On this day in 1963, the scene in FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE where Rosa Klebb (Lotte Lenya) attacks Bond (Sean Connery) with the poisoned hidden blade in her shoe was filmed.
Scene was choreographed well...Tatiana (Daneila Bianchi) doesn't immediately cry out when she recognizes Rosa Klebb. One would wonder if she was "wavering", but since she's somewhat naive and inexperienced, especially as an operative, her hesitancy is understandable. t'd be reasonable to infer that she was simply frightened and hesitant to act, at first, but realizes that Rosa would probably kill her next, and takes that opportunity to knock Rosa's sidearm away. That she picks it up and shoots Klebb indicates that Tatiana can act and KILL after all.
@@selfdo She's still wavering with the gun as well, she simply acted on instinct at first to knock her back. She truly made her choice with the gun: The man who took care of her over the woman who hung death over her head at the slightest mistake. That and clearly she was confident in her aim. She truly took control of her life in that moment and it's awesome to see.
@@alicaramba7680 He would have known it was likely poison tipped. It puts you at a huge disadvantage when your opponent's knife can't even scratch you without it being lethal. Plus, very difficult to prevent someone kicking your shins in a fight, which is all Klebb needed to do to win.
@@karazor-el6085 : thanks for that bit of information. Much appreciated. Sadly, Eli Wallach is no longer with us. He passed away in 2014 at the age of 98.
I grew up in the Brosnan era and was used to explosive, high octane climaxes in my Bond movies. You’d think an ending like this would be underwhelming to a 90s kid but… holy shit it was not!!! Bond fighting a small elderly woman with a chair was somehow just as if not more exciting!! That’s a testament to just how incredible these performances are.
"Bond fighting a small elderly woman with a chair.." lol.. Sorry, the whole idea of Bond fighting an OAP is hilarious... seems funnier when you see it written.
@citizen...X : Always a keyboard snark out there who thinks he's the last word on whats good . This WAS a terrific scene , and the movies that they make now fail to transport me . And can't folks refrain from the acronyms ? I'm not even going to try and figure out wtf " OAN " means .
Lotte Lenya was my Aunt on my Mother’s side. After I saw this movie, I wrote her a letter & asked why was my Aunt trying to kill James Bond ? She called my Mother & told her that she could not stop laughing over it for about 10 minutes. I got to briefly talk to her but long distance calls were expensive back then. I was 10 at the time.
@@StephenLuke Your comment made me sad, not because you doubted this story, but because there are so many idiots around now spouting rubbish that people don't know what they can believe any more.
Yes, then she would escape with the coding box, SPECTRE would gain control of the world, and Rosa Klebb would be alongside the roll of the end credits, laughing with malicious glee. THE END.
@@tomfurgas2844 That's nothing compared to You Only Live Twice. "How shall I kill Bond? Poison? Gun? No, I'll convince him that I'm rescuing him, take him up in one of my boss's expensive light aircraft, have a conveniently fitted plank of wood, not metal of course, pin him to his seat while I parachute out and walk all the way home. What could go wrong with that?"
