1940 · 108 min · NR

Waterloo Bridge

Name: Waterloo Bridge
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1940
Duration: 108 min
Cast: Vivien Leigh, Robert Taylor, Lucile Watson, Virginia Field, Maria Ouspenskaya

Directed by Mervyn LeRoy · Drama, Romance

Waterloo Bridge (1940) is a Drama film, directed by Mervyn LeRoy set in London and Scotland during the 1910s.

Themes of love & longing and guilt & shame play out through frame narrative.

Composer

Herbert Stothart

Cinematography

Joseph Ruttenberg

Cast

Vivien LeighRobert TaylorLucile WatsonVirginia FieldMaria OuspenskayaC. Aubrey SmithJanet ShawJanet Waldo

The world of this film

Setting

Where

London Scotland

Setting

Urban

When

1910s

Premise & themes

Themes

Love & Longing Guilt & Shame

Structure

Frame Narrative

Tone

RomanticMelancholic

Shape

Protagonist

Two HanderFemale Led

Pacing

Measured

Based on

Pure Fiction

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Waterloo Bridge

The world of this film

Setting

Premise & themes

Shape

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