Comedy Romance
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.
Directed by
Franco Zeffirelli
Michael York
Lucentio
Elizabeth Taylor
Katharina
Richard Burton
Petruchio
Michael Hordern
Baptista
Vernon Dobtcheff
Pedant
Victor Spinetti
Hortensio
Milena Vukotić
Alan Webb
Gremio
Cyril Cusack
Grumio
Alfred Lynch
Tranio
Carlo Pisacane
Petruchio's Servant (uncredited)
Mark Dignam
Vincentio
Natasha Pyne
Bianca
Roy Holder
Biondello
Lino Capolicchio
Gregorio (uncredited)
Bice Valori
The Widow
Luciano Bonanni
Citizen (uncredited)
Giuseppe Castellano
Citizen (uncredited)
Aristide Caporale
Bell Ringer (uncredited)
Alberto Bonucci
Giancarlo Cobelli
The Priest
Valentino Macchi
Iolanda Fortini
Citizen (uncredited)
Armando Tortorici
Citizen (uncredited)
Alfredo Bianchini
Aristide Catoni
Citizen (uncredited)
Ken Parry
Tailor
Anthony Gardner
Haberdasher
Tina Perna
Valentino Bacchi
Giuseppe Transocchi
Petruchio's Servant (uncredited)
Adele Cambria
Citizen (uncredited)

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