FILM 1414: EVER AFTER: A CINDERELLA
STORY
TRIVIA: In the movie, Danielle
rescues the prince from gypsies by carrying him on her back. According to
legend, when King Conrad III defeated the Duke of Welf (in the year 1140) and
placed Weinsberg under siege, the wives of the besieged castle negotiated a
surrender which granted them the right to leave with whatever they could carry
on their shoulders. The king allowed them that much. Leaving everything else
aside, each woman took her own husband on her shoulders and carried him out.
When the king's people saw what was happening, many of them said that that was
not what had been meant and wanted to put a stop to it. But the king laughed
and accepted the women's clever trick. "A king" he said, "should
always stand by his word."
As depicted in the film, the real
Leonardo da Vinci kept the Mona Lisa with him all the time until his death.
When Danielle is swimming in the
lake, she is using the inverted breaststroke. It was popular in medieval and
Renaissance Europe, and is still commonly taught as a survival stroke. In
Australia, it is called the "survival backstroke."
Jude Law and Jonny Lee Miller turned
down the role of Prince Henry.
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