Copellia

[Dave Monroe]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060399/

http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/559120/Dr-Coppelius/

On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 4:12 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> Watching the movie Tetro, a scene from the ballet Copellia, the broken doll,
> is portrayed. I'd never heard anyone mention the ballet in V. In light of
> Copellia, which seems so obvious to be its reference.
>
>  http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copp%C3%A9lia
>
> Coppélia concerns an inventor, Dr Coppelius, who has made a life-size
> dancing doll. It is so lifelike that Franz, a village swain, becomes
> infatuated with it and sets aside his true heart's desire, Swanhilde. She
> shows him his folly by dressing as the doll, pretending to make it come to
> life and ultimately saving him from an untimely end at the hands of the
> inventor.
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