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[ Crowd Murmuring ]

2
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They're going mad, sir.
lt's the students.

3
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[ Man Shouting ]
Down with tyrants !

4
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[ Crowd Cheering ]

5
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All right, let them in.

6
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[ Students Yelling ]

7
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[ Yelling Continues ]

8
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- Swine !
- Beast !

9
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[ Girl ]
lnto the valley of death !

10
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lnto the jaws of hell !

11
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Rode the 600 !

12
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[ Chattering ]

13
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You're sitting on my cloak.

14
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Filling up down below ?

15
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- Not a sausage.
- Not a tiara.

16
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Ah, here you are, Terry.

17
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Thank you.

18
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♪♪ [ Musicians Tuning lnstruments ]

19
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l can't see him anywhere.

20
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- Programs.
- Oh, two, please.

21
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One here.
Thanks, pal.

22
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Quite a turnout down below.

23
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Old Palmer's music
had better be good.

24
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Boronskaja would hardly be dancing
the leading role if it wasn't.

25
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Boro who ?

26
00:05:32,012 --> 00:05:34,071
Who exactly
is Boronskaja ?

27
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Since you've stood
in a queue for six hours...

28
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waiting to see her dance,
l should have thought--

29
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Not to see anybody.
To hear.

30
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Have you ever heard
of Professor Palmer ?

31
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- Never.
- Never.

32
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You will.

33
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The program says ''Heart of Fire,
music by Andrew Palmer.''

34
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Our professor
at the academy.

35
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So Boro what's her name
had better be good.

36
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She's hardly likely
to be anything else.

37
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There he is.

38
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[ Crowd Shouting ]
Palmer ! Palmer !

39
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[ Shouting Continues ]

40
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Lermontov !
Lermontov !

41
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[ Crowd Cheering ]

42
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- [ Man Whistles ]
- Livy !

43
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- Good old Livy !
- Good old Livy !

44
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We know him.

45
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- Do you remember my Scythian rhapsody ?
- Forget it.

46
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That's it, your rhapsody.
That's the maestoso to it.

47
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- Must be an accident.
- Did you show him your rhapsody ?

48
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- l show him all my work.
- You don't think that he lifted it ?

49
00:08:02,162 --> 00:08:04,687
- Of course not.
- Shhh.

50
00:09:09,162 --> 00:09:11,357
She's a great patron
of the arts.

51
00:09:23,276 --> 00:09:25,210
Vicky.

52
00:09:26,946 --> 00:09:28,880
Vicky !

53
00:09:40,894 --> 00:09:44,921
Vicky, Lermontov's coming.

54
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l say, that's yours
too, isn't it ?

55
00:09:58,278 --> 00:10:00,439
Yes.

56
00:10:42,989 --> 00:10:45,583
[ Music Stops, Applause ]

57
00:11:05,278 --> 00:11:07,610
Steady on, old boy.

58
00:11:07,680 --> 00:11:09,978
Well, what are you
waiting for ?

59
00:11:10,049 --> 00:11:12,142
- Shhh !
- Quiet.

60
00:11:20,026 --> 00:11:22,119
Please, do you mind ?

61
00:11:22,195 --> 00:11:24,493
[ Crowd Grumbling ]

62
00:11:25,932 --> 00:11:27,866
Oh, really !

63
00:11:33,639 --> 00:11:36,199
[ Chattering ]

64
00:11:37,343 --> 00:11:39,277
Oh.

65
00:11:39,345 --> 00:11:42,143
Ah, dear Professor Palmer,
we're all very proud of you...

66
00:11:42,215 --> 00:11:44,479
and l hope you're
very proud of yourself.

67
00:11:44,550 --> 00:11:46,643
You're too kind.
Lady Neston, Mr. Lermontov.

68
00:11:46,719 --> 00:11:49,483
- So we meet the great man at last.
- Enchante, madame.

69
00:11:49,555 --> 00:11:52,319
Well, l never imagined l should
succeed in getting you here.

70
00:11:52,392 --> 00:11:54,917
l think l must be
a very clever woman.

71
00:11:54,994 --> 00:11:59,226
[ Chattering ]

72
00:12:05,538 --> 00:12:08,837
lf some fat harridan
is going to sing, l must go.

73
00:12:08,908 --> 00:12:10,842
l can't bear amateurs.

74
00:12:10,910 --> 00:12:13,640
- Neither can Lady Neston.
- What do you mean ?

75
00:12:13,713 --> 00:12:18,173
She has, l believe, a niece
who dances professionally.

76
00:12:24,924 --> 00:12:29,452
Hello, Professor.
Now please don't get up, Mr. Lermontov.

77
00:12:30,763 --> 00:12:34,096
Now, are you prepared
for a surprise ?

78
00:12:34,167 --> 00:12:37,000
Do you mean a surprise,
Lady Neston, or a shock ?

79
00:12:37,070 --> 00:12:40,335
Well, to take the plunge,

80
00:12:40,406 --> 00:12:43,842
l've asked my niece
to dance for us tonight.

81
00:12:43,910 --> 00:12:46,902
- What would you call that ?
- A shock.

82
00:12:48,514 --> 00:12:51,950
Oh, well, you're
certainly very candid.

83
00:12:52,018 --> 00:12:53,952
You know, Mr. Lermontov,

84
00:12:54,020 --> 00:12:58,457
l wouldn't dream of boring
you with the performance of an amateur.

85
00:12:58,524 --> 00:13:02,483
My niece has been dancing
leading roles for some time now.

86
00:13:02,562 --> 00:13:05,759
The critics think
very highly of her work.

87
00:13:05,832 --> 00:13:08,699
How would you define ''ballet,''
Lady Neston ?

88
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Mm, well...
[ Nervous Chuckle ]

89
00:13:11,037 --> 00:13:14,131
one might call it
the poetry of motion, perhaps, or--

90
00:13:14,207 --> 00:13:18,166
One might, but for me,
it is a great deal more.

91
00:13:18,244 --> 00:13:21,008
For me,
it is a religion.

92
00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:24,880
And one doesn't really care
to see one's religion practiced...

93
00:13:24,951 --> 00:13:28,512
in an atmosphere
such as this.

94
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l hope you understand.

95
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Attractive brute.

96
00:14:15,067 --> 00:14:17,900
Mmm, l'll have a champagne
cocktail, please.

97
00:14:17,970 --> 00:14:19,995
- Yes, sir.
- Champagne cocktail, please.

98
00:14:20,072 --> 00:14:22,700
Yes, madam.

99
00:14:25,344 --> 00:14:28,507
You know, at parties,
everybody's supposed to be very happy.

100
00:14:32,118 --> 00:14:35,053
But perhaps you dislike them
as much as l do.

101
00:14:37,089 --> 00:14:39,284
Still, as parties go, l think
it might have been worse.

102
00:14:39,358 --> 00:14:43,192
- Do you ?
- lt very nearly was a great deal worse.

103
00:14:43,262 --> 00:14:45,355
- Oh ?
- Thank you.

104
00:14:45,431 --> 00:14:48,696
We were, it appears, to be treated
to a little dancing exhibition.

105
00:14:48,768 --> 00:14:51,703
But now l understand
we are to be spared that horror.

106
00:14:51,771 --> 00:14:54,797
Mr. Lermontov,
l am that horror.

107
00:14:58,044 --> 00:15:00,945
Mmm.
[ Chuckles ]

108
00:15:01,013 --> 00:15:03,243
lt's a bit late
for apologies, isn't it ?

109
00:15:03,316 --> 00:15:05,250
Yes, a little late,
l think.

110
00:15:06,752 --> 00:15:09,312
All the same, l'm sorry.
l'm terribly sorry.

111
00:15:09,388 --> 00:15:13,484
But you're not sorry l didn't dance,
are you ? May l ask why ?

112
00:15:13,559 --> 00:15:16,585
- Well, because, my dear Miss--
- Victoria Page.

113
00:15:16,662 --> 00:15:19,597
My dear Miss Page, if l accept
an invitation to a party,

114
00:15:19,665 --> 00:15:22,327
l do not expect to find myself
at an audition.

115
00:15:26,672 --> 00:15:28,970
Yes, you're quite right.

116
00:15:32,044 --> 00:15:34,171
Why do you want to dance ?

117
00:15:37,617 --> 00:15:40,051
Why do you want to live ?

118
00:15:40,119 --> 00:15:45,022
Well, l don't know
exactly why, but l must.

119
00:15:45,091 --> 00:15:48,117
That's my answer too.

120
00:15:50,963 --> 00:15:53,124
- [ Music Stops, Applause ]
- Come with me.

121
00:15:53,199 --> 00:15:55,724
- Where to ?
- We are going to have a little talk.

122
00:15:55,801 --> 00:15:58,235
But l don't think
l want to talk to you.

123
00:15:58,304 --> 00:16:00,738
Don't you worry.
l'll do the talking.

124
00:16:09,782 --> 00:16:12,012
[ Doorbell Buzzes ]

125
00:16:14,387 --> 00:16:16,753
[ Julian ]
Can l see Mr. Lermontov now, please ?

126
00:16:16,822 --> 00:16:18,756
What is it, Dimitri ?

127
00:16:18,824 --> 00:16:21,759
lt is a young man called Craster.
He has been here a hundred times,

128
00:16:21,827 --> 00:16:24,921
and 100 times l have told him you are
asleep, but he will not believe me.

129
00:16:24,997 --> 00:16:28,763
Then either you are a very bad liar,
or Mr. Craster is a man of good sense.

130
00:16:28,834 --> 00:16:31,598
Show him in
and serve breakfast.

131
00:16:34,740 --> 00:16:36,674
Mr. Craster.

132
00:16:54,193 --> 00:16:56,354
What can l do for you,
Mr. Craster ?

133
00:16:56,429 --> 00:16:59,091
l'm sorry to bother you,
Mr. Lermontov,

134
00:16:59,165 --> 00:17:02,032
but it's a matter of very
great importance to me.

135
00:17:02,101 --> 00:17:03,568
Yes ?

136
00:17:03,636 --> 00:17:05,934
Last night
l wrote you a letter.

137
00:17:06,005 --> 00:17:09,941
lt was a silly letter, and l'd like to
have it back before you read it, please.

138
00:17:10,009 --> 00:17:11,943
l see.

139
00:17:15,314 --> 00:17:17,145
That's the one.

140
00:17:19,051 --> 00:17:22,578
Unfortunately, Mr. Craster,
l have already read this letter.

141
00:17:22,655 --> 00:17:24,589
Oh.

142
00:17:26,292 --> 00:17:28,351
Mr. Lermontov, please.

143
00:17:28,427 --> 00:17:31,089
You are one of
Professor Palmer's pupils.

144
00:17:31,163 --> 00:17:34,326
You say you've written
a string quartet and a piano concerto.

145
00:17:34,400 --> 00:17:36,664
Yes.

146
00:17:36,736 --> 00:17:40,672
Very interesting.
Would you care to play me something ?

147
00:17:40,740 --> 00:17:43,538
Something of your own,
l mean.

148
00:17:44,844 --> 00:17:46,778
Of course, if you wish it.

149
00:17:58,524 --> 00:18:01,618
This is a study
l wrote for the piano.

150
00:18:06,966 --> 00:18:09,366
But l'm thinking
of orchestrating it...

151
00:18:09,435 --> 00:18:12,268
and putting it into
an opera l'm working on.

152
00:18:46,806 --> 00:18:50,970
What, are you finished already ?
That was very interesting.

153
00:18:51,043 --> 00:18:54,137
l hope l haven't
ruined your breakfast.

154
00:18:54,213 --> 00:18:56,147
By the way,

155
00:18:56,215 --> 00:18:59,275
l need a new coach
for the orchestra.

156
00:18:59,351 --> 00:19:01,683
Would the idea interest you ?

157
00:19:01,754 --> 00:19:04,587
Would it interest--

158
00:19:04,657 --> 00:19:07,592
l shouldn't be able to pay you
much money at first, of course--

159
00:19:07,660 --> 00:19:09,594
eight pounds a week
and expenses.

160
00:19:11,964 --> 00:19:14,091
lt would be
absolutely marvelous.

161
00:19:14,166 --> 00:19:17,624
Then get yourself some breakfast
and come over to Covent Garden.

162
00:19:17,703 --> 00:19:19,933
Thank you.

163
00:19:20,005 --> 00:19:22,701
And your letter, Mr. Craster.

164
00:19:26,612 --> 00:19:28,546
lf you take my advice,

165
00:19:30,950 --> 00:19:33,851
you'll destroy it immediately
and forget all about it.

166
00:19:38,457 --> 00:19:41,449
The Heart of Fire
is your work, isn't it ?

167
00:19:43,028 --> 00:19:46,122
You see, Mr. Craster, these things
mostly happen unintentionally.

168
00:19:46,198 --> 00:19:49,133
- l know. That's why--
- That's why it is worth remembering...

169
00:19:49,201 --> 00:19:53,763
that it is much more disheartening
to have to steal...

170
00:19:53,839 --> 00:19:56,899
than to be
stolen from, hmm ?

171
00:20:00,379 --> 00:20:02,313
Good morning.

172
00:20:10,256 --> 00:20:13,191
[ Vendors Chattering ]

173
00:20:13,259 --> 00:20:16,319
♪♪ [ Vendor Singing, lndistinct ]

174
00:20:19,832 --> 00:20:24,667
♪ Never mind the abuse
You have a new excuse ♪

175
00:20:24,737 --> 00:20:29,606
♪ You went to Covent Garden
in the morning ♪♪

176
00:20:29,675 --> 00:20:31,108
What a corker !

177
00:20:31,176 --> 00:20:34,407
[ lndistinct Shouting ]

178
00:20:36,549 --> 00:20:40,178
Of course l tried to get her.
l tried to get her twice. Ta-ta.

