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[WoundedWolfgirl]

Thank you for the upload! Glorious film.

[jgnjanja]

I watched this movie so many times when I was little but this is the first time it's ever made me cry. Thank you so much for uploading it! 

[StarstruckFerSure]

Thanks for uploading. :)

[5FnX17]

....And obviously she couldn't choose between her love of dance and love of Julian, so she killed herself.

[5FnX17]

@tastefulflyer Lermontov fired Julian. They became enemies. That's why he didn't want Vicky dancing for Lermontov. There's no technical reason she couldn't dance for him. She chose Julian's side by leaving Lermontov. However Julian should have let her dance for him, seeing how torn she was. His ballet company was where she could flourish. But he let his pride get in the way. He kept her away from Lermontov in revenge against him, forcing her to choose between her love of dance and love of him.

[LilyMoth12]

♥ Great movie! ♥

[MissMissyDeniseDenis]

Did she die or was she just never able to dance again???

[tastefulflyer]

All that being said, you must allow that Powell and Pressburger did an unparalleled job in smoothing the magical story into a realistic scenario, and that the story might not be perfect, but the movie is very close.

[tastefulflyer]

If you analyze the story from a modern perspective (or even a 1948 perspective), there are things that make no sense, i.e. Julian was dismissed by Lermontov, not Vicky, so why can't she dance for him, and Julian have his successful career elsewhere. There's no real reason for that, but they have to trump up Julian seeing her dancing for Lermontov as an impossible obstacle, so he's hysterical, and then she gets hysterical and cracks, or the cracking up on her part just doesn't work.

[tastefulflyer]

It is a lovely film and I do thank you for all the work you did putting it all on here. As far as the ending goes, its kind of a given if you look at the Hans Christian Andersen story. She dies, and its not necessarily a choice of hers. You could look at this version of the story and say she was doomed the moment Lermontov chose her to be the lead in the ballet, or the moment she started dancing it, just as the girl in the story was doomed from the moment she put on the shoes.

[ninatown]

thanks for sharing this great film!

[20simondhl]

Lermontov looks like Bill Murray a little.