And that final wall, as he's floating down the Thames in his getaway houseboat -- that magnificent WALL, and the look on his face. Oh, that, and all that.

Yes. And as with A Canterbury Tale, it's one of those endings I think a lesser film might not have been able to pull off, but for this one it's precisely right.

Also, this movie introduced me to Lieutenant Kije.

You know, somehow I never quite made the connection: I knew the music was Prokofiev, but I never paid attention to what. That's perfect.