179
00:20:40,252 --> 00:20:42,186
Here you are, son.

180
00:20:42,254 --> 00:20:44,518
Hey ! You'll pardon me.

181
00:20:44,590 --> 00:20:46,854
This is the way
to the stage, isn't it ?

182
00:20:46,926 --> 00:20:48,860
- Name ?
- Julian Craster.

183
00:20:48,928 --> 00:20:50,896
- What name ?
- Julian Craster.

184
00:20:50,963 --> 00:20:52,897
Not on the list.

185
00:21:01,273 --> 00:21:03,707
- Lunch, lrina ?
- Yes.

186
00:21:03,776 --> 00:21:06,540
- But l have an appointment.
- l'm sorry, but l've got my job to do.

187
00:21:06,612 --> 00:21:08,773
lt's not likely he would
ask me to come here--

188
00:21:08,847 --> 00:21:11,645
- Good morning, George.
- Oh, bonjour, madame.

189
00:21:11,717 --> 00:21:15,983
- How is Madame George ?
- Oh, she is tres jaloux.

190
00:21:16,055 --> 00:21:20,924
Very jealous. That bit of a photograph
we had took together. Compris ?

191
00:21:20,993 --> 00:21:23,052
Oh, here we are.

192
00:21:23,128 --> 00:21:25,892
They've been looking
all over London for you.

193
00:21:25,965 --> 00:21:27,899
- Ah !
- That's what l said.

194
00:21:27,967 --> 00:21:30,697
- How long do you expect me to wait ?
- l'll send for the S.M.

195
00:21:30,769 --> 00:21:33,169
What is your name, young man ?

196
00:21:33,238 --> 00:21:37,732
Julian Craster. l have an appointment
with Mr. Lermontov.

197
00:21:37,810 --> 00:21:39,835
Julian Cra-- Cras--

198
00:21:39,912 --> 00:21:41,846
- Craster.
- Craster.

199
00:21:41,914 --> 00:21:46,942
Well, if this young man is invited by
Mr. Lermontov, you can pass him, yes ?

200
00:21:47,019 --> 00:21:51,513
Ca va by me, madame.
Ca va by me.

201
00:21:51,590 --> 00:21:53,683
Follow me, young man.

202
00:21:57,329 --> 00:21:59,263
- Est ce que vous--
- Comment ?

203
00:21:59,331 --> 00:22:02,391
- Are you a dancer ?
- Yes, at night.

204
00:22:02,468 --> 00:22:04,527
Not very much
in the morning.

205
00:22:04,603 --> 00:22:07,265
- l don't know very much about ballet.
- You are artiste ?

206
00:22:07,339 --> 00:22:09,705
Yes, l'm a composer.

207
00:22:09,775 --> 00:22:13,074
Ahh, and you wish
to see who ?

208
00:22:13,145 --> 00:22:15,511
Well, l'm afraid
l'm not quite sure.

209
00:22:15,581 --> 00:22:18,778
They are all there.
Make your choice.

210
00:22:25,858 --> 00:22:28,827
Excuse me. Can you tell me
who's in charge here ?

211
00:22:28,894 --> 00:22:31,988
No idea, mate. There's about five
or six of 'em that thinks they are.

212
00:22:32,064 --> 00:22:35,329
- Can you tell me who's in charge here ?
- Don't ask me anything.

213
00:22:35,401 --> 00:22:39,735
l'm just somebody's mother,
and that doesn't mean much around here.

214
00:22:43,709 --> 00:22:45,973
Can you tell me
who's in charge here ?

215
00:22:46,045 --> 00:22:48,639
ln charge of what ?

216
00:22:48,714 --> 00:22:50,978
Mr. Lermontov asked me
to come here this morning.

217
00:22:51,050 --> 00:22:52,984
- Why ?
- He's engaged me.

218
00:22:53,052 --> 00:22:55,816
- Not as a dancer, l hope.
- No.

219
00:22:55,888 --> 00:22:58,322
Allons, mes enfants.
Au boulot !

220
00:22:59,858 --> 00:23:01,792
And--

221
00:23:04,763 --> 00:23:07,698
Well, Mr. Ratov,
Mr. Ljubov wants it moved.

222
00:23:07,766 --> 00:23:10,997
lt's on the plan,
and there it stays.

223
00:23:11,070 --> 00:23:13,004
Well, if you say so.

224
00:23:13,072 --> 00:23:15,006
- Merci.
- Good morning, madame.

225
00:23:18,944 --> 00:23:24,177
Ah, here comes the great
Boronskaja at last.

226
00:23:24,249 --> 00:23:27,685
And today she's
only 43 minutes late.

227
00:23:27,753 --> 00:23:31,519
Am l supposed to congratulate
myself on that ?

228
00:23:33,592 --> 00:23:36,186
l tell you, lrina,
my patience is at an end.

229
00:23:36,261 --> 00:23:39,025
This time l shall go to
Lermontov and explain to him...

230
00:23:39,098 --> 00:23:42,192
how no theater is big enough
to hold both you and me !

231
00:23:42,267 --> 00:23:45,202
- l might as well start packing.
- Oh, there is no hurry.

232
00:23:45,270 --> 00:23:48,637
After all, he might choose
to dispense with my services.

233
00:23:48,707 --> 00:23:50,641
He's quite crazy enough.

234
00:23:50,709 --> 00:23:54,304
But if we go, we go together,
Grischa darling. Promise ?

235
00:23:54,379 --> 00:23:56,313
Kuschka.

236
00:23:57,382 --> 00:23:59,612
- Who are you ?
- Victoria Page.

237
00:23:59,685 --> 00:24:03,018
l expect Mr. Lermontov
has spoken to you about me.

238
00:24:03,088 --> 00:24:06,057
- He's invited me to come here--
- Oh, this is too much.

239
00:24:06,125 --> 00:24:08,593
He invites them.
l teach them.

240
00:24:08,660 --> 00:24:11,424
l get rid of them.
He forgets them.

241
00:24:11,497 --> 00:24:15,490
And now, unhappy girl, will you please
go to the far corner of the stage...

242
00:24:15,567 --> 00:24:18,559
where you'll meet five
other young ladies...

243
00:24:18,637 --> 00:24:23,870
to whom Mr. Lermontov
has also extended his hospitality.

244
00:24:25,110 --> 00:24:29,570
Jackie ! Jackie !
Encore !

245
00:24:35,654 --> 00:24:38,122
Quiet, please !

246
00:24:39,691 --> 00:24:44,560
l want to rehearse the first act
of Heart of Fire.

247
00:24:44,630 --> 00:24:47,531
Will everybody not concerned
leave the stage, please ?

248
00:24:47,599 --> 00:24:50,227
[ Dimitri ]
Hurry along, boys. Stand back.

249
00:24:50,302 --> 00:24:52,964
[ Chattering ]

250
00:24:55,007 --> 00:24:57,999
ls that so ?
Well, l agree.

251
00:25:01,180 --> 00:25:03,273
Where are you going,
my dear ?

252
00:25:03,348 --> 00:25:05,509
l'm going to talk
to Mr. Lermontov.

253
00:25:05,584 --> 00:25:09,281
Don't you think it would be better
to wait until after the rehearsal ?

254
00:25:09,354 --> 00:25:12,289
Oh, no, that's all right.
You see, l know him personally.

255
00:25:12,357 --> 00:25:15,451
Oh, well, that makes
all the difference, of course.

256
00:25:15,527 --> 00:25:17,461
- Ratov !
- Yes, Boris ?

257
00:25:17,529 --> 00:25:20,464
No, stay where you are.
l'll come up.

258
00:25:22,134 --> 00:25:25,069
♪♪ [ Musicians Tuning lnstruments ]

259
00:25:29,575 --> 00:25:31,509
Good morning, Mr. Lermontov.

260
00:25:31,577 --> 00:25:33,511
- Good morning, Ratov.
- Boris.

261
00:25:33,579 --> 00:25:37,015
Look here, we must do something
about this foreground piece.

262
00:25:37,082 --> 00:25:40,518
The girls last night had hardly room
to move. Ljubov was right, after all.

263
00:25:40,586 --> 00:25:43,350
- Aha, Ljubov--
- Ljubov is always right. We know.

264
00:25:43,422 --> 00:25:45,652
- Do you really think so ?
- Yes.

265
00:25:45,724 --> 00:25:48,921
Well, well, well.
Take it away.

266
00:25:48,994 --> 00:25:50,928
Take it away.

267
00:25:56,235 --> 00:26:00,228
Well, you see, my dear,
Mr. Lermontov is a very busy man.

268
00:26:00,305 --> 00:26:04,799
Now, why don't you go and wait
over there with the others ?

269
00:26:04,877 --> 00:26:06,811
- lvan, are you ready ?
- Yes.

270
00:26:06,879 --> 00:26:08,813
Yes, l will.

271
00:26:08,881 --> 00:26:11,008
- Sergei Sergeivitch.
- Yes ?

272
00:26:11,083 --> 00:26:13,347
Are you acquainted
with either the works...

273
00:26:13,418 --> 00:26:16,353
or person of Julian Craster,
composer and conductor ?

274
00:26:16,421 --> 00:26:18,514
- No.
- Nor l,

275
00:26:18,590 --> 00:26:22,048
which proves, my dear fellow,
how sadly we lag behind the times.

276
00:26:22,127 --> 00:26:24,595
For here he is in our midst.
[ Blows Nose ]

277
00:26:24,663 --> 00:26:27,393
Lermontov has engaged him
this morning.

278
00:26:59,765 --> 00:27:01,665
[ Speaks French ]

279
00:27:02,868 --> 00:27:05,860
♪♪ [ Piano Continues ]

280
00:27:11,877 --> 00:27:13,811
Chin up.

281
00:27:24,589 --> 00:27:26,682
Class dismissed.

282
00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:45,601
♪♪ [ Orchestra Practicing ]

283
00:27:49,014 --> 00:27:52,541
♪ Da-dee-dee-dee-dee
Da-da-da-da-da-da ♪

284
00:27:52,617 --> 00:27:55,415
♪ Da-dum, dee-dee
Da-da-dum, dum ♪

285
00:27:55,487 --> 00:27:59,548
♪ Da-dee, dum ♪

286
00:27:59,624 --> 00:28:02,218
No, gentlemen.
Figure 29, sing.

287
00:28:02,294 --> 00:28:05,752
- ♪ Tee-ah, dee-- ♪
- l think that will do.

288
00:28:05,831 --> 00:28:08,299
Thank you, gentlemen.

289
00:28:08,367 --> 00:28:11,302
The brass could do
with your attention, Craster.

290
00:28:11,370 --> 00:28:13,304
Tomorrow.

291
00:28:20,746 --> 00:28:23,806
♪♪ [ Musicians Tuning lnstruments ]

292
00:28:27,919 --> 00:28:31,218
Gentlemen, l'm very sorry to bring you
here so early in the morning.

293
00:28:31,289 --> 00:28:33,223
[ Bassoon Blows Note ]

294
00:28:33,291 --> 00:28:36,488
But l've been in front for this ballet
on more than one occasion,

295
00:28:36,561 --> 00:28:38,654
and l really must--

296
00:28:42,067 --> 00:28:44,763
There are one or two things
l really must put right.

297
00:28:44,836 --> 00:28:48,431
So, um, Heart of Fire
overture, please.

298
00:28:50,442 --> 00:28:52,376
From the beginning.

299
00:28:53,445 --> 00:28:55,709
Oh, by the way, trumpets,

300
00:28:55,781 --> 00:28:58,648
two bars before figure two--

301
00:28:58,717 --> 00:29:01,447
Have you got
an ''E'' natural ?

302
00:29:01,520 --> 00:29:03,454
No, l've got an ''E'' flat.

303
00:29:03,522 --> 00:29:05,786
Ah, makes all
the difference, doesn't it ?

304
00:29:05,857 --> 00:29:09,349
lt should be ''E'' natural.
Right, from the beginning.

305
00:29:23,175 --> 00:29:25,234
l know it's difficult
to get your lips set,

306
00:29:25,310 --> 00:29:27,642
but we ought to be able
to come in together.

307
00:29:27,712 --> 00:29:30,340
And even more pianissimo.
Less strings.

308
00:29:30,415 --> 00:29:32,349
''A'' oboe.

309
00:29:32,417 --> 00:29:36,376
[ Oboe Blows Note,
Other lnstruments Tuning ]

310
00:29:39,458 --> 00:29:41,858
From the beginning, please.

311
00:30:09,988 --> 00:30:13,754
- That's nice.
- Mr. Craster !

312
00:30:13,825 --> 00:30:16,419
Precisely what is going on ?

313
00:30:16,495 --> 00:30:19,430
l can only suppose that you've
taken leave of your senses.

314
00:30:19,498 --> 00:30:22,763
Do you realize that by calling
the orchestra one hour early,

315
00:30:22,834 --> 00:30:24,768
we shall have to pay them ?

316
00:30:24,836 --> 00:30:27,862
And why are you rehearsing
Heart of Fire ?

317
00:30:27,939 --> 00:30:31,102
Did l ever ask you to do that ?
Tell me. l'm interested.

318
00:30:31,176 --> 00:30:34,942
- Well--
- l'm sure Mr. Lermontov will be too.

319
00:30:37,082 --> 00:30:39,016
Well ?

320
00:30:39,084 --> 00:30:41,279
- l like it.
- You like it ?

321
00:30:41,353 --> 00:30:44,789
l have no doubt you also like the
national anthem and the ''Marseillaise.''

322
00:30:44,856 --> 00:30:48,087
l hope you're not thinking of summoning
the full orchestra at dawn...

323
00:30:48,160 --> 00:30:50,424
to practice those
noble melodies.

