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Drama: Relationships & Romance

25/12/1997

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A young ballerina (Moira Shearer) is torn between two creative but possessive men.

Drama about a young ballerina torn between two creative but possessive men - one a struggling composer, the other an autocratic impresario.

Eager young ballerina Victoria Page is delighted at being given the opportunity to dance with the renowned Ballet Lermontov, little realising the demands of its brilliant yet arrogant impresario will force a tragic choice between her career and her lover.

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