The Taming of the Shrew

The Taming of the Shrew

★ 6.9IMDb Score
Released:1967-03-08
Duration:117 min
Director:Franco Zeffirelli
Actors:Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Natasha Pyne, Michael York, Cyril Cusack
Production:Columbia Pictures, Royal Films International, FAI

Overview:

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.

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