324
00:30:50,495 --> 00:30:52,429
[ Musicians Laugh ]

325
00:30:52,497 --> 00:30:55,091
Well, l'll leave this young
man to you, Lermontov.

326
00:30:55,167 --> 00:30:59,035
After all, he is your
discovery, not mine.

327
00:30:59,104 --> 00:31:02,437
Mr. Craster, l must ask you
to exercise in future...

328
00:31:02,507 --> 00:31:05,704
a little more control
over your natural ambitions.

329
00:31:05,777 --> 00:31:10,146
Why you should have chosen Heart of Fire
for this early morning escapade--

330
00:31:10,215 --> 00:31:12,149
Good morning, gentlemen--

331
00:31:12,217 --> 00:31:15,380
is a mystery that
l shall never hope to solve.

332
00:31:15,453 --> 00:31:18,854
May l see that wrong note
in the score, please ?

333
00:31:21,626 --> 00:31:25,585
Mmm. However, there are
passages in Heart of Fire...

334
00:31:25,664 --> 00:31:28,792
which no one
need be ashamed of.

335
00:31:28,867 --> 00:31:30,835
Thank you,
Mr. Lermontov.

336
00:31:30,902 --> 00:31:33,462
[ Chattering ]

337
00:31:42,681 --> 00:31:44,706
Good morning, Miss Page.

338
00:31:44,783 --> 00:31:47,183
Oh, good morning, Evans.
ls Lord Oldham with you ?

339
00:31:47,252 --> 00:31:50,016
Yes, miss.
Be careful, miss.

340
00:31:52,257 --> 00:31:54,191
Good morning, Peter.

341
00:31:54,259 --> 00:31:56,284
Oh, hello, Vicky.
What are you doing here ?

342
00:31:56,361 --> 00:31:58,852
- What are you ?
- l'm having lunch with Boris Lermontov.

343
00:31:58,930 --> 00:32:01,023
You know, the fellow
who runs the ballet here.

344
00:32:01,099 --> 00:32:03,033
Oh. Business or pleasure ?

345
00:32:03,101 --> 00:32:05,865
Oh, a bit of both. What about you ?
Shopping or slumming ?

346
00:32:05,937 --> 00:32:09,839
Now don't you worry, Grischa.
l'll bring her back at 3:00.

347
00:32:12,043 --> 00:32:14,375
- How are you, madame ?
- How are you ?

348
00:32:14,446 --> 00:32:17,108
Hello, Peter. l hope
we haven't kept you waiting.

349
00:32:17,182 --> 00:32:20,049
No, not at all. Oh, Boris, l don't
think you've met a friend of mine.

350
00:32:20,118 --> 00:32:22,177
- Vicky Page.
- How do you do ?

351
00:32:25,890 --> 00:32:28,484
- Can we give you a lift anywhere ?
- No, thank you, Peter.

352
00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:30,494
Excuse me, Miss Page.

353
00:32:33,398 --> 00:32:36,162
[ Lermontov ]
Who ? Victoria Page ?

354
00:32:36,234 --> 00:32:39,897
Mm, yes, she may dance.

355
00:33:34,793 --> 00:33:36,852
[ Music Stops ]

356
00:34:16,701 --> 00:34:18,635
[ Record Scratches ]

357
00:34:51,469 --> 00:34:54,529
[ Chattering ]

358
00:34:54,606 --> 00:34:57,541
Good morning,
my dear young ladies.

359
00:34:57,609 --> 00:35:00,544
l hope l find you all
very well this morning.

360
00:35:00,612 --> 00:35:03,706
There are just one or two things
l would like to say to you today.

361
00:35:03,782 --> 00:35:06,342
As you know, the ballet is
leaving on Saturday for Paris.

362
00:35:06,418 --> 00:35:10,115
l can't imagine anything more
enchanting than being able...

363
00:35:10,188 --> 00:35:12,383
to invite all of you
to accompany us there.

364
00:35:12,457 --> 00:35:15,392
But l'm afraid this great
pleasure must be denied me.

365
00:35:15,460 --> 00:35:18,395
To those whom we must
regretfully leave behind...

366
00:35:18,463 --> 00:35:21,899
l'd like to say just this, please.
Don't be discouraged.

367
00:35:21,966 --> 00:35:25,902
The fact that we can't take you with us
doesn't mean that you are bad dancers.

368
00:35:25,970 --> 00:35:30,202
lt means that this year, unfortunately,
we haven't got enough room.

369
00:35:30,275 --> 00:35:33,506
Now will you please step out,
Miss Fane, and you, Miss Baynes,

370
00:35:33,578 --> 00:35:36,513
and you, Miss Hardiman
and Miss Lovitt, please ?

371
00:35:39,584 --> 00:35:41,449
Yes.

372
00:35:41,519 --> 00:35:45,455
May l thank you four ladies very much
for the hard work you've done this year,

373
00:35:45,523 --> 00:35:48,617
and l'm sure my gratitude
is echoed here by Mr. Ljubov.

374
00:35:48,693 --> 00:35:51,821
Yes, and maybe next year
we shall be meeting you again.

375
00:35:51,896 --> 00:35:53,887
Good morning.

376
00:35:53,965 --> 00:35:55,899
[ Dancer ]
Vicky, he means us !

377
00:35:55,967 --> 00:35:58,936
[ Train Whistle Blows ]

378
00:36:02,674 --> 00:36:05,234
[ Horns Honking ]

379
00:36:11,082 --> 00:36:14,017
[ Chattering ln French ]

380
00:37:28,860 --> 00:37:30,953
[ Music Stops ]

381
00:37:32,664 --> 00:37:36,828
Listen, mes amies.

382
00:37:36,901 --> 00:37:40,667
l am fiancee.
l get married.

383
00:37:40,738 --> 00:37:44,538
- [ Dancers Gasp ]
- My dear child.

384
00:37:44,609 --> 00:37:48,545
All my love and best wishes
for your happiness.

385
00:37:50,715 --> 00:37:53,616
[ Chattering ]

386
00:37:55,587 --> 00:37:57,555
lrina, my little horror,

387
00:37:57,622 --> 00:38:00,819
l wish you the greatest
happiness with your new partner.

388
00:38:00,892 --> 00:38:03,156
Merci, but Grischa--
Where is Grischa ?

389
00:38:03,227 --> 00:38:06,025
- l am here, lrina.
- Grischa darling, do you hate me ?

390
00:38:06,097 --> 00:38:10,625
l could never hate you, lrina,
but how can l ever forgive you ?

391
00:38:10,702 --> 00:38:13,398
Ah, but you will
forgive me, that l know.

392
00:38:13,471 --> 00:38:17,271
Don't quarrel with your husband as much
as you've quarreled with your conductor.

393
00:38:17,342 --> 00:38:21,972
Where is Boris Lermontov ?
He has nothing to say to me ?

394
00:38:22,046 --> 00:38:23,980
Boris !

395
00:38:27,385 --> 00:38:31,048
He has no heart,
that man.

396
00:38:56,514 --> 00:38:58,641
[ Knock At Door ]

397
00:39:10,395 --> 00:39:12,329
Entrez.

398
00:39:14,165 --> 00:39:16,793
Mr. Craster,
l have a job for you.

399
00:39:16,868 --> 00:39:18,802
Good.

400
00:39:18,870 --> 00:39:23,102
Do l understand you have not been
altogether very happy with us so far ?

401
00:39:23,174 --> 00:39:25,301
- Well, l--
- Well, what ?

402
00:39:25,376 --> 00:39:30,313
Well, coaching an orchestra is not
exactly a young composer's dream.

403
00:39:30,381 --> 00:39:35,318
The job l have for you may not be
exactly a young composer's dream either.

404
00:39:35,386 --> 00:39:40,153
All the same, l hope you do not consider
it entirely unworthy of your talents.

405
00:39:44,662 --> 00:39:48,428
The ballet of The Red Shoes
is from a fairy tale--

406
00:39:48,499 --> 00:39:51,798
[ Continues, lndistinct ]

407
00:39:54,872 --> 00:39:56,931
...of red shoes.

408
00:40:00,878 --> 00:40:02,937
Oh, l beg your pardon.

409
00:40:04,115 --> 00:40:06,140
The ballet of The Red Shoes...

410
00:40:06,217 --> 00:40:09,277
is from the fairy tale
by Hans Andersen.

411
00:40:09,353 --> 00:40:12,345
'Tis the story of a girl
who's devoured by an ambition...

412
00:40:12,423 --> 00:40:16,154
to attend a dance
in a pair of red shoes.

413
00:40:16,227 --> 00:40:18,957
She gets the shoes,
goes to the dance--

414
00:40:19,030 --> 00:40:22,693
At first, all goes well
and she's very happy.

415
00:40:22,767 --> 00:40:25,702
At the end of the evening,
she gets tired...

416
00:40:25,770 --> 00:40:27,795
and wants to go home.

417
00:40:30,074 --> 00:40:33,407
But the red shoes...

418
00:40:33,478 --> 00:40:35,878
are not tired.

419
00:40:35,947 --> 00:40:39,075
ln fact, the red shoes
are never tired.

420
00:40:39,150 --> 00:40:42,517
They dance her
out into the streets.

421
00:40:42,587 --> 00:40:45,215
They dance her over
the mountains and valleys,

422
00:40:45,289 --> 00:40:48,349
through fields and forests,
through night and day.

423
00:40:51,462 --> 00:40:53,396
Time rushes by.

424
00:40:53,464 --> 00:40:55,557
Love rushes by.

425
00:40:55,633 --> 00:40:58,295
Life rushes by.

426
00:40:59,637 --> 00:41:02,800
But the red shoes dance on.

427
00:41:04,208 --> 00:41:07,041
- What happens in the end ?
- Oh, in the end she dies.

428
00:41:07,111 --> 00:41:10,103
- Yes, l remember.
- The music was by Felipe T. Bertran.

429
00:41:10,181 --> 00:41:13,742
He did it for us last year
during our South American tour.

430
00:41:13,818 --> 00:41:16,878
You'll find here some passages
marked with a blue pencil.

431
00:41:16,954 --> 00:41:19,422
They are bad, and l would
like to see, Mr. Craster,

432
00:41:19,490 --> 00:41:22,755
what you can do in the way
of a little... rewriting.

433
00:41:22,827 --> 00:41:25,921
- Oh.
- You can take your time.

434
00:41:25,997 --> 00:41:28,124
- There is no hurry.
- Thank you.

435
00:41:28,199 --> 00:41:30,599
[ Man Speaking French ]

436
00:41:30,668 --> 00:41:32,602
Oui, je viens.

437
00:41:32,670 --> 00:41:34,604
Thank you.

438
00:42:19,851 --> 00:42:24,083
Ah, look at our Boronskaja.
She's in wonderful form tonight.

439
00:42:24,155 --> 00:42:27,318
l'm not interested
in Boronskaja's form anymore,

440
00:42:27,391 --> 00:42:31,327
nor any other prima ballerina
who's imbecile enough to get married.

441
00:42:31,395 --> 00:42:33,420
Oh, come now, Boris.

442
00:42:33,497 --> 00:42:36,432
[ Lermontov ]
She's out, finished.

443
00:42:40,905 --> 00:42:43,499
You cannot have it
both ways.

444
00:42:43,574 --> 00:42:47,567
The dancer who relies upon the doubtful
comforts of human love...

445
00:42:47,645 --> 00:42:51,012
will never be
a great dancer.

446
00:42:51,082 --> 00:42:53,016
Never.

447
00:43:02,994 --> 00:43:05,929
That is all very fine,
Boris, very pure and fine,

448
00:43:05,997 --> 00:43:08,192
but you can't alter
human nature.

449
00:43:08,266 --> 00:43:11,463
No ? l think you can do
even better than that.

450
00:43:11,535 --> 00:43:13,469
You can ignore it.

451
00:43:15,539 --> 00:43:18,872
[ Train Announcements ln French ]

452
00:43:24,482 --> 00:43:26,916
[ Speaking French ]

453
00:43:31,989 --> 00:43:34,924
[ Train Announcements ln French ]

454
00:43:40,498 --> 00:43:42,591
Boris.

455
00:43:42,667 --> 00:43:44,157
Adieu.

456
00:43:48,139 --> 00:43:52,974
Well, lrina, now you'll be able
to sleep as long as you like...

457
00:43:53,044 --> 00:43:55,444
and eat sweets all day...

458
00:43:55,513 --> 00:43:58,209
and go to parties every night.

459
00:43:58,282 --> 00:44:03,242
And you, now you will be calm.
The class will start on time.

460
00:44:03,321 --> 00:44:07,348
No more shouting.
No more hysteria backstage.

461
00:44:07,425 --> 00:44:09,985
- No more--
- No more lrina.

462
00:44:10,061 --> 00:44:12,791
- [ Whistle Blows ]
- [ Both Crying ]

463
00:44:15,099 --> 00:44:18,193
[ Dancers Shouting ]

464
00:44:33,884 --> 00:44:37,547
Ah, Monsieur Lermontov.
[ Speaking ln French ]

465
00:44:48,299 --> 00:44:50,233
Miss Page.

466
00:44:51,869 --> 00:44:53,837
Are you very tired ?

467
00:44:53,904 --> 00:44:57,533
Yes, thank you.
l mean, l'm not very tired.

468
00:44:57,608 --> 00:45:01,271
Messieurs, je vous presente
Miss Victoria Page.

469
00:45:01,345 --> 00:45:03,643
Monsieur Boudin,
le directeur general de l'opera.

470
00:45:03,714 --> 00:45:06,148
- Mes hommages.
- Monsieur Rideaut, le regisseur.

471
00:45:06,217 --> 00:45:08,151
Enchante,
mademoiselle.

