The Journey - a love story
'The Journey' is a beautiful 1959 movie I watched sometime back in TCM. TCM is a channel which telecasts some of the good old movies. Its simply a joy to watch TCM.
This movie stars the great Yul Brynner (Ramses in the 'Ten Commandments' ) and Deborah Kerr (Legia in the 'Quo Vadis').
If I have to surmise the movie in one line, I think it ought to be - 'Love is stronger than power'.
Yul Brynner the young, charismatic, powerful Russian captain posted in Hungary falls in love with Deborah Kerr the moment he casts his eyes on her. Debarah Kerr is helping a man her former friend, a wounded revolutionist fighter to escape from the Yul's grasp. Yul knows that.
Yul Bryner has the absolute power to crush them both, but his love for her drives him insane. His duty called for him to crush the wounded revolutionist fighter, but he knows that if he were to do so, he would loose the only opportunity he had to impress her. Consequently, he does some of the funniest things he could do to try to impress her.
He fights a battle to try to impress her. He disregards his duty, his power, his everything. Only to find at the end that he had destroyed himself by his 'falling' in love, proving again that falling in love is often futile.
What is intriguing about the movie is that the director seems to leave it to the viewer to decide whether or not she was in love with him. Perhaps she too was in her battle was fighting her love for him, trying to suppress it as best as she could.
Both of them fight a battle. He fights a battle to make her love him and she fights a battle to not love him at any cost. In the end, who wins?
I think none wins. He relegates his love to fate and I guess she does regret that he, such a powerful man had to do it.
It’s a movie that all should watch. The movie has no obscenity which is admirable for a Hollywood movie.
This movie stars the great Yul Brynner (Ramses in the 'Ten Commandments' ) and Deborah Kerr (Legia in the 'Quo Vadis').
If I have to surmise the movie in one line, I think it ought to be - 'Love is stronger than power'.
Yul Brynner the young, charismatic, powerful Russian captain posted in Hungary falls in love with Deborah Kerr the moment he casts his eyes on her. Debarah Kerr is helping a man her former friend, a wounded revolutionist fighter to escape from the Yul's grasp. Yul knows that.
Yul Bryner has the absolute power to crush them both, but his love for her drives him insane. His duty called for him to crush the wounded revolutionist fighter, but he knows that if he were to do so, he would loose the only opportunity he had to impress her. Consequently, he does some of the funniest things he could do to try to impress her.
He fights a battle to try to impress her. He disregards his duty, his power, his everything. Only to find at the end that he had destroyed himself by his 'falling' in love, proving again that falling in love is often futile.
What is intriguing about the movie is that the director seems to leave it to the viewer to decide whether or not she was in love with him. Perhaps she too was in her battle was fighting her love for him, trying to suppress it as best as she could.
Both of them fight a battle. He fights a battle to make her love him and she fights a battle to not love him at any cost. In the end, who wins?
I think none wins. He relegates his love to fate and I guess she does regret that he, such a powerful man had to do it.
It’s a movie that all should watch. The movie has no obscenity which is admirable for a Hollywood movie.