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Waterloo Bridge

1940 · 108 min

A sweeping, tender romance shadowed by war and fate, leaving a lingering ache of loss and devotion.

Tagline
"Every parting from you is like a little eternity"
Overview
On the eve of World War II, a British officer revisits Waterloo Bridge and recalls the young man he was at the beginning of World War I and the young ballerina he met just before he left for the front.
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • grief
  • war
  • guilt
  • fate
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour1
Realism7
Romance8
Tension4
Darkness7
Complexity4
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Mervyn LeRoy
Written by
S. N. Behrman, Hans Rameau, George Froeschel
Starring
Vivien Leigh, Robert Taylor, Lucile Watson, Virginia Field, Maria Ouspenskaya, C. Aubrey Smith, Janet Shaw, Janet Waldo
Music
Herbert Stothart
Cinematography
Joseph Ruttenberg
Runtime
108 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, French

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