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Waterloo Bridge

  • 1940
  • Passed
  • 1h 48m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
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Vivien Leigh and Robert Taylor in Waterloo Bridge (1940)
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Myra and Roy meet and fall in love on Waterloo Bridge during an air raid. Their love will be one of the war's unspoken casualties.Myra and Roy meet and fall in love on Waterloo Bridge during an air raid. Their love will be one of the war's unspoken casualties.Myra and Roy meet and fall in love on Waterloo Bridge during an air raid. Their love will be one of the war's unspoken casualties.

  • Director
    • Mervyn LeRoy
  • Writers
    • S.N. Behrman
    • Hans Rameau
    • George Froeschel
  • Stars
    • Vivien Leigh
    • Robert Taylor
    • Lucile Watson
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.7/10
    11K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Mervyn LeRoy
    • Writers
      • S.N. Behrman
      • Hans Rameau
      • George Froeschel
    • Stars
      • Vivien Leigh
      • Robert Taylor
      • Lucile Watson
    • 120User reviews
    • 22Critic reviews
    • 73Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 2 Oscars
      • 1 win & 2 nominations total

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    Vivien Leigh
    Vivien Leigh
    • Myra
    Robert Taylor
    Robert Taylor
    • Roy Cronin
    Lucile Watson
    Lucile Watson
    • Lady Margaret Cronin
    Virginia Field
    Virginia Field
    • Kitty
    Maria Ouspenskaya
    Maria Ouspenskaya
    • Madame Olga Kirowa
    C. Aubrey Smith
    C. Aubrey Smith
    • The Duke
    Janet Shaw
    Janet Shaw
    • Maureen
    Janet Waldo
    Janet Waldo
    • Elsa
    Steffi Duna
    Steffi Duna
    • Lydia
    Virginia Carroll
    Virginia Carroll
    • Sylvia
    Leda Nicova
    • Marie
    Florence Baker
    Florence Baker
    • Beatrice
    Margery Manning
    • Mary
    Frances MacInerney
    • Violet
    Eleanor Stewart
    Eleanor Stewart
    • Grace
    Lowden Adams
    • The Duke's Butler
    • (uncredited)
    Harry Allen
    • Taxi Driver
    • (uncredited)
    Jimmy Aubrey
    Jimmy Aubrey
    • Cockney in Air-Raid Shelter
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Mervyn LeRoy
    • Writers
      • S.N. Behrman
      • Hans Rameau
      • George Froeschel
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Of her films, this was Vivien Leigh's personal favorite.
    • Goofs
      When Myra reads the list of 'Fallen Officers', there are names with the ranks of Sergeant (Sgt) and Gunner (Gnr). These are not Officer ranks.
    • Quotes

      Myra Lester: I loved you, I've never loved anyone else. I never shall, that's the truth Roy, I never shall.

    • Alternate versions
      Also shown in computer colorized version.
    • Connections
      Edited into Homecoming (1948)
    • Soundtracks
      Swan Lake, Op.20
      (1877) (uncredited)

      Written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Played during the opening credits

      Performed at the ballet

      Played as dance music at the estate dance given by Lady Margaret

      Played as background music often

    User reviews120

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    Featured review
    8/10
    Very nice - couldn't be made today
    LeRoy made a film which flings prostitution in our faces, and in the faces of its characters - yet he doesn't dare mention the word or show the deed explicitly. I'm not complaining; the fact that no one dares utter the p-word helps the film immeasurably. The tragedy plays out best in an atmosphere in which Myra's moral stain, or purported moral stain, is LITERALLY an unspeakable one. No modern director (with the possible exception of David Mamet) would dare NOT be explicit.

    Unfortunately for a love story, the love scenes are the only interactions lacking in electricity, the only interactions, in fact, that aren't interactions at all. They're the dull bits we endure in order to enjoy the real story. I should stress that they're still pleasant enough, so it's not MUCH of an endurance test.

    And what IS the real story? The delightful thing about it, I think, is that it's perfectly ambiguous. Taken one way, the romance between hero and heroine is destroyed because of the power of a pervasive, yet false, moral belief: the belief that a prostitute is tainted, unfit for marriage, love, life itself. Taken this way the story is a social tragedy. But arguably the film is asking us to make believe that the pervasive moral belief is in fact true, that the heroine really is (through no fault of her own) tainted; taken THIS way, it's a kind of moral fantasy. Either way it works.
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    • Spleen
    • Nov 23, 2001

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    • Why is no explanation given for Robert Taylor's distinctly American accent?
    • Why on earth was the film styled with clothes and hairstyles from the 1930s instead of those from 1914? It is set during WW1 but the clothes and hair are all wrong.

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    • Release date
      • May 17, 1940 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Ihr erster Mann
    • Filming locations
      • Waterloo Bridge, River Thames, London, England, UK
    • Production company
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $31,111
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 48 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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