WRONG Inside Bond movies documentary The original James Bond movies actor is CARY GRANT. He was the main candidate for James Bond in Dr No. Grant was an old FRIEND of Albert R Broccoli and attended his wedding.The best man. Roger Moore was also thought of as a BOND in Dr No. They could NOT spend almost all the money to buy Roger Moore free from the TV contract. By then there had been no Bond films. Then they waited and checked if Moore was available several times. 1961 1964 1967 1968 and 1972 when he got the role of BOND for the second time. Only debuted in the movies. Not like BOND 007. That's one of the few more reasons why Moore first played James Bond 007 in Mainly Millicent on television in 1964. Moore is an old FRIEND of Christopher Lee. Lee and Ian Fleming are in the same family. That's one of the few more reasons why ALBERT R BROCCOLI was an actor in his Bond films. The Spy who love me and Moonraker IMDB AND Wikipedia. Ian Flemings Bond movies actor: David Niven Fleming would probably accept Roger Moore as James Bond in Dr No. NEVER Sean Connery. That's one of the few more reasons why BOB SIMMON's STUNTMAN played Bond first in Dr No. Gunbarriel sequence HISTORY. Albert Broccoli and Harry Saltzman could only CONTINUE with BOB SIMMONS STUNTMAN as BOND in Dr No-Goldfinger. Wreck Connery as BOND in Dr No. . The way to say the name borrowed from The Saint films from 1939/1940. (My name is Templar Simon Templar / Templar Simon Templar) The Saint in London the Saints VICATION Connery debuted in Dr No in Casino. 7 minutes after Bob Simmons stuntman. Not in GUNBARRIEL SEQUENCE as MANY people think. Connery got the role of BOND in Dr No because of Darby O'gill and the little people and that CARY GRANT ROGER MOORE AND DAVID NIVEN can not. Connery is DANA BROCCOLIS BOND ACTOR. Dr No Director Youngs James Bond movies actor Richard Johnson The real Sean Connery's Bond movies are from Thunderball you only live twice Diamond are forever and Never say never again. There, Connery does the same as Bob Simmons' stuntman in the first 3 Eon Productions Bond films. Dr No From Russia with love and Goldfinger. Gunbarriel sequence HISTORY.
The setup of the scene with the storytelling, the tension and acting, with virtually no incidental music, really makes it that memorable. Despite little actually happening.
In case you dont know, Bond was pressumed "dead" after he got stabbed by that poisoned shoe blade in the original book. Bet during the premiere the diehard readers had tense that this could be the last Bond film. But ofc there was the twist..
Jack Black Cock And that’s what makes the old Bond better. Now he’s a superhero, before he was a human being. Bond triumphs over Red Grant in From Russia With Love but he really has to work to get it done. Now he just does something magical and BOOM. I have to admit, though, that Daniel Craig’s Bond is a bit more like the early Bond. The torture scene in Casino Royale is highly believable and Bond suffers, even though he is brave about it.
One of the rare times when the romantic interest actually does something other than screaming or sobbing, or just holding her hand over her mouth while the hero is locked in a life-or-death struggle.
@@CoCotheTurtle She wasn't shit at aiming, her loyalty was being tested. Notice she rather perfectly flipped her aim between them with little hesitation: It wasn't accuracy, it was a decision.
The fight on the train is the best Bond fight in all of the films. The claustrophobic atmosphere - windows breaking, no lights, no room to fight against a rock solid Robert Shaw. From Russia With Love is the best Bond film.
There is a favorite Bond for everyone I think- some like Sean Connery the most, some like Roger Moore, some George Lazenby... I like all of them except for Roger Moore in "A view to a kill", he was too old for that role, even admitted it himself. That should have been Timothy Dalton's moment to shine in my opinion.
@@Skeletty1710 Hi I totally agree with your comments q view to a kill was.And should had been Dalton debut.Shame Dalton only did 2 but most people say Connery was the best
@@greatwuta I love "Thunderball", too! It's a beautiful film, one of the best. "You Only Live Twice" I have my problems with; I loved it when I was younger, but it strays away from the source material too much for me and Roal Dahl's dialogue has no flow at all. But I understand it's a milestone Bond film; it cemented the Bond formula - and its cliché.
@@lukasnummer1 Dr No is so underrated. I think it's brilliant. Especially with all the stuff of Bond investigating on his own. Connery also nailed the character straight away.
@@theultimatevideoman1143 "Dr. No" is my favourite Bond film of them all. The story, the locations, the cast... everything was perfect from the get-go. I agree with you: Connery is Bond right away, with his first line in the casino. It's magnificent.
LOTTE LENYA was able to change a scene of a minute into Film HISTORY. Whoever saw this Bond moment, stays haunted by this overdone, gasping, evil death scene.
Back in the days there was no internet and the cultural differences between countries were huge. So spy novels offered a trip to various places in the world. Tin Tin, James Bond, Bell novels were very exciting. New generations have missed the thrill of cultural blending.
