I'm watching this version for the first time and I'm at the part where the children are all coming out. One girl, I think she's the second after the prince, comes out and after she holds Anna's hands, the King looks shocked as she walks away, then the little girl looks shocked. What did she do? I keep rewinding it and I can't figure it out.
EDIT: I just watched it again. Is it because she walks away with her back to Anna and the King?
Yes that is exactly it.
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I remember that part, I know that it is a very strange scene but I think the girl didn't follow the certain coordination in the march like the other royal children did. When you see the other royal children holding Anna's hands, then after that, they were facing towards the father in a bowing position and kept their heads down. I guess the girl forgot to do the bowing position after she was introduced to Anna when she walked away and that's why the king looked all surprised when she did that. They kinda made it look like an order coordination error in the march and in the movie, it seems like no matter if you are a part of the royal family, or the king's servants or a peasant, or from a different country when you are around the king's presence, you're always suppose to stay in a bowing position because like the king says he doesn't like anybody's head higher than his.
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