472
00:45:08,219 --> 00:45:12,451
You have already visited
Monte Carlo, mademoiselle ?

473
00:45:12,523 --> 00:45:14,650
Yes, l was here
last season with my aunt.

474
00:45:14,725 --> 00:45:17,353
Oh, then you know
the Hotel de Paris ?

475
00:45:17,428 --> 00:45:19,362
Yes, but l believe
l'm staying--

476
00:45:19,430 --> 00:45:22,456
Hotel de Paris. You'll be
very comfortable there.

477
00:45:37,915 --> 00:45:42,443
La voiture de Monsieur Lermontov
vous attende, Miss Page.

478
00:45:49,260 --> 00:45:51,421
Bonsoir, mademoiselle.

479
00:46:56,427 --> 00:46:58,622
Montez, mademoiselle.

480
00:47:17,581 --> 00:47:20,516
♪♪ [ Man Singing Opera ]

481
00:48:15,239 --> 00:48:17,434
You look dressed up
for a conference.

482
00:48:17,508 --> 00:48:19,601
Hello. ls there
a conference on ?

483
00:48:19,677 --> 00:48:23,477
Yes. They're all arguing in there.
l've been here since 7:00.

484
00:48:23,547 --> 00:48:27,244
Oh, there you are, Miss Page.
Will you come in here, please ?

485
00:48:37,861 --> 00:48:41,558
l was just going out, Mr. Lermontov,
when l got your message.

486
00:48:50,941 --> 00:48:53,034
Miss Page...

487
00:48:53,110 --> 00:48:56,170
l have asked you
to come here tonight...

488
00:48:56,247 --> 00:48:59,580
because we are preparing
a new ballet,

489
00:48:59,650 --> 00:49:02,050
and l've decided
to give you a chance...

490
00:49:02,119 --> 00:49:05,247
and let you dance
the principal part in it.

491
00:49:05,322 --> 00:49:08,257
But there's one thing
l must tell you at once.

492
00:49:08,325 --> 00:49:10,850
My belief
in your possibilities...

493
00:49:10,928 --> 00:49:13,396
is not shared
by my colleagues here.

494
00:49:17,801 --> 00:49:20,395
However, it is hardly necessary
for me to add...

495
00:49:20,471 --> 00:49:22,769
that whatever their personal
belief may be,

496
00:49:22,840 --> 00:49:24,933
they will all give you
their best.

497
00:49:25,009 --> 00:49:27,739
The rest, of course,
is up to you.

498
00:49:29,046 --> 00:49:31,879
Well, Miss Page,
that's all.

499
00:49:31,949 --> 00:49:34,816
We shall start work
early tomorrow morning.

500
00:49:34,885 --> 00:49:39,584
l suggest you now forget all about
your party and go straight home to bed.

501
00:49:39,657 --> 00:49:41,921
Yes, l will.

502
00:49:46,864 --> 00:49:49,298
And, Miss Page...

503
00:49:50,968 --> 00:49:52,902
good luck.

504
00:49:52,970 --> 00:49:54,961
Thank you.

505
00:49:59,043 --> 00:50:01,603
Well, what happened ?

506
00:50:01,679 --> 00:50:04,580
l've got a part
in a new ballet.

507
00:50:04,648 --> 00:50:07,173
- ♪♪ [ Piano ]
- A new ballet ? What ballet ?

508
00:50:07,251 --> 00:50:09,481
The Red Shoes !

509
00:50:12,423 --> 00:50:16,154
Now listen to this, Mr. Craster.
lt is impossible.

510
00:50:16,226 --> 00:50:19,161
Well, l couldn't rewrite
that bit, could l ?

511
00:50:19,229 --> 00:50:21,697
- Why not ?
- You didn't blue pencil it.

512
00:50:21,765 --> 00:50:24,632
Horrors like that
don't need to be blue pencilled.

513
00:50:24,702 --> 00:50:27,637
Well, as a matter of fact,
l did have some ideas.

514
00:50:27,705 --> 00:50:30,299
Where are they, my dear fellow ?
We need a score.

515
00:50:30,374 --> 00:50:32,467
lf you'll allow me.

516
00:50:36,547 --> 00:50:38,481
Well, it's the church scene.

517
00:50:38,549 --> 00:50:40,813
Let's get rid of this
sentimental hymn tune...

518
00:50:40,884 --> 00:50:42,977
and take
a foursquare chorale.

519
00:50:43,053 --> 00:50:44,987
Something like this.

520
00:50:51,895 --> 00:50:55,490
Then, l thought, all the way through
we might have a church bell coming in.

521
00:50:55,566 --> 00:50:58,501
[ Playing Single Note ]

522
00:51:06,009 --> 00:51:08,705
All of a sudden,
the strings--

523
00:51:08,779 --> 00:51:12,044
♪♪ [ Humming ]

524
00:51:12,116 --> 00:51:15,381
Then as the priest appears,
it's taken up with the brass.

525
00:51:15,452 --> 00:51:19,252
♪ Bum, bum, bum
Bum-bum-bum ♪

526
00:51:19,323 --> 00:51:21,587
♪ Bum ♪♪

527
00:51:23,761 --> 00:51:26,696
Shall l play you
''The Dance of the Red Shoes'' ?

528
00:51:33,036 --> 00:51:35,971
Thank you, Mr. Craster.
Thank you.

529
00:51:39,877 --> 00:51:42,277
This time, l want you
to change everything.

530
00:51:42,346 --> 00:51:44,837
l want a new score.

531
00:51:44,915 --> 00:51:47,679
There you are,
Mr. Lermontov.

532
00:51:47,751 --> 00:51:50,447
And where's
the orchestration ?

533
00:51:50,521 --> 00:51:52,887
- When do you want it ?
- Yesterday.

534
00:51:52,956 --> 00:51:55,891
You said you wanted to work,
then go home and work.

535
00:51:55,959 --> 00:51:58,393
l don't want to see your face
until you've finished it.

536
00:51:58,462 --> 00:52:00,396
You won't.

537
00:52:23,787 --> 00:52:25,914
Why aren't you in bed ?

538
00:52:25,989 --> 00:52:28,457
Oh, you gave me
quite a fright.

539
00:52:28,525 --> 00:52:30,459
l meant to.

540
00:52:33,997 --> 00:52:35,931
Why aren't you in bed ?

541
00:52:35,999 --> 00:52:38,934
l was ordered to, but l was
much too excited to sleep.

542
00:52:39,002 --> 00:52:41,766
- So here l am.
- Are you ? l haven't seen you.

543
00:52:41,839 --> 00:52:44,899
-Thank you.
-By the way, you haven't seen me either.

544
00:52:44,975 --> 00:52:47,341
Has he sent you to bed too ?

545
00:52:47,411 --> 00:52:50,847
No, l'm just working
on the score of my new ballet,

546
00:52:50,914 --> 00:52:52,848
The Red Shoes.

547
00:52:52,916 --> 00:52:55,646
ls that my ballet too ?

548
00:52:55,719 --> 00:52:58,279
Yes, l suppose it is.

549
00:52:58,355 --> 00:53:01,256
[ Train Whistle Blowing ]

550
00:53:14,204 --> 00:53:17,139
l wonder what it feels like
to wake up in the morning...

551
00:53:17,207 --> 00:53:19,300
and find oneself famous.

552
00:53:19,376 --> 00:53:22,937
You're not likely to know
if you stay here talking much longer.

553
00:53:23,013 --> 00:53:25,743
So, good luck.

554
00:53:25,816 --> 00:53:27,750
Good luck.

555
00:53:30,787 --> 00:53:34,052
♪♪ [ Whistling ]

556
00:54:18,435 --> 00:54:20,801
She's putting
too much into it.

557
00:54:20,871 --> 00:54:23,032
Why don't you tell her,
Grischa ?

558
00:54:23,106 --> 00:54:25,370
Mind your own business.

559
00:54:25,442 --> 00:54:29,037
She has to dance with me at the
dance at the fair before this.

560
00:54:29,112 --> 00:54:31,080
And the big stuff
still to come.

561
00:54:31,148 --> 00:54:35,084
She can't dance everything full out.
She ought to know that.

562
00:54:35,152 --> 00:54:38,053
How do you expect her
to know it, lvan lvanovitch,

563
00:54:38,121 --> 00:54:41,750
if you never once dance full out
yourself before opening night ?

564
00:54:47,164 --> 00:54:50,395
Here are the designs
for the costumes, Boris.

565
00:54:50,467 --> 00:54:52,901
One moment. Sit down,
will you, please ?

566
00:54:56,373 --> 00:55:00,275
l'm so sorry, Mr. Ljubov. Something
will have to be done about the music.

567
00:55:00,344 --> 00:55:02,574
She starts the pirouette
a beat too early.

568
00:55:02,646 --> 00:55:04,841
The tempo's wrong.
lt's too fast.

569
00:55:04,915 --> 00:55:07,383
- lt's the right tempo.
- Of course.

570
00:55:07,451 --> 00:55:09,817
Once more !

571
00:55:15,659 --> 00:55:17,752
She'll be all right.

572
00:55:17,828 --> 00:55:19,762
l hope so.

573
00:55:19,830 --> 00:55:21,957
Still unconverted, Sergei ?

574
00:55:22,032 --> 00:55:25,900
Well, of course,
she's a charming girl, but--

575
00:55:25,969 --> 00:55:28,767
Oh, l know nothing about her charms,
and l care less.

576
00:55:28,839 --> 00:55:31,433
But l tell you,
they won't wait till the end.

577
00:55:31,508 --> 00:55:33,840
They'll applaud in the middle.

578
00:55:33,910 --> 00:55:36,674
- Oh, come now.
- Sergei, l'll take a bet.

579
00:55:36,747 --> 00:55:40,274
Oh, enough, enough !

580
00:55:40,350 --> 00:55:45,287
Miss Page, we are trying
to create something of beauty.

581
00:55:45,355 --> 00:55:48,347
While you continue to wave
your arms like a scarecrow...

582
00:55:48,425 --> 00:55:51,155
and bend your knees
like an old cart horse...

583
00:55:51,228 --> 00:55:53,719
we are unlikely to succeed !

584
00:55:56,900 --> 00:56:00,165
Well, well, it's a bet.

585
00:56:00,237 --> 00:56:03,297
[ Laughing ]
Come on, let me see your sketches.

586
00:56:05,575 --> 00:56:08,544
The girl.
[ Laughs ]

587
00:56:08,612 --> 00:56:12,605
[ Ljubov ]
Dejeuner. Rendezvous a 2:00.

588
00:56:21,258 --> 00:56:24,955
[ Speaking French ]

589
00:56:32,235 --> 00:56:35,432
[ Speaking French ]

590
00:56:46,249 --> 00:56:48,683
Do you still think
l can do it ?

591
00:56:48,752 --> 00:56:52,347
Well, at the moment, you look as if you
were finding it a little difficult.

592
00:56:52,422 --> 00:56:56,483
But when we open in two weeks, l hope
you'll find the whole thing simple.

593
00:56:57,894 --> 00:57:01,159
And don't forget, a great
impression of simplicity...

594
00:57:01,231 --> 00:57:05,167
can only be achieved by
great agony of body and spirit.

595
00:57:05,235 --> 00:57:07,897
- Voila.
- Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh.

596
00:57:07,971 --> 00:57:11,737
You don't want to ruin
your breathing, do you ?

597
00:57:13,577 --> 00:57:16,740
And from today, l've arranged that you
shall have your lunch in my office.

598
00:57:16,813 --> 00:57:18,747
Craster.

599
00:57:21,351 --> 00:57:24,684
[ Speaking French ]

600
00:57:24,755 --> 00:57:27,280
Now, will you sit
over there, please ?

601
00:57:27,357 --> 00:57:29,882
Merci. Mr. Craster,
at the piano.

602
00:57:29,960 --> 00:57:32,986
Do you usually have
a musical accompaniment to your meals ?

603
00:57:33,063 --> 00:57:35,031
No, Miss Page, l do not.

604
00:57:35,098 --> 00:57:38,226
But l'm afraid this is going to be
your fate for the next two weeks.

605
00:57:38,301 --> 00:57:41,236
Mr. Craster is going to play
The Red Shoes music...

606
00:57:41,304 --> 00:57:45,001
at every lunch, tea and dinner
you take until we open.

607
00:57:45,075 --> 00:57:47,066
l see.

608
00:57:47,144 --> 00:57:51,513
Yes. ln this way, you should become
quite familiar with the music.

609
00:57:51,581 --> 00:57:54,243
Yes, l think
l probably shall.

610
00:57:54,317 --> 00:57:57,514
The music is all that matters.
Nothing but the music.

611
00:57:57,587 --> 00:57:59,521
Huh ? Mr. Craster ?

612
00:57:59,589 --> 00:58:01,819
- Certainly.
- Bon appetit.

613
00:58:05,662 --> 00:58:08,096
Votre service,
mademoiselle.

614
00:58:11,835 --> 00:58:14,998
Some composers specialize
in lunchtime music, don't they ?

615
00:58:15,071 --> 00:58:17,039
Some.

616
00:58:17,107 --> 00:58:19,041
You ?

617
00:58:19,109 --> 00:58:21,100
ln my time.

618
00:58:28,185 --> 00:58:31,211
Look, do you mind not playing
that at the moment, please ?

619
00:58:31,288 --> 00:58:33,222
lt's the right tempo.

620
00:58:34,758 --> 00:58:37,090
Let's take
the ballroom scene.

621
00:58:37,160 --> 00:58:40,095
That's the most digestible
part of the score.

622
00:58:40,163 --> 00:58:43,098
The ballroom's out.
lt's been cut.

623
00:58:43,166 --> 00:58:46,761
Cut as a scene, but
it's still there in my score.