@@teoivanovic1564 in the book, she did. Hence the six months in the hospital in consequence that M referred to in Dr. No, the book and movie. The whole incident wasn't the Beretta's fault. It was Bond's fault for sticking it his waistband and the suppressor catching.
The blurays of the early Bond games are absolutely beautiful! I do hope Goldeneye gets a 4k remaster, because that's the only one that doesn't look great.
Interesting facts about Lotte Lenya: She was married to Kurt Weill twice She was a famous singer You can see one of her albums on the cover of Bob Dylan's 'Bringing It All Back Home'
Barry Humpries appeared on Graham Norton Radio 2show a coupleof years ago and he played this tune Lotte Lenya sitting from May Till September, she truly had a great singing voice and Barry certainly knew his music
Of course, since she intended to kill Bond anyway, she had a full minute when she could have just emptied the entire magazine into him. But, that wouldn’t have been as cool as a poison dagger shoe.
One of his better movies. More serious than silliness. Robert Shaw (Jaws) was a good villain. The Bond girl was hot and made it to the end. Though the physical therapist for Shaws character was really nice too.
Robert Shaw's character in FRWL was named Donald "Red" Grant. The "Jaws" character you're probably thinking of was a larger man, with very distinctive, UNATTRACTIVE "dental work", played by the late Richard Kiel, who also played hulking villains or henchmen (Reace, in "Silver Streak", and Captain Drazak, the Chetnik leader in "Force 10 from Navarone"). "Jaws", named as a parody of the eponymous shark with also a crushing bite, ends up turning on Hugo Drax when he realizes that he and his new girlfriend, the diminutive and near-sighted Dolly, won't figure into Drax's plans for a "perfect" human community. One would sort of wonder what his fate would be, although Jaws and Dolly are rescued by the space-going Marines, as w/o doubt quite a few nations would have pending charges against him, and if he "talks" about what he knows to MI-6, the CIA, and so on, he's going to have a rather LARGE price on his head...er...not that he can't take care of himself!
Two goats in the backyard of a film studio, one of them chewing on a filmroll. The other goat asks, “how’s the movie?” Answer, “Nah, the book was better”.
Yes, In the book, Klebb tried to kill Bond using a gun hidden in a telephone, then poisonous knitting needles, during a fierce and dangerous fight, and finally she succeeded in stabbing his leg with the famous poisoned shoe, just before being carried out by Mathis and his men.
From Russia With Love novel should be remade, this time just filming the brilliant book, on an 18 certificate. The Connery movie on PG certificate had some great scenes but didn't do justice.
@@nikhilfitness9404 Not so many people seem to like Moore now but I actually liked him a lot too. I think Sean Connery was good but Moore has to be my favourite!
@@sjacrane I don't recall because it has been sometime since I saw it. It was about spies and/or Cold War. In looking it up I did find some sources on internet.
Attaching a blade or spike to a boot was an older improvised weapon, you see it in Gangs of New York for example. So Soviets are likely not the only ones to make a modern poisoned version
In the novel this scene is the greatest cliffhanger of all the series as Rosa Klebb accomplishes her mission, stabbing and poisoning Bond with her shoe. The last sentence is about 007 dropping to the floor and passing out on the red carpet...
@@benoitpellet1657 ....and the French semi parody of Bond is called agent 117. It's a good word play for the title...Dean martin as Matt Helm was a good parody with last of the three movies being the best but it's heavily shortened in what I've come across in modern times . Same underground cave sets as in a number of the bond movies too ...Best parody was Get Smart and the Bond producers reciprocally borrowed good stuff from that series .
the greatest cliffhanger in the series was the end of YOLT: Bond having lost his memory, and going to Russia to find answers as to who he really is, and that leading into the opening of The Man with the Golden Gun.
