Directed by:
Franco ZeffirelliCinematography:
Oswald MorrisComposer:
Nino RotaCast:
Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Cyril Cusack, Michael Hordern, Alfred Lynch, Alan Webb, Victor Spinetti, Roy Holder, Mark Dignam, Bice Valori (more)VOD (4)
Plots(1)
Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor bring gusto and ferocity to their roles as Katherine and Petruchio in this quintessential battle of the sexes, a vibrant adaptation of the classic Shakespeare play. When young student Lucentio (Michael York) wanders into the town of Padua, he promptly falls for the beautiful Bianca (Natasha Pyne), but before Bianca's father will let her be courted, he insists her wild, angry, older sister, Katherine (Taylor) be married. Undaunted, Lucentio and the other would-be suitors of Bianca hit upon the idea of hiring tipsy, flea-bitten nobleman Petruchio (Burton) to step up and woo the untamable "shrew." (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Elizabeth Taylor](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/678/161678631_c7381f.jpg)
Elizabeth Taylor
UK
Best movies:
The Freddie Mercury Tribute: Concert for AIDS Awareness (1992) (concert)
The Simpsons: Greatest Hits (1999) (video compilation)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
![Richard Burton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/324/164324326_7daee6.jpg)
Richard Burton
UK
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
The Medusa Touch (1978)
![Cyril Cusack](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/465/465198_b78fde.jpg)
Cyril Cusack
South Africa
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
My Left Foot (1989)
Harold and Maude (1971)
![Michael Hordern](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/527/161527020_25ef13.jpg)
Michael Hordern
UK
Best movies:
Gandhi (1982)
Shogun (1980) (series)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
![Alfred Lynch](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/501/161501730_f97575.jpg)
Alfred Lynch
UK
Best movies:
The Hill (1965)
The Password is Courage (1962)
William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
![Alan Webb](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/366/160366932_6bf197.jpg)
Alan Webb
UK
Best movies:
William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
King Rat (1965)
The First Great Train Robbery (1978)
![Victor Spinetti](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/021/353/21353612_01772c.jpg)
Victor Spinetti
UK
Best movies:
![Roy Holder](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/640/162640080_6963cf.jpg)
Roy Holder
UK
Best movies:
Romeo and Juliet (1968)
William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
Othello (1965)
![Mark Dignam](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/436/161436319_0c01ed.jpg)
Mark Dignam
UK
Best movies:
The Last Place on Earth (1985) (series)
William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
Macbeth (1948)
Bice Valori
Italy
Best movies:
Giancarlo Cobelli
Italy
Best movies:
![Vernon Dobtcheff](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/494/494695_35970a.jpg)
Vernon Dobtcheff
France
Best movies:
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
If Tomorrow Comes (1986) (series)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
![Ken Parry](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/483/161483635_697cac.jpg)
Ken Parry
UK
Best movies:
William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
The Trouble with Harry (1955)
Spring and Port Wine (1970)
Anthony Gardner
UK
Best movies:
William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
Isadora (1968)
Natasha Pyne
UK
Best movies:
William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
Cadfael (1994) (series)
The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964)
![Michael York](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268872_50a68d.jpg)
Michael York
UK
Best movies:
Romeo and Juliet (1968)
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99 (1999) (video compilation)
Cabaret (1972)
Alberto Bonucci
Italy
Best movies:
William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
Villa Borghese (1953)
Cavalrymen (1955)
![Milena Vukotic](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270275_4f5ab7.jpg)
Milena Vukotic
Italy
Best movies:
William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
Nostalgia (1983)
All My Friends Part 2 (1982)
Alfredo Bianchini
Italy
Best movies:
Valentino Macchi
Italy
Best movies:
William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
Conversation Piece (1974)
Sacco and Vanzetti (1971)