624
00:58:47,904 --> 00:58:50,031
l wrote this dance
for a ballroom.

625
00:58:50,106 --> 00:58:54,202
Anyone who understands anything
about music will see a ballroom.

626
00:59:03,286 --> 00:59:06,153
Even Lermontov
will see a ballroom.

627
00:59:06,223 --> 00:59:08,282
Even you.

628
00:59:08,358 --> 00:59:11,691
And when you're lifted up
into the air by your partner,

629
00:59:11,761 --> 00:59:14,252
my music will transform you.

630
00:59:14,331 --> 00:59:16,265
lnto what ?

631
00:59:17,901 --> 00:59:21,268
A flower swaying in the wind.

632
00:59:22,739 --> 00:59:25,333
A cloud drifting in the sky.

633
00:59:26,509 --> 00:59:29,000
A white bird flying.

634
00:59:29,079 --> 00:59:31,604
Tell that to Ratov.

635
00:59:31,681 --> 00:59:34,445
He would love
your birds and flowers.

636
00:59:34,517 --> 00:59:37,452
- You don't ?
- lf you were a dancer, you'd know--

637
00:59:37,520 --> 00:59:42,219
Just a minute. Nothing
matters but the music !

638
00:59:42,292 --> 00:59:45,056
And it's hard enough
to get off the ground anyway...

639
00:59:45,128 --> 00:59:47,187
without being
a bird or a flower.

640
00:59:51,935 --> 00:59:54,665
Aren't you going to imagine
anything on the first night ?

641
00:59:58,074 --> 01:00:00,838
Yes, a wall
between me and the audience.

642
01:00:05,282 --> 01:00:08,274
♪♪ [ Resumes Playing ]

643
01:00:13,056 --> 01:00:16,025
My music will
pull you through it.

644
01:00:16,092 --> 01:00:18,458
[ Plays Chord ]

645
01:00:50,593 --> 01:00:54,154
Miss Page, l am not a circus conductor,
and you are not a horse.

646
01:00:54,230 --> 01:00:57,222
- lt's too fast.
- You would not find it too fast--

647
01:00:57,300 --> 01:01:00,326
- Both of you !
- You would not find it too fast...

648
01:01:00,403 --> 01:01:03,770
if you would allow the slow passage
to come to an end before you start.

649
01:01:03,840 --> 01:01:06,434
My downbeat marks a pause.

650
01:01:06,509 --> 01:01:09,000
We understand it, don't we, gentlemen ?
Ne c'est pas ?

651
01:01:09,079 --> 01:01:12,446
- You come in on the second beat.
- lmpossible.

652
01:01:12,515 --> 01:01:16,679
One, two, tia, tia !
lt's quite simple.

653
01:01:16,753 --> 01:01:19,085
- You see this baton ?
- Yes.

654
01:01:19,155 --> 01:01:21,350
Well, follow it !

655
01:01:23,994 --> 01:01:25,928
Oh !

656
01:01:27,597 --> 01:01:30,760
♪♪ [ Musicians Tuning lnstruments ]

657
01:01:52,389 --> 01:01:56,223
[ Women Chattering ln French ]

658
01:01:59,562 --> 01:02:01,496
[ Knock At Door ]

659
01:02:01,564 --> 01:02:03,498
- Good luck.
- Good luck.

660
01:02:05,068 --> 01:02:07,662
Vicky. Vicky !

661
01:02:07,737 --> 01:02:10,399
Dance whatever tempo you like.
l'll follow you.

662
01:02:14,711 --> 01:02:17,009
- Right, lvan.
- [ Groans ]

663
01:02:17,080 --> 01:02:19,378
- Time to go down, Craster.
- Good luck, Mr. Craster.

664
01:02:19,449 --> 01:02:21,383
- Thank you, Mr. Lermontov.
- Nervous ?

665
01:02:21,451 --> 01:02:23,646
- No.
- Come on !

666
01:02:32,395 --> 01:02:34,329
Do l--

667
01:02:34,397 --> 01:02:37,798
What the devil have you got
to worry about ? lt's a fine score.

668
01:02:37,867 --> 01:02:39,801
- ls it ?
- A magnificent score.

669
01:02:39,869 --> 01:02:42,531
l only wish l--
Go on.

670
01:02:45,475 --> 01:02:48,376
[ Audience Applauding ]

671
01:03:15,004 --> 01:03:17,871
[ Speaking French ]

672
01:03:19,242 --> 01:03:21,870
[ Shouting ln French ]

673
01:03:21,945 --> 01:03:26,075
- Grischa.
- [ Shouts ln French ]

674
01:03:26,149 --> 01:03:28,777
- Grischa.
- Oh, Boris !

675
01:03:30,320 --> 01:03:32,254
Mon Dieu !
The red shoes !

676
01:03:32,322 --> 01:03:34,620
- What ?
- The red shoes are not there !

677
01:03:34,691 --> 01:03:37,626
Monsieur Rideaut, what have you
done with the red shoes ?

678
01:03:37,694 --> 01:03:40,720
- Mais, Monsieur Ljubov--
- Don't waste time. Where are they ?

679
01:03:40,797 --> 01:03:43,265
Are you sure you haven't
hidden them yourself ?

680
01:03:43,333 --> 01:03:46,962
No, no, no, no.
Yes ! Fool, fool !

681
01:03:47,036 --> 01:03:49,971
[ Speaking French ]

682
01:03:50,039 --> 01:03:52,371
Oh, ca alors.

683
01:03:56,312 --> 01:03:58,576
Boris, look here.

684
01:03:58,648 --> 01:04:01,276
Elephants.
Clumsy elephants.

685
01:04:01,351 --> 01:04:03,945
- They have ruined my decor.
- Calm yourself, Sergei.

686
01:04:04,020 --> 01:04:06,921
But the door, the door,
it won't shut.

687
01:04:06,990 --> 01:04:09,117
- Then somebody must hold it.
- Who ? But who ?

688
01:04:09,192 --> 01:04:11,456
The call boy will have
nothing to do then anyway.

689
01:04:11,528 --> 01:04:14,554
- Dimitri, get the call boy.
- Give it to me. Hold the door.

690
01:04:16,432 --> 01:04:19,492
- Best of luck, Miss Page.
- l can't remember my first entrance.

691
01:04:19,569 --> 01:04:21,833
Oh, you mean you think
you can't remember it.

692
01:04:21,905 --> 01:04:25,102
What about this ?
♪♪ [ Humming ]

693
01:04:25,175 --> 01:04:28,269
Yes, that's it.
lt's all right when l hear the music.

694
01:04:28,344 --> 01:04:30,904
Since you're undoubtedly
going to hear the music,

695
01:04:30,980 --> 01:04:33,414
it's undoubtedly
going to be all right.

696
01:04:33,483 --> 01:04:37,613
The music is all that matters,
and nothing but the music.

697
01:04:37,687 --> 01:04:40,656
lf l had any doubts about you
at all, l should be nervous.

698
01:04:40,723 --> 01:04:42,953
- Am l nervous ?
- No.

699
01:04:43,026 --> 01:04:44,960
You're not dancing
for an audience.

700
01:04:45,028 --> 01:04:47,292
You're dancing
for Ljubov, Ratov, myself--

701
01:04:47,363 --> 01:04:50,457
people for whom you've been
dancing many times before.

702
01:04:50,533 --> 01:04:53,559
l believed in you
from the very beginning.

703
01:04:53,636 --> 01:04:55,968
But now everybody does.

704
01:04:56,039 --> 01:04:59,372
l want you to dance tonight
with the same ecstasy...

705
01:04:59,442 --> 01:05:01,842
l've seen in you
only once before.

706
01:05:01,911 --> 01:05:04,709
At the Mercury Theater ?

707
01:05:04,781 --> 01:05:07,716
Yes, at the Mercury Theater in London...

708
01:05:07,784 --> 01:05:09,809
on a wet Saturday afternoon.

709
01:05:09,886 --> 01:05:12,081
- Forty seconds.
- Coming.

710
01:05:14,757 --> 01:05:16,691
Good luck, my dear.

711
01:05:16,759 --> 01:05:20,991
You're a magician to have produced
all this in three weeks from nothing.

712
01:05:21,064 --> 01:05:24,227
My dear, not even the best magician
can produce a rabbit out of a hat...

713
01:05:24,300 --> 01:05:26,393
if there isn't already
a rabbit in the hat.

714
01:05:44,654 --> 01:05:46,849
[ Music Stops, Applause ]

715
01:05:46,923 --> 01:05:50,359
lt's a pity the theater
only holds 300.

716
01:05:50,426 --> 01:05:53,953
We could have filled
the Albert Hall tonight.

717
01:05:54,030 --> 01:05:58,160
Yes, but what we are creating tonight
the world will be talking of tomorrow.

718
01:06:01,337 --> 01:06:03,134
Good boy.

719
01:06:04,307 --> 01:06:05,740
Rideaut.

720
01:18:54,543 --> 01:18:58,343
[ Audience Applauding ]

721
01:19:04,953 --> 01:19:08,013
[ Audience Cheering ]

722
01:19:09,992 --> 01:19:12,756
♪♪ [ Bells Chiming ]

723
01:21:35,137 --> 01:21:37,605
[ Audience Applauding ]

724
01:21:54,656 --> 01:21:58,092
[ Applause Continues, Cheering ]

725
01:22:53,502 --> 01:22:57,268
♪♪ [ Whistling ]

726
01:23:01,477 --> 01:23:03,911
[ Whistling Stops ]

727
01:23:15,424 --> 01:23:17,392
[ Whistling Continues ]

728
01:23:28,604 --> 01:23:32,938
Ca va ? Any swelling ?
l mean the head.

729
01:23:33,008 --> 01:23:37,945
All that clapping, bravos, roses.
Poof ! All that's nothing.

730
01:23:38,013 --> 01:23:42,382
But when l, who have seen
Pavlova Karsarvina dance,

731
01:23:42,451 --> 01:23:45,352
tell you that last night
you were not bad--

732
01:23:45,420 --> 01:23:47,650
not good, but not bad--

733
01:23:47,723 --> 01:23:49,657
that's something.

734
01:23:52,828 --> 01:23:57,993
Now l tell you truth.
lt was... good.

735
01:23:58,066 --> 01:24:01,058
- Thank you, Mr. Ljubov.
- My name is Grischa.

736
01:24:01,136 --> 01:24:05,368
- Mine is Vicky.
- How do you do ?

737
01:24:05,440 --> 01:24:07,704
Arm straighter.

738
01:24:07,776 --> 01:24:10,643
So, Boris Lermontov
wants to see you.

739
01:24:10,712 --> 01:24:13,272
Why in class time ? Why ?

740
01:24:13,348 --> 01:24:16,283
[ Chattering ]

741
01:24:28,597 --> 01:24:30,531
[ Fingers Snap ]

742
01:24:43,912 --> 01:24:45,880
Silence !

743
01:24:45,948 --> 01:24:50,749
E. Gras.

744
01:24:50,819 --> 01:24:52,753
- More cables for Boris Lermontov.
- Hello, hello ?

745
01:24:52,821 --> 01:24:55,415
- Who is it ? Oh, it's you !
- Monsieur Lermontov--

746
01:24:55,490 --> 01:24:58,152
[ Speaks French ]
No, no, no. lt's fine.

747
01:24:58,227 --> 01:25:02,323
Thank you so much for ringing me.
You are not disturbing me at all.

748
01:25:02,397 --> 01:25:05,366
-l always have time for congratulations.
-Monsieur Lermontov--

749
01:25:05,434 --> 01:25:08,631
[ Speaks French ]

750
01:25:08,704 --> 01:25:11,002
- Oh, yes, l agree. The music--
- [ Fingers Snap ]

751
01:25:11,073 --> 01:25:13,007
- C'est un trouvaille.
- Monsieur Lermontov--

752
01:25:13,075 --> 01:25:16,340
- A most distinguished score.
- [ Speaking French ]

753
01:25:16,411 --> 01:25:18,572
[ French Continues ]

754
01:25:18,647 --> 01:25:21,172
- Monsieur Craster ?
- Yes.

755
01:25:21,250 --> 01:25:23,184
Of course.
He's under contract to me.

756
01:25:23,252 --> 01:25:26,085
Yes. He's going to.
He's starting on a new ballet.

757
01:25:26,154 --> 01:25:28,486
Right away.
Full of gaiety and charm.

758
01:25:28,557 --> 01:25:30,957
La Belle Meuniere,
book by Marcel Lucien.

759
01:25:32,361 --> 01:25:35,819
Yes. Oh, yes.
lt's a wonderful role for her.

760
01:25:35,898 --> 01:25:38,389
- Au revoir, Lermontov.
- Au revoir, cher madame.

761
01:25:38,467 --> 01:25:41,959
- Not this season. Next season.
- [ French ]

762
01:25:42,037 --> 01:25:45,029
Au revoir, Monsieur.
Merci beaucoup, merci beaucoup.

763
01:25:45,107 --> 01:25:49,168
Yes, it was very kind of you to ring me.
Thank you so much again.

764
01:25:49,244 --> 01:25:51,439
No more calls--
not even congratulations.

765
01:25:51,513 --> 01:25:54,949
[ Speaking French ]

766
01:25:55,017 --> 01:25:59,181
Where's those papers ?
Thank you very much. Yeah.

767
01:25:59,254 --> 01:26:02,280
[ French ]

768
01:26:02,357 --> 01:26:05,690
Well, Mr. Craster, that's all.
Thank you very much. l am proud of you.

769
01:26:05,761 --> 01:26:08,958
- Mr. Lermontov, l would like to--
- Some other time, l beg of you.

770
01:26:09,031 --> 01:26:11,295
Ah, yes. La Belle Meuniere.
Do you read French ?

