# Juliet and the King (2025)

**Genres:** Animation

**Duration:** 90 min

**IMDb:** [5.7](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11714790/)

**Letterboxd:** [link](https://letterboxd.com/film/juliet-the-king/) (n/a)

## Description

The eccentric Persian ruler Naser al-Din Shah visits Paris and becomes thoroughly enchanted by an aspiring French acting student named Julie performing as Juliet. Smitten and eager to win her heart, the Shah orchestrates a scheme to bring Julie and her playwright friend Jamal back to Tehran to stage William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, with the monarch intending to play Romeo himself.

## Details

**Premiere:** 10 Oct 2026 (in 4 days)

**Director:** Ashkan Rahgozar

**Cast:** Hamed Behdad, Ghazal Shakeri, Vahid Ronaghi, Nasrolah Medghalchi, Shohre Roohi, Keikavoos Shokouhi, Meysam Abdi

**Countries:** Iran

**Languages:** Persian

**Available versions:** OmU

**Open-air showtimes:** No

**Trailer:** [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JS081snlY0)

## Showtimes in Berlin in original language (OV, OmU, OmeU)

### 2026-10-10 (Saturday)

- **[City Kino Wedding](https://ov-berlin.info/cinemas/93-city-kino-wedding.md) (Wedding):** [2026-10-10 20:30](https://www.kinoheld.de/kino/berlin/city-kino-wedding-berlin-ab/vorstellung/3634874284)  (OmU)