Haha that Mural wall papers in that scene of that design are still in today as feature walls behind beds etc... I'm a Interior designer btw old styles do come back ;-) it's all about the greys now days
I do after! My second best Bond will shock a few ... Timothy Dalton. He never got the respect he deserved. Worst ever Bond was either George Lazenby or David Niven; take your pick. Roger Moore was 4th (too British for me) Pierce Brosnan 3rd best Bond.
Lotte Lenya was perfect for this role, total opposite to what she was like in real life - great actress! I always think of her when someone sings her husband Kurt Weill's song Mack the Knife! Wonderful interview with her also on RU-vid made some fifteen years after this film was made: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zORaO_MPehk.html
@@Inframan-6767 to be fair, in the book, the whole thing wasn't even the gun's fault. It was Bond's fault. He had a suppressor on the Beretta 418 at the time tucked in his waistband. When the situation with Klebb unfolded, he tried to draw it but it had caught in his pants and tried as he might couldn't draw it in time and the subsequent six months in the hospital. M of course wanted it gone way before that incident and by Dr. No had considerable justification.
@Qasim Hussain Hmmm. I'll name my top 5 off the top of my head, in no particular order. As stated above Daniela Bianchi, both Bond girls from The Spy Who Loved Me - Barbara Bach and Caroline Munro, Eva Green and Honor Blackman. You?
I think in this picture especially, Connery was at his peak in terms of perfection in just looking, sounding and acting the part of James Bond. Although he was certainly not bad at all in Goldfinger or Thunderball.
John P OConnell - I agree, and his clothes are simply superlative in the first three films. Some of Daniel Craig’s suits look quite tacky in comparison.
Lotte Lenya as Rosa Klebb is an iconic Bond villain. She was a great actress and gives 200% as Klebb. She exudes evil - the most interesting and repugnant female Bond villain in the franchise. The way she roars 'Romanova!" makes you jump. The fight scene is classic. She's less than half Connery's size, cursing him in Russian, but she's so lethal with that poisoned shoe blade that she might kill him despite the lion-tamer chair. The Red Grant-Bond brutal conflict in the train compartment is probably the best fight scene in all cinema, but this one is so memorable.
I migliori film non hanno età , e questo è sicuramente uno dei migliori film di sempre . Un classico che anche se rivisto cento volte ti emoziona sempre . Sean connery inimitabile !
classic Old-School James Bond. Trivia: in the novel Klebb actually kicks Bond and Fleming was seriously considering killing him off at that point. He miraculously recovered and came back in the next novel, Dr. No.
@@pfarquharson1 Fleming was also attracting tv and movie offers. A CBS series called Commander Jamaica fell through, so he converted the script into the novel Dr. No in 1958.
@@pfarquharson1 you probably heard about the scandal sorrounding Thunderball. Fleming developed a script with Kevin McClory and Jack Whittingham for a movie to star Burl Ives as the villain and feature a yacht called the Virginian. The movie deal never happened but Fleming took the script and wrote the 1961 novel Thunderball from it. McClory sued Fleming, saying he stole the idea of SPECTRE and Ernst Stavro Blofeld from him. They settled and McClory was given the rights to both, which his estate only recently sold to the Bond producers. Broccoli and Saltzman let McClory produce the movie Thunderball for this reason.
@@MrEab2010 Friend. You must be a Bond fanatic like myself. I know the whole story. Jack Whittingham joined Kevin McClory in the legal row with Fleming and got a bit of money as well. McClory was very good at underwater scenes and as a lot of the film was underwater, that was handy. It was the wonderful Terence Young who directed.
Honestly, I think the idea of using Tatiana was extremely dumb. Rosa totally underestimated her and I think she could have easily done the job if she wasn't a little bit too old.
It must never be forgotten that Tatiana is ultimately the one who takes down the main villain. Bond owes his life to her. The exact same thing happens with Domino in Thunderball. Izabella Scorupco was correct in her claim that “Bond girls have always been strong.”
Is that really true? She played in The Threepenny Opera, which the Nazis banned, and her husband was Kurt Weill, the famous musician who fled’Germany because he was Jewish.