771
01:26:11,366 --> 01:26:14,802
Well, read it, and we'll talk
about it some other time, huh ?

772
01:26:17,739 --> 01:26:19,673
[ Woman ]
Mademoiselle Page.

773
01:26:19,741 --> 01:26:23,575
Come in, Miss Page.
Come in. Sit down.

774
01:26:23,645 --> 01:26:25,806
l want to talk to you
about your future.

775
01:26:29,418 --> 01:26:32,910
When we first met
at Lady Neston's,

776
01:26:32,988 --> 01:26:35,422
you asked me a question
to which l gave a stupid answer.

777
01:26:35,490 --> 01:26:38,357
You asked me whether l wanted
to live, and l said yes.

778
01:26:38,427 --> 01:26:41,157
Actually, Miss Page,
l want more-- much more.

779
01:26:41,229 --> 01:26:45,290
l want to create-- to make something big
out of something little--

780
01:26:47,135 --> 01:26:50,696
to make a great dancer...
out of you.

781
01:26:50,772 --> 01:26:53,434
But first, l must ask you
the same question:

782
01:26:53,508 --> 01:26:55,772
What do you want from life ?

783
01:26:55,844 --> 01:26:57,778
- To live ?
- To dance.

784
01:27:05,487 --> 01:27:08,854
We have two months left
of the season in Monte Carlo--

785
01:27:08,924 --> 01:27:11,552
not much time, but enough--
two months.

786
01:27:11,626 --> 01:27:14,026
Then we go on tour.
Rome, Vienna, Copenhagen,

787
01:27:14,096 --> 01:27:16,564
Stockholm, then America.

788
01:27:16,631 --> 01:27:18,895
Then next year, London again.

789
01:27:18,967 --> 01:27:22,801
All the big parts for you.
Coppelia, Lac des Cygnes, Giselle,

790
01:27:22,871 --> 01:27:25,101
The Sleeping Princess,
Les Sylphides, La Boutique.

791
01:27:25,173 --> 01:27:29,007
We will create them all afresh
with you. You shall dance.

792
01:27:29,077 --> 01:27:33,013
And the world shall follow.
You shall-- [ Blows ]

793
01:27:33,081 --> 01:27:37,381
Not a word.
l will do the talking,

794
01:27:38,453 --> 01:27:41,786
you... will do the dancing.

795
01:28:03,879 --> 01:28:08,213
[ Speaking French ]

796
01:28:12,821 --> 01:28:15,346
- Good night, Boris.
- Good night, Grischa.

797
01:28:15,424 --> 01:28:17,858
- She was not bad tonight.
- She'll be all right.

798
01:28:17,926 --> 01:28:22,795
All right ? Not bad ?
But she's a flame-- a spirit !

799
01:28:22,864 --> 01:28:26,857
- [ Whistling ]
- Still dancing, Grischa ?

800
01:28:26,935 --> 01:28:28,869
- Good night, Boris.
- Good night, Sergei.

801
01:28:28,937 --> 01:28:31,633
Vicky was wonderful
in Boutique.

802
01:28:31,706 --> 01:28:35,870
Just a little
Dresden shepherdess.

803
01:28:35,944 --> 01:28:38,208
We should reconstruct
the theatre.

804
01:28:38,280 --> 01:28:40,908
- What's wrong with the theatre ?
- lt's too small.

805
01:28:40,982 --> 01:28:43,644
- Good night, Lermontov.
- Good night, Livy.

806
01:28:43,718 --> 01:28:46,653
- Her timing's a miracle.
- Keep her up to it.

807
01:29:46,148 --> 01:29:49,049
- Good night, Boris.
- Good night, Grischa.

808
01:29:50,619 --> 01:29:53,679
- Good night, Boris.
- Good night, Sergei.

809
01:29:55,090 --> 01:29:58,253
- Good night, Mr. Lermontov.
- Good night, Vicky.

810
01:30:52,981 --> 01:30:56,246
- [ Door Opens ]
- Good night, Boris.

811
01:30:56,318 --> 01:30:58,980
- Good night, Sergei.
- [ Door Closes ]

812
01:30:59,054 --> 01:31:01,545
Eh, thank you, Monsieur Boudin.
That's all.

813
01:31:01,623 --> 01:31:03,853
- Good night, Boris.
- Good night, Grischa.

814
01:31:03,925 --> 01:31:05,859
- Eh, Boudin.
- Oui.

815
01:31:05,927 --> 01:31:09,863
Which is esteemed to be the very best
restaurant this year on the coast ?

816
01:31:09,931 --> 01:31:12,229
- La Reserve.
- Oui, oui. La Reserve.

817
01:31:12,300 --> 01:31:14,734
- Good night, Lermontov.
- Eh, good night, Livy.

818
01:31:16,238 --> 01:31:18,172
Book me a table.

819
01:31:20,709 --> 01:31:24,201
- For... two ?
- Yes.

820
01:31:24,279 --> 01:31:28,113
[ Speaking French ]

821
01:31:28,183 --> 01:31:30,378
- Julian.
- Yes ?

822
01:31:30,452 --> 01:31:32,386
l never said good night
to Lermontov.

823
01:31:32,454 --> 01:31:36,151
Monsieur Dimitri, eh, no.
Miss Page has still not come in.

824
01:31:36,224 --> 01:31:40,024
Monsieur Ratov...
uh, not here either.

825
01:31:40,095 --> 01:31:43,360
Monsieur Ljubov-- 317-- no.

826
01:31:43,431 --> 01:31:45,729
[ Speaks French ]

827
01:31:45,800 --> 01:31:48,166
Ah, Monsieur Dimitri,
l have just heard...

828
01:31:48,236 --> 01:31:51,728
they've all gone to supper at the
Old Port of Ville Franche with Ljubov.

829
01:31:51,806 --> 01:31:54,502
C'est son anniversaire !
His birthday.

830
01:31:54,576 --> 01:31:57,511
- ♪♪ [ Accordion ]
- [ Chattering ln French ]

831
01:32:26,107 --> 01:32:29,668
- [ Cork Pops ]
- Voila !

832
01:32:47,696 --> 01:32:49,630
Gateau ! Gateau !

833
01:32:55,870 --> 01:32:58,668
[ Speaking French ]

834
01:33:01,743 --> 01:33:05,440
[ Car Approaching ]

835
01:33:07,182 --> 01:33:10,379
- [ Engine Stops ]
- Boris Lermontov !

836
01:33:15,557 --> 01:33:18,856
Good evening, Grischa.
Have l permission to join your party ?

837
01:33:18,927 --> 01:33:20,986
Get me a chair !
What a pleasure, Boris !

838
01:33:21,062 --> 01:33:24,395
A chair for Boris Lermontov !

839
01:33:24,466 --> 01:33:26,832
Two chairs
for Boris Lermontov !

840
01:33:26,901 --> 01:33:28,994
Make way there.
A throne !

841
01:33:29,070 --> 01:33:31,334
A throne for the great Boleslawsky.
Take mine, Lermontov.

842
01:33:31,406 --> 01:33:33,670
- Oh, no. Take mine.
- No. Sit down. lt's your birthday.

843
01:33:33,742 --> 01:33:36,506
Sit down.

844
01:33:36,578 --> 01:33:42,278
Well... it seems a long time since l sat
down to supper with my entire family.

845
01:33:43,351 --> 01:33:45,285
Thank you.

846
01:33:55,163 --> 01:34:00,965
But it appears that the great Miss Page
is not with us tonight.

847
01:34:01,035 --> 01:34:04,971
Don't you miss another member
of our happy little family ?

848
01:34:07,208 --> 01:34:10,006
No. No.
l can't say l do.

849
01:34:10,078 --> 01:34:14,014
Why should you ? You're a busy man.
Have a drink, Lermontov !

850
01:34:16,751 --> 01:34:19,811
Grischa.

851
01:34:19,888 --> 01:34:22,880
Of course we all know
you're a busy man, Boris Lermontov,

852
01:34:22,957 --> 01:34:26,120
but do you mean to tell me
you have noticed nothing ?

853
01:34:26,194 --> 01:34:28,719
Oh, don't exaggerate.

854
01:34:28,797 --> 01:34:32,494
Boris, we have a little romance
in our midst.

855
01:34:32,567 --> 01:34:34,125
A great romance !

856
01:34:34,202 --> 01:34:38,639
- Romeo Craster !
- And Juliet... Page.

857
01:34:41,009 --> 01:34:44,376
And when... did this
great romance begin ?

858
01:34:44,446 --> 01:34:47,040
[ Grischa ]
With The Red Shoes.

859
01:34:49,350 --> 01:34:51,284
Ch-Charming.

860
01:34:52,654 --> 01:34:54,588
And where have they taken
themselves tonight ?

861
01:34:54,656 --> 01:34:58,114
What does it matter
where they have gone ?

862
01:34:58,193 --> 01:35:00,525
They are young,
they are together...

863
01:35:00,595 --> 01:35:03,587
and they are in love.

864
01:35:33,862 --> 01:35:37,025
- Darling.
- Mm-hmm.

865
01:35:37,098 --> 01:35:40,465
l've decided l do believe
in destiny after all.

866
01:35:40,535 --> 01:35:42,765
Do you, my darling ?

867
01:35:42,837 --> 01:35:44,771
l'm very glad.

868
01:35:53,014 --> 01:35:54,948
Cocher.

869
01:35:57,652 --> 01:35:59,586
Cocher.

870
01:36:04,592 --> 01:36:07,959
- You'll wake him.
- But l want to know where we are.

871
01:36:10,265 --> 01:36:12,495
Cocher. Co--

872
01:36:25,780 --> 01:36:28,977
One day when l'm old,

873
01:36:29,050 --> 01:36:33,419
l want some lovely
young girl to say to me,

874
01:36:33,488 --> 01:36:37,356
''Tell me where in your
long life, Mr. Craster,

875
01:36:37,425 --> 01:36:39,620
were you most happy.''

876
01:36:41,162 --> 01:36:44,723
And l shall say,
''Well, my dear,

877
01:36:44,799 --> 01:36:47,563
''l never knew
the exact place,

878
01:36:47,635 --> 01:36:51,332
''but it was somewhere
on the Mediterranean.

879
01:36:51,406 --> 01:36:54,534
l was with Victoria Page.''

880
01:36:54,609 --> 01:36:56,736
''What ?'' she will say.

881
01:36:56,811 --> 01:37:00,303
''Do you mean
the famous dancer ?''

882
01:37:00,381 --> 01:37:02,713
And l will nod.

883
01:37:02,784 --> 01:37:05,844
''Yes, my dear, l do,

884
01:37:05,920 --> 01:37:08,411
''but then
she was quite young...

885
01:37:08,489 --> 01:37:12,118
''and comparatively unspoilt.

886
01:37:12,193 --> 01:37:16,061
''We were, l remember,

887
01:37:16,130 --> 01:37:18,621
very much in love.''

888
01:38:00,708 --> 01:38:04,940
Did you see that ?
She smiled at Craster.

889
01:38:05,013 --> 01:38:06,275
l don't think so.

890
01:38:06,347 --> 01:38:10,078
l suppose you'll be sending me
to an occulist next.

891
01:38:14,255 --> 01:38:18,783
- Watch her dancing.
- With pleasure.

892
01:38:20,461 --> 01:38:24,056
A debutante
at a charity matinee.

893
01:38:32,306 --> 01:38:35,241
Yes. Yes !

894
01:38:36,811 --> 01:38:39,143
Yes, all right.
Thursday.

895
01:38:39,213 --> 01:38:41,841
Uh, good evening,
Mr. Lermontov.

896
01:38:41,916 --> 01:38:46,751
The score is still a bit rough,
but l see you've had time to look at it.

897
01:38:46,821 --> 01:38:48,755
Yes, Mr. Craster.

898
01:38:50,124 --> 01:38:52,058
l have looked at it.

899
01:38:54,662 --> 01:38:58,928
However, it is not about your music
that l wish to talk at the moment.

900
01:38:59,000 --> 01:39:04,131
So to come to the point, what is all
this l hear about you and Miss Page ?

901
01:39:05,206 --> 01:39:08,801
Oh, l see.
Could Dimitri--

902
01:39:08,876 --> 01:39:13,836
Get out.
Well, Mr. Craster ?

903
01:39:17,819 --> 01:39:19,946
Yes. We're in love.

904
01:39:22,757 --> 01:39:24,691
l see.

905
01:39:26,094 --> 01:39:29,154
Did you see Miss Page's
performance in Lac des Cygnes ?

906
01:39:29,230 --> 01:39:31,164
l was conducting it.

907
01:39:31,232 --> 01:39:35,168
- Did you enjoy it ?
- lt was the loveliest thing l've seen.

908
01:39:35,236 --> 01:39:37,534
lt was impossible.

909
01:39:38,606 --> 01:39:41,370
And you know why
it was impossible ?

910
01:39:41,442 --> 01:39:44,843
Because neither her mind
nor her heart were in her work.

911
01:39:44,912 --> 01:39:47,779
She was... dreaming.

912
01:39:47,849 --> 01:39:51,979
And dreaming is a luxury l've
never permitted in my company.

913
01:39:52,053 --> 01:39:55,284
Miss Page wants to be
a great dancer.

914
01:39:55,356 --> 01:39:58,689
Perhaps she has spoken to you
about her... ambitions ?

915
01:39:58,760 --> 01:40:03,060
-Oh, yes.
-She's not, however, a great dancer yet.

916
01:40:03,131 --> 01:40:05,565
Nor is she likely to become one
if she allows herself...

917
01:40:05,633 --> 01:40:08,033
to be sidetracked
by idiotic flirtations.

918
01:40:10,271 --> 01:40:14,264
Mr. Lermontov, you...
don't understand.

