"Waterloo Bridge": a film about love and war

2025 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2025-01-24 17:46

When the rain is dripping monotonously outside the window or the blizzard howls dejectedly, isn't it the time to watch an old movie about love with the participation of famous actors? This pastime will appeal to everyone. Stock up on a cup of hot tea and start watching the movie "Waterloo Bridge". This film was made at the very beginning of the Second World War, and it is not surprising that it immediately resonated with many people.

The events of the picture take place in London. Before us is the city of 1938, the time when Nazi Germany attacked Great Britain. Roy Cronin goes to the front, he walks across the bridge and remembers his first love. He is carried away by dreams in the distant 1914, the beginning of the First World War. It is during this turbulent time that two people meet: the young ballerina Myra Lester and officer Roy Cronin, and the place of their meeting is Waterloo Bridge.

True love flares up between them, but, alas, their dreams cannot come true. After a while, Roy leaves for the front.

Initially, these two could not be a couple. Roy is a stately, handsome aristocrat. He came from a we althy well-bred family. Myra made a living by dancing. She worked in a troupecruel Russian ballerina. It should be noted that the authors of the film are not cunning here. Indeed, such an art as ballet appeared in Europe thanks to the Russians. The film "Waterloo Bridge" allows you to immerse yourself in the atmosphere of those distant years, to feel and feel what was in the soul of people who became participants and witnesses of the bloody war.

So, Roy goes to the front, and Myra remains to wait for him. She has no means of livelihood. Her friend starts prostituting herself to support herself. She helps Mira. The heroine receives news of Roy's death. She is experiencing the greatest pangs of conscience for allowing her friend to fall like this because of herself. In desperation, she also begins to engage in prostitution. The main drama of this film is that Roy is alive, he returns and sees his beloved, who had to endure a severe fall.

The film was a great success, largely due to the brilliant yoke of actors Vivien Leigh and Robert Taylor. The music from the film is also famous, the w altz is especially popular. "Waterloo Bridge" is a film designed to be watched by two, recreating a romantic sad mood.

That's why it hit people's hearts right after its release. Many, like the heroes of this film, were forced to leave and lose their loved ones in the war. Director Marvin Le Roy managed to create the most successful adaptation of Sherwood's play. Attempts that were made before or after were not successfulcrowned. It is noteworthy that Vivien Leigh herself prophesied the film "Waterloo Bridge" a failure. Her opinion was based on the fact that the role of Roy was originally written for Laurence Olivier, and in the end it was played by Taylor. Vivien was very worried about this fact. In a letter to her husband, she reported that the film would not be successful, and she had better concentrate on other work. But what she didn't know was that after more than 60 years, "Waterloo Bridge" would still move hearts.