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6.4/10
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Tomboyish outcast "Cinder" Ella and the duke's charming son Charles fall in love in this comedic rendition of the classic fairy tale.Tomboyish outcast "Cinder" Ella and the duke's charming son Charles fall in love in this comedic rendition of the classic fairy tale.Tomboyish outcast "Cinder" Ella and the duke's charming son Charles fall in love in this comedic rendition of the classic fairy tale.
Les Ballets de Paris
- Themselves
- (as Ballet de Paris)
David Ahdar
- Ball Guest
- (uncredited)
Jessie Arnold
- Townswoman
- (uncredited)
John Barton
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Dawn Bender
- Girl
- (uncredited)
Margaret Bert
- Townswoman
- (uncredited)
Arline Bletcher
- Ball Guest
- (uncredited)
Gail Bonney
- Bit Role
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaTommy Rall, Jacques d'Amboise and James Mitchell were all considered for the role of Prince Charles. Michael Wilding, despite having no professional dance training, was cast due to the rash of publicity surrounding his marriage to fellow MGM contract player Elizabeth Taylor.
- GoofsThe amount of soot on Ella's face changes constantly in the early scenes of the film.
- Quotes
Ella: Your shoes are getting wet!
Mrs. Toquet: Yes, it's the water.
- ConnectionsEdited into Off to See the Wizard: Cinderella's Glass Slipper: Part 1 (1968)
- SoundtracksTake My Love
Music by Bronislau Kaper
Lyrics by Helen Deutsch
Performed by Michael Wilding (dubbed by Gilbert Russell)
Featured review
A criminally underrated delight!
Why wasn't this film more successful, and why isn't it more well known than it was and is? It is an utterly delightful and original take on the Cinderella story in which almost every element is just right. Leslie Caron is completely enchanting as Ella. True, she may not be an amazingly gorgeous beauty in her ball gown, but she is radiant nevertheless. Especially those eyes. Oh, those expressive eyes! They show you the true beauty beneath her outward plainness. She is a wonderful actress and phenomenal ballet dancer, as demonstrated in the wonderful dream ballet sequences in which she dances with the Roland Petit ballet company. These sequences may seem unnecceasry at first, but they turn out to do exactly what the ballet dances in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals do: They express the character's emotions in ways that not even dialogue and music can. They are indeed a vital part of the film. Estelle Winwood is charming as Ella's eccentric "fairy godmother." Walter Pidgeon's uncredited narration is pithy and wise. True, Michael Wilding is indeed a bit bland as Prince Charming/Charles (though not really all that bad) and this is one of Kennan Wynn's weakest appearences (except for his reaction when he sees Ella at the ball), but all in all these are tiny flaws in one underrated gem of a film.
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- Tommy-92
- Feb 15, 2001
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- Also known as
- Staklena cipelica
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- Production company
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- Budget
- $1,998,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.75 : 1
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