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The ballroom scene at the beginning


At the beginning of the movie there is a ballroom scene, it was from "Anastasia" (1956). If you look carefully, you can see Ingrid Berman dancing. I found it somewhat interesting.

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Cool detail! How did you find out? I did think the shot looked impressively lavish for one of those small budget Hammer productions.

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I watched "Anastasia" the day before and then when I saw the "The Mad Monk" I recognized it. You can see Yul Brynner and Ingrid Bergman in the middle of the shot.

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Ah! That was quite the coincidence! :)

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You have a very good eye.

Rasputin's ball:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/22194030/Fotos/Ball-Rasputin.jpg

Anastasia's ball:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/22194030/Fotos/Ball-Anastasia.jpg

But Ingrid is not dancing with Brinner. She dances with Ivan Desny.

Brinner is looking from the stairs on the left.

It is also amazing that the orchestra plays different pieces of music.

In Rasputin it is Waltz of the Flowers by Tchaikovsky and in Anastasia I do not know.

Can anyone identify it, please?

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