When rain drips monotonously or a blizzard howls sadly, isn’t it time to watch an old love movie featuring famous actors? Such a pastime will appeal to everyone. Stock up on a cup of hot tea and start watching the movie Waterloo Bridge. This film was shot at the very beginning of World War II, and it is not surprising that it immediately resonated in the hearts of many people.
The events of the picture take place in London. Before us is the city of 1938, the time when fascist Germany attacked Great Britain. Roy Cronin goes to the front, he goes over the bridge and remembers his first love. It is carried away by dreams in the distant 1914, the beginning of the First World War. It was during this turbulent time that two met: the young ballerina Mayra Leicester and officer Roy Cronin, and the place of their meeting was Waterloo Bridge.
True love flashes between them , but, alas, their dreams have not been realized. After a while, Roy goes to the front.
Initially, these two could not be a couple. Roy is a stately, handsome aristocrat. He came from a well-to-do well-mannered family. Myra earned a living by dancing. She worked in a troupe of a brutal Russian ballerina. It should be noted that here the authors of the film do not dissemble. Indeed, such 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 a bloody war.
So, Roy goes to the front, and Myra remains to wait for him. She has no means of subsistence. Her friend begins to engage in prostitution to feed herself. She helps Maira. The heroine receives the news of the death of Roy. She experiences the greatest torment of conscience because she allowed her friend to fall like that 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 lover, who had to survive a grave fall.
The film was a great success, largely thanks to the brilliant yoke of actors Vivien Leigh and Robert Taylor. The music from the film is also famous, the waltz is especially popular. Waterloo Bridge is a movie made for two to recreate a romantic, sad mood.
That is why he found a response in the hearts of people immediately after the 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 version of the film adaptation of Sherwood's play. Attempts that were made before or after were unsuccessful. It is noteworthy that Vivien Lee herself prophesied the film "Waterloo Bridge" failure. Such her opinion was based on the fact that initially the role of Roy was 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, but she had better concentrate on another job. But she did not know that after more than 60 years, the Waterloo Bridge would still excite the hearts.