# The Taming of the Shrew (1967)

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**Runtime**: 117 min
**Genres**: Comedy, Romance
**Directed by**: Franco Zeffirelli
**Written by**: Paul Dehn, Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Franco Zeffirelli
**Starring**: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Natasha Pyne, Michael York, Cyril Cusack, Michael Hordern

> *The motion picture they were made for!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Shakespeare's battle of the sexes gets a lavish period makeover with all the subtlety of a duel in embroidered doublets. Petruchio rides into Padua aiming to marry rich, and settles on the famously unwinnable Katherina, while her sister Bianca attracts suitors who’d rather do anything than face a scornful woman. The film believes fierce women need breaking, which it serves with a wink and a Renaissance wardrobe.

**Mood tags**: playful

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