919
01:40:14,342 --> 01:40:16,833
We really are in love.

920
01:40:21,849 --> 01:40:25,250
And, Mr. Craster,

921
01:40:25,319 --> 01:40:27,583
l have had time to look
at your latest effort--

922
01:40:27,655 --> 01:40:31,250
- Yes ?
- And find it equally impossible.

923
01:40:42,537 --> 01:40:45,768
That's not true.
lt's good.

924
01:40:45,840 --> 01:40:50,777
Childish, vulgar and
completely insignificant.

925
01:40:52,380 --> 01:40:55,008
ln that case,
l'll relieve you of it.

926
01:40:55,082 --> 01:40:57,846
There are, of course, so many
first-class ballet companies...

927
01:40:57,919 --> 01:41:01,116
to which you may take it
with advantage.

928
01:41:01,189 --> 01:41:04,590
l don't know that it's my greatest
ambition to work for the ballet.

929
01:41:04,659 --> 01:41:07,719
Some of us think it's rather
a second-rate means of expression.

930
01:41:12,600 --> 01:41:16,593
- Oui, Monsieur Lermontov ?
- Mr. Craster's leaving the company.

931
01:41:16,671 --> 01:41:20,437
Pay him two weeks' salary
and get the receipt.

932
01:41:37,892 --> 01:41:42,454
Spotlight !
[ Speaks French ]

933
01:41:50,204 --> 01:41:53,537
Oh, hello, Boris.
l was just coming to say good night.

934
01:41:53,608 --> 01:41:55,576
- Good night.
- ls anything the matter ?

935
01:41:55,643 --> 01:41:59,841
No, no, but before l forget it, don't do
any more work on the new ballet.

936
01:41:59,914 --> 01:42:02,849
- l decided to scrap it.
- Scrap it ?

937
01:42:02,917 --> 01:42:07,320
What do you mean ? l've worked out
half the choreography already.

938
01:42:07,388 --> 01:42:10,289
That boy Julian
is really gifted.

939
01:42:10,358 --> 01:42:12,588
lt's one of the finest scores
we ever had.

940
01:42:12,660 --> 01:42:17,393
Julian Craster is leaving the company,
and l don't wish to discuss the matter.

941
01:42:17,465 --> 01:42:20,263
Oh, you don't ?
Well, l do !

942
01:42:20,334 --> 01:42:23,667
Do you think l don't know
a brilliant score when l hear one ?

943
01:42:23,738 --> 01:42:27,003
Do you think l've been working
day and night for weeks...

944
01:42:27,074 --> 01:42:31,534
for the pleasure of being told
l am wasting my time ?

945
01:42:31,612 --> 01:42:33,546
l tell you, Boris,

946
01:42:33,614 --> 01:42:38,881
l've had enough of this
fantastic lunatic asylum !

947
01:42:38,953 --> 01:42:42,855
l am through with it !
l resign !

948
01:42:44,592 --> 01:42:47,652
l think you've made
a very important decision.

949
01:43:01,709 --> 01:43:05,577
Hello, you two.
lsn't love wonderful ?

950
01:43:09,216 --> 01:43:11,616
Bonsoir.

951
01:43:11,686 --> 01:43:13,620
Hello.

952
01:43:18,392 --> 01:43:20,257
Well, what did he say ?

953
01:43:20,328 --> 01:43:24,389
Ah, of course he doesn't
really want you to go, Grischa.

954
01:43:24,465 --> 01:43:26,399
He is very sorry.

955
01:43:26,467 --> 01:43:30,403
Well, in that case,
l will... think about it.

956
01:43:30,471 --> 01:43:33,338
- What about Julian ?
- [ Sighs ]

957
01:43:33,407 --> 01:43:37,776
l have never seen him
quite as bad as this.

958
01:43:37,845 --> 01:43:43,647
He talked a great deal
about ingratitude and, uh, disloyalty...

959
01:43:43,718 --> 01:43:47,484
and he said when personal
relations started to inter--

960
01:43:47,555 --> 01:43:50,524
Yes, l know that bit.

961
01:43:50,591 --> 01:43:54,925
My dear children,
l'm very sorry.

962
01:43:56,998 --> 01:43:59,592
Boris may feel different
in the morning.

963
01:43:59,667 --> 01:44:02,329
ln the morning,
he's leaving for Paris...

964
01:44:02,403 --> 01:44:05,372
by the 8:15 train.

965
01:44:35,069 --> 01:44:37,537
Has the famous Miss Page
come to see me off ?

966
01:44:38,873 --> 01:44:41,171
l'd like to talk to you.

967
01:44:50,151 --> 01:44:52,881
l want you to tell me why
you've quarrelled with Julian.

968
01:44:52,953 --> 01:44:54,420
There's only three minutes.

969
01:44:54,488 --> 01:44:59,289
May l suggest, Miss Page, that
such matters are hardly your business ?

970
01:45:00,528 --> 01:45:02,962
However, since you've gone
to all this trouble--

971
01:45:06,267 --> 01:45:10,897
Mr. Craster's been unwise enough
to interfere with certain plans of mine.

972
01:45:12,239 --> 01:45:16,039
And that is something
l do not permit.

973
01:45:16,110 --> 01:45:20,809
l thought once there would be no room
in my life for anything but dancing.

974
01:45:21,882 --> 01:45:24,316
You will think so again,
my dear.

975
01:45:24,385 --> 01:45:27,786
But if Julian goes,
l shall go too.

976
01:45:29,857 --> 01:45:31,882
And what exactly
do you intend to do ?

977
01:45:31,959 --> 01:45:36,157
- l shall dance somewhere else.
- Oh, yes.

978
01:45:36,230 --> 01:45:38,721
That won't be very difficult
with the name l've given you--

979
01:45:39,967 --> 01:45:43,767
always provided l release you
of your contract.

980
01:45:45,005 --> 01:45:49,806
But even if l do,
will it be quite the same ?

981
01:45:51,779 --> 01:45:54,577
l have never pretended
to myself that it would.

982
01:45:56,984 --> 01:46:00,078
l could make you
one of the greatest dancers...

983
01:46:00,154 --> 01:46:02,987
the world has ever known.

984
01:46:05,493 --> 01:46:10,123
- Do you believe that ?
- Yes, l do.

985
01:46:12,867 --> 01:46:15,893
And all that
means nothing to you ?

986
01:46:15,970 --> 01:46:18,461
- [ Whistle Blowing ]
- You know exactly what it means to me.

987
01:46:18,539 --> 01:46:20,973
[ Man Shouting ln French ]

988
01:46:23,511 --> 01:46:27,504
- [ Knock At Door ]
- The train is leaving.

989
01:46:28,949 --> 01:46:31,383
Good-bye, Mr. Lermontov.

990
01:46:36,991 --> 01:46:38,925
Miss Page is coming !

991
01:46:47,034 --> 01:46:50,060
[ Vicky ]
Julian ! Julian !

992
01:46:53,340 --> 01:46:55,035
l'm coming with you !

993
01:46:55,109 --> 01:46:57,839
Hurray !

994
01:47:08,088 --> 01:47:10,522
[ Car Horn Honking ]

995
01:47:13,561 --> 01:47:15,995
[ Whistle Blowing ]

996
01:47:54,368 --> 01:47:56,302
Fool.

997
01:47:58,572 --> 01:48:00,506
Fool.

998
01:48:02,776 --> 01:48:04,710
Oh !

999
01:48:31,038 --> 01:48:33,472
[ Doorbell Buzzes ]

1000
01:48:43,917 --> 01:48:45,851
Come in.

1001
01:48:45,919 --> 01:48:48,717
You're late. l hope
you didn't work too hard.

1002
01:48:48,789 --> 01:48:52,725
All finished.
l have the injunction with me.

1003
01:49:22,956 --> 01:49:26,221
Boris, don't tell me
you've changed your mind again.

1004
01:49:28,128 --> 01:49:30,062
[ Chuckles ]

1005
01:49:32,166 --> 01:49:36,660
l-- l don't want
to stop her doing anything.

1006
01:49:37,771 --> 01:49:39,705
She can dance
whenever she likes.

1007
01:49:41,141 --> 01:49:44,542
- Except The Red Shoes.
- What about the boy ?

1008
01:49:44,611 --> 01:49:47,944
That's different. Everything he's
written while under contract is mine.

1009
01:49:48,015 --> 01:49:52,213
That's in the contract. The Red Shoes
and his work on La Belle Meuniere.

1010
01:49:52,286 --> 01:49:55,312
l am not interested
in anything else he may write.

1011
01:49:55,389 --> 01:49:59,485
But if you keep The Red Shoes in the
repertoire, you will have to pay him.

1012
01:49:59,560 --> 01:50:02,791
The Red Shoes is no longer
in the repertoire !

1013
01:50:02,863 --> 01:50:04,797
Oh.

1014
01:50:12,339 --> 01:50:15,240
l understand Patrick Trevelyan
is in Paris.

1015
01:50:16,677 --> 01:50:19,942
Yes. l dined with them both
last night.

1016
01:50:21,014 --> 01:50:24,541
Oh ? Boronskaja is with him ?

1017
01:50:24,618 --> 01:50:28,418
Yes. Anything l can do ?

1018
01:50:28,489 --> 01:50:30,753
How's the marriage ?
A success ?

1019
01:50:30,824 --> 01:50:34,021
Patrick seems to think so.

1020
01:50:34,094 --> 01:50:36,995
Would you like me to arrange
a meeting with lrina ?

1021
01:50:38,532 --> 01:50:40,466
Not arrange--

1022
01:50:42,102 --> 01:50:44,036
a chance.

1023
01:51:07,795 --> 01:51:10,730
[ Dog Barking ]

1024
01:51:13,801 --> 01:51:15,530
Oh, Boris !

1025
01:51:47,868 --> 01:51:52,669
- Good night, Boris.
- Good night, lrina.

1026
01:51:52,739 --> 01:51:56,266
- Good season ?
- For the Ballet Lermontov, always.

1027
01:51:57,978 --> 01:52:01,744
- Good night, Boris.
- Good night, Sergei. Sergei !

1028
01:52:01,815 --> 01:52:04,215
- Yes ?
- Would you come in and wait, please ?

1029
01:52:04,284 --> 01:52:06,218
But of course, Boris.

1030
01:52:10,657 --> 01:52:14,252
- Good night, Boris.
- Grischa, please come in and wait.

1031
01:52:15,963 --> 01:52:18,431
Oh. Conference.

1032
01:52:22,135 --> 01:52:24,069
[ Yells ]

1033
01:52:27,241 --> 01:52:30,142
Letters.

1034
01:52:30,210 --> 01:52:34,112
- Nobody writes to me.
- That's not true.

1035
01:52:34,181 --> 01:52:36,547
Yours, from Vicky.

1036
01:52:37,684 --> 01:52:39,618
- From Vicky ?
- Mm-hmm.

1037
01:52:39,686 --> 01:52:41,881
- How is that girl ?
- Read it and you'll see.

1038
01:52:43,323 --> 01:52:45,257
This is from Julian.

1039
01:52:45,325 --> 01:52:47,850
lt's all about
his new opera.

1040
01:52:48,896 --> 01:52:50,830
He describes
the whole structure.

1041
01:52:53,033 --> 01:52:55,661
[ Livy ]
Enormous talent, that boy.

1042
01:52:58,805 --> 01:53:01,239
He says...

1043
01:53:01,308 --> 01:53:06,905
she is an inspiration--
a miracle.

1044
01:53:06,980 --> 01:53:10,575
Thank you, Mr. Boudin.
That's all. Good night.

1045
01:53:10,651 --> 01:53:13,677
[ Boris ]
Well, l see it's mail day.

1046
01:53:13,754 --> 01:53:16,450
From our two young rebels.

1047
01:53:16,523 --> 01:53:20,857
Deserters.
l hope they're happy.

1048
01:53:20,928 --> 01:53:23,920
- Read mine.
- Yes, read this too.

1049
01:53:23,997 --> 01:53:27,262
lt might make you sorry
to have lost that young man.

1050
01:53:27,334 --> 01:53:30,792
l doubt it.
By the way, that reminds me.

1051
01:53:30,871 --> 01:53:35,240
Jacques sent me the new score
of La Belle Meuniere.

1052
01:53:35,309 --> 01:53:38,210
l like it, and l'd like you all
to hear it at once.

1053
01:53:38,278 --> 01:53:41,406
- We might open with it in London.
- With lrina ?

1054
01:53:41,481 --> 01:53:46,214
We can discuss that.
The part is light, all gaiety, fire.

1055
01:53:47,554 --> 01:53:49,488
Perhaps you would be good enough
to glance through it.

1056
01:53:49,556 --> 01:53:53,322
- And no prejudice, please.
- l hope you say it to yourself.

1057
01:53:53,393 --> 01:53:56,658
- Every day. Eh, good night, Sergei.
- Good night.

1058
01:53:56,730 --> 01:53:58,823
- Good night.
- On second thought,

1059
01:53:58,899 --> 01:54:00,833
l think l would like
to read those letters.

1060
01:54:08,442 --> 01:54:12,572
My letter was only meant
to be read by me.

1061
01:54:12,646 --> 01:54:15,080
- See you later, Boris.
- Good night, Sergei.

1062
01:54:25,058 --> 01:54:27,925
l could hardly
let him read it.

1063
01:54:27,995 --> 01:54:30,793
She calls him a monster--

1064
01:54:30,864 --> 01:54:33,264
a gifted, cruel monster.

1065
01:54:33,333 --> 01:54:35,528
[ Livy Laughs ]
You should have told him that.

