Toreadorivalssi

Original title: Waltz of the Toreadors

1962
K-16
1h 45m

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5.8/10

747

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Comedy Drama

This is the end of a glorious military career: General Leo Fitzjohn retires to his Sussex manor where he will write his memoirs. Unfortunately, his private life is a disaster: a confirmed wo... Read allThis is the end of a glorious military career: General Leo Fitzjohn retires to his Sussex manor where he will write his memoirs. Unfortunately, his private life is a disaster: a confirmed womanizer, Leo has infuriated his wife Emily, now a shrewish and hypochondriac woman, all th... Read allThis is the end of a glorious military career: General Leo Fitzjohn retires to his Sussex manor where he will write his memoirs. Unfortunately, his private life is a disaster: a confirmed womanizer, Leo has infuriated his wife Emily, now a shrewish and hypochondriac woman, all the more bitter as she still loves him. The General has two plain-looking daughters he disli... Read all

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IMDb RATING

5.8/10

747

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Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 1 win & 1 nomination total

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John Fraser and Dany Robin in Toreadorivalssi (1962)

Peter Sellers and Dany Robin in Toreadorivalssi (1962)

Peter Sellers and Margaret Leighton in Toreadorivalssi (1962)

Peter Sellers, John Fraser, and Dany Robin in Toreadorivalssi (1962)

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Trivia
The lake scenes were shot in sub-zero temperatures in November on the grounds of Leeds Castle. In order to prevent stars Dany Robin and John Fraser from catching pneumonia, their private caravans were filled with warmed bath towels, dressing gowns, slippers, hot-water bottles, several changes of clothes and large quantities of brandy. As well as this, both actors wore thermal underwear beneath their costumes, a requirement of the company insuring the film.

Goofs
General Fitzjohn (Peter Sellers) unveils a statue of himself on a horse in the town square and then gallops off to his castle where he comes to a stop in the courtyard and the statue is now there on a cart.

Quotes
Mrs. Emma Bulstrode, Dress Shop Proprietor: We have to perform miracles to make beauties out of these girls.
Gen. Leo Fitzjohn: That's more than their mother could do.

Connections
Version of Play of the Week: The Waltz of the Toreadors (1959)

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A haunting, wonderful movie

This is a wonderful little movie which displays Peter Sellers's acting genius both for comedy and serious drama. It is a haunting story of a general at the end of his career, about how much was real and not real in his life, and about his weaknesses and distractions. It is easy to project certain kinds of political observations on to this movie, as was done in an earlier review by wjfickling in his comment about the advantages that men have over women, but it is just as easy to project the opposite. The genius of the movie is that it tells a story of the bitter sweetness of a man's life that is outside the politcally correct "truth du jour" and can be taken directly, as it is.

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