talented cast.

Cast:

Lazer Weiss
Lazer / Romeo 

Melissa Weisz
Juliet / Faggie 

Mendy Zafir
Mendy / Benvolio 

Yoeli Weiss
Mo / Mercutio 

Josef Yossi Friedman
Tybalt / Ty 

Eve Annenberg
Ava / Nurse