1066
01:54:42,142 --> 01:54:45,077
♪♪ [ Woman Singing Opera ]

1067
01:55:36,563 --> 01:55:39,498
♪♪ [ Woman Singing Opera ]

1068
01:55:49,910 --> 01:55:52,344
♪♪ [ Singing Continues ]

1069
01:56:29,683 --> 01:56:32,618
♪♪ [ Julian Playing Piano ]

1070
01:56:41,995 --> 01:56:44,429
♪♪ [ Piano Continues ]

1071
01:58:07,314 --> 01:58:09,248
♪♪ [ Piano ]

1072
01:59:01,034 --> 01:59:04,162
[ Door Opens ]

1073
01:59:04,237 --> 01:59:07,172
l-l am sorry to be late,
Boris Lermontov.

1074
01:59:12,545 --> 01:59:14,479
Lady Neston
was in front tonight.

1075
01:59:16,483 --> 01:59:21,147
She arrived this morning.
She is staying for several weeks.

1076
01:59:21,221 --> 01:59:25,021
And Miss Page is joining her
next week for a short holiday.

1077
01:59:53,086 --> 01:59:55,020
[ Knocking ]

1078
01:59:56,723 --> 01:59:59,556
We seem to be destined
to meet at railway stations.

1079
01:59:59,626 --> 02:00:01,890
- [ Woman Shouting ]
- What are you doing again ?

1080
02:00:01,962 --> 02:00:04,453
Waiting for you, of course.
Won't you sit down ?

1081
02:00:12,839 --> 02:00:15,069
But you know, my dear Vicky,

1082
02:00:15,141 --> 02:00:17,575
how l'm always looking
for great dancers.

1083
02:00:24,417 --> 02:00:26,942
We all have missed you,

1084
02:00:27,020 --> 02:00:32,390
and l was hoping that by now you would
have started to miss us a little.

1085
02:00:32,459 --> 02:00:35,053
l have.

1086
02:00:35,128 --> 02:00:37,562
You only have
to say the words.

1087
02:00:40,300 --> 02:00:42,268
- How is everybody ?
- lncluding me ?

1088
02:00:42,335 --> 02:00:44,269
- lncluding you.
- Never better.

1089
02:00:44,337 --> 02:00:46,805
- How is Grischa ?
- Always fighting with Boronskaja.

1090
02:00:46,873 --> 02:00:48,966
- And she ?
- Always fighting with Grischa.

1091
02:00:49,042 --> 02:00:51,272
- And how is old Sergei ?
- Getting younger.

1092
02:00:51,344 --> 02:00:54,074
- And you ?
- Getting older.

1093
02:00:54,147 --> 02:00:56,672
And you ?
You are happy ?

1094
02:00:56,750 --> 02:00:58,684
Yes. Very happy.

1095
02:01:00,587 --> 02:01:05,581
- As a dancer, l mean.
- l haven't danced very much, you know.

1096
02:01:05,658 --> 02:01:08,718
Oh, l know, l know. l know
every time you have danced.

1097
02:01:10,063 --> 02:01:12,657
- But you never stopped working.
- No.

1098
02:01:12,732 --> 02:01:15,098
- And you never stopped going to class.
- Never.

1099
02:01:17,804 --> 02:01:20,466
And why isn't he with you ?

1100
02:01:20,540 --> 02:01:24,374
His opera has been accepted at
Covent Garden. lt's in rehearsal now.

1101
02:01:24,444 --> 02:01:28,175
- Would he give it up if you ask him ?
- l don't know.

1102
02:01:28,248 --> 02:01:30,478
- You do know.
- l wouldn't ask him.

1103
02:01:30,550 --> 02:01:33,485
Then why is he asking you ?
Does he know what he's asking ?

1104
02:01:41,728 --> 02:01:45,528
We are preparing a new ballet.

1105
02:01:45,598 --> 02:01:47,793
We've been working at it for weeks.

1106
02:01:47,867 --> 02:01:51,826
The costumes and the decor are the most
beautiful things Ratov has ever done.

1107
02:01:51,905 --> 02:01:53,839
Grischa is full of enthusiasm,
and you know what that means.

1108
02:02:00,713 --> 02:02:05,776
Nobody else has ever danced
The Red Shoes since you left.

1109
02:02:06,853 --> 02:02:09,253
Nobody else ever shall.

1110
02:02:11,691 --> 02:02:16,822
Put on the red shoes, Vicky,
and dance for us again.

1111
02:02:25,672 --> 02:02:28,698
[ Radio Announcer ]
This is the B.B.C. Third Programme.

1112
02:02:28,775 --> 02:02:31,505
l am speaking from the Royal Opera
House, Covent Garden, London.

1113
02:02:32,846 --> 02:02:35,576
Tonight is the first night
of Cupid and Psyche,

1114
02:02:35,648 --> 02:02:39,015
a new opera by a young British
composer, Julian Craster,

1115
02:02:39,085 --> 02:02:41,019
whose only well-known work
until now...

1116
02:02:41,087 --> 02:02:43,453
has been the score
for the ballet The Red Shoes.

1117
02:02:44,691 --> 02:02:46,682
The Red Shoes
was a great success...

1118
02:02:46,759 --> 02:02:49,819
when produced at Monte Carlo last year
with the Ballet Lermontov,

1119
02:02:49,896 --> 02:02:52,160
but has not yet been seen
in this country.

1120
02:02:55,235 --> 02:02:57,965
Oh, something must have
gone wrong, l'm afraid.

1121
02:02:58,037 --> 02:03:00,767
l think somebody is going
to make an announcement.

1122
02:03:00,840 --> 02:03:04,037
Ladies and gentlemen,
l regret to announce...

1123
02:03:04,110 --> 02:03:06,874
that Mr. Julian Craster,
the composer,

1124
02:03:06,946 --> 02:03:10,973
who was to conduct his own opera,
has been suddenly taken ill.

1125
02:03:11,050 --> 02:03:15,578
Sir Hartley Mingies
will conduct in his place.

1126
02:03:16,890 --> 02:03:19,484
[ Announcer ]
Here comes Sir Hartley Mingies now.

1127
02:03:19,559 --> 02:03:21,891
l'll announce the names of
the cast during the interval.

1128
02:03:21,961 --> 02:03:23,895
[ Door Closes ]

1129
02:03:28,067 --> 02:03:30,501
[ Speaks French ]

1130
02:03:36,209 --> 02:03:41,374
All the way down from London
l wondered if l'd find you here.

1131
02:03:41,447 --> 02:03:43,677
And here you are.

1132
02:03:43,750 --> 02:03:45,945
You left your first night ?

1133
02:03:46,019 --> 02:03:49,511
- Yes.
- Oh, Julian !

1134
02:03:50,657 --> 02:03:52,591
Why didn't you ?

1135
02:03:58,298 --> 02:04:00,232
[ Crying ]
At last.

1136
02:04:03,102 --> 02:04:06,037
lt's all right now,
my sweetheart.

1137
02:04:06,105 --> 02:04:09,404
There's a train going to Paris at 8:00.
We'll be on it together.

1138
02:04:10,944 --> 02:04:12,878
Better hurry up
and get changed.

1139
02:04:12,946 --> 02:04:14,880
- But l'm dancing tonight.
- Walk out.

1140
02:04:16,950 --> 02:04:19,316
Good evening, Mr. Craster.

1141
02:04:19,385 --> 02:04:21,444
Won't they be missing you
at Covent Garden tonight ?

1142
02:04:21,521 --> 02:04:23,421
[ Speaking French ]

1143
02:04:23,489 --> 02:04:26,117
Oh, for God's sake,
leave me alone, both of you !

1144
02:04:26,192 --> 02:04:28,752
Please, Julian. Wait
until after the performance.

1145
02:04:28,828 --> 02:04:32,924
- lt'll be too late then.
- You are already too late, Mr. Craster.

1146
02:04:32,999 --> 02:04:34,933
Tell him
why you've left him.

1147
02:04:35,001 --> 02:04:36,935
- l haven't left him !
- Oh, yes, you have left him.

1148
02:04:37,003 --> 02:04:39,801
Nobody can have two lives,
and your life is dancing.

1149
02:04:39,872 --> 02:04:43,672
Vicky, you could dance anywhere
else in the whole world.

1150
02:04:43,743 --> 02:04:46,769
Would you be satisfied with
anything less than the best ?

1151
02:04:46,846 --> 02:04:49,007
lf you would, you would
never be a great artist.

1152
02:04:49,082 --> 02:04:53,280
And would you make her
a great dancer as well ? Never.

1153
02:04:53,353 --> 02:04:56,789
Why do you think l've waited day after
day since you snatched her away...

1154
02:04:56,856 --> 02:04:58,847
for a chance
to win her back ?

1155
02:04:58,925 --> 02:05:01,485
- Because you're jealous of her.
- Yes !

1156
02:05:01,561 --> 02:05:05,327
l am, but in a way that
you will never understand.

1157
02:05:05,398 --> 02:05:07,958
[ Speaking French ]

1158
02:05:08,034 --> 02:05:09,661
Wait !

1159
02:05:15,174 --> 02:05:20,441
- Well, Vicky ?
- l love you, Julian. Nobody but you !

1160
02:05:20,513 --> 02:05:23,380
[ Sobbing ]

1161
02:05:23,449 --> 02:05:26,145
[ Julian ]
But you love that more.

1162
02:05:26,219 --> 02:05:29,052
- l don't know ! l don't know !
- ♪♪ [ Woman Singing Opera ]

1163
02:05:31,758 --> 02:05:34,556
lf you go with him now, l will
never take you back. Never !

1164
02:05:34,627 --> 02:05:38,028
Vicky, do you want
to destroy our love ?

1165
02:05:38,097 --> 02:05:40,190
Adolescent nonsense.

1166
02:05:40,266 --> 02:05:44,430
All right. Go, then.
Go with him.

1167
02:05:44,504 --> 02:05:47,962
Be a faithful housewife...

1168
02:05:48,041 --> 02:05:52,171
with a crowd of screaming children
and finish with dancing forever !

1169
02:05:52,245 --> 02:05:54,372
Vicky, look at me.

1170
02:06:13,666 --> 02:06:16,999
[ Julian ]
Good-bye then, my darling.

1171
02:06:19,939 --> 02:06:23,375
Julian ! Juli--

1172
02:06:25,311 --> 02:06:28,041
[ Speaking French ]

1173
02:06:29,482 --> 02:06:33,646
[ French Continues ]

1174
02:06:34,954 --> 02:06:37,616
Vicky.

1175
02:06:37,690 --> 02:06:40,090
Vicky.

1176
02:06:40,159 --> 02:06:42,093
Little Vicky.

1177
02:06:45,398 --> 02:06:48,595
There it is,
all waiting for you.

1178
02:06:49,936 --> 02:06:52,530
Sorrow will pass,
believe me.

1179
02:06:52,605 --> 02:06:55,836
Life is so unimportant,

1180
02:06:57,410 --> 02:07:02,973
and from now onwards
you will dance...

1181
02:07:03,049 --> 02:07:05,483
like nobody ever before !

1182
02:07:10,723 --> 02:07:13,385
- [ Speaks French ]
- [ Whimpering ]

1183
02:07:26,372 --> 02:07:29,307
[ French Continues ]

1184
02:07:46,759 --> 02:07:50,024
- [ French Continues ]
- [ Screaming ]

1185
02:08:00,706 --> 02:08:03,675
[ Man ]
Mademoiselle Page, ou allez vous ?

1186
02:08:04,844 --> 02:08:07,779
[ Train Approaching ]

1187
02:08:23,763 --> 02:08:27,221
[ Yells ]

1188
02:09:11,978 --> 02:09:15,072
Ladies...

1189
02:09:15,147 --> 02:09:17,081
and gentlemen,

1190
02:09:20,453 --> 02:09:23,650
l'm sorry...

1191
02:09:23,723 --> 02:09:25,657
to tell you...

1192
02:09:27,393 --> 02:09:29,327
that Miss Page...

1193
02:09:30,496 --> 02:09:32,430
is unable...

1194
02:09:33,633 --> 02:09:36,466
to dance tonight,

1195
02:09:36,536 --> 02:09:39,130
[ Gasping, Murmuring ]

1196
02:09:39,205 --> 02:09:44,700
nor indeed...
any other night.

1197
02:09:44,777 --> 02:09:47,905
[ Gasping, Murmuring Continue ]

1198
02:09:47,980 --> 02:09:50,380
Nevertheless,

1199
02:09:52,952 --> 02:09:54,886
we've decided...

1200
02:09:57,924 --> 02:09:59,858
to present...

1201
02:10:00,927 --> 02:10:02,861
The Red Shoes.

1202
02:10:07,533 --> 02:10:10,866
lt... is...

1203
02:10:10,937 --> 02:10:12,871
the ballet...

1204
02:10:15,374 --> 02:10:17,501
that made her name,

1205
02:10:18,578 --> 02:10:20,512
whose name...

1206
02:10:22,214 --> 02:10:24,444
she made.

1207
02:10:24,517 --> 02:10:26,451
We...

1208
02:10:26,519 --> 02:10:28,453
present it...

1209
02:10:30,756 --> 02:10:32,690
because...

1210
02:10:36,329 --> 02:10:38,263
we think...

1211
02:10:40,533 --> 02:10:43,024
she would have...

1212
02:10:44,103 --> 02:10:46,663
wished it.

1213
02:11:16,102 --> 02:11:18,696
- [ Whimpering ]
- [ Chattering ln French ]

1214
02:11:23,376 --> 02:11:26,573
- [ Speaks French ]
- [ Sighing ]

1215
02:11:30,650 --> 02:11:32,584
[ Chattering Continues ]

1216
02:11:33,886 --> 02:11:36,047
Julian ?

1217
02:11:36,122 --> 02:11:38,181
Yes, my darling ?

1218
02:11:38,257 --> 02:11:40,851
Take off the red shoes.