1 00:01:17,567 --> 00:01:19,381 Not so high on your left string. 2 00:01:20,198 --> 00:01:22,123 Faster. One, two, three. 3 00:01:22,339 --> 00:01:23,644 One, two, three. 4 00:01:29,439 --> 00:01:31,364 Careful. They are virgins. 5 00:01:34,348 --> 00:01:36,167 The applause is deafening. 6 00:01:37,016 --> 00:01:38,405 Applause? I don't hear any. 7 00:01:39,100 --> 00:01:41,475 I've been having a little trouble with my ears lately though. 8 00:01:41,851 --> 00:01:44,052 I took some pills for it but they didn't work very well. 9 00:01:44,815 --> 00:01:47,215 Probably you didn't put them in the right place. 10 00:01:47,664 --> 00:01:49,231 Use your imagination. 11 00:02:30,460 --> 00:02:31,270 Wood. 12 00:02:33,698 --> 00:02:35,373 [ Loud scream! ] 13 00:02:36,340 --> 00:02:38,218 Stop .. stop .. 14 00:02:38,613 --> 00:02:39,570 What you do? 15 00:02:39,843 --> 00:02:41,007 You stay home! 16 00:02:44,572 --> 00:02:45,802 Bring down the curtain. 17 00:02:48,149 --> 00:02:50,422 I'll teach you. You come home at once. 18 00:02:50,872 --> 00:02:53,032 Fedor. Fedor, what you do? 19 00:02:54,929 --> 00:02:55,849 Fedor. 20 00:02:58,401 --> 00:02:59,674 Come back here, I tell you. 21 00:03:01,894 --> 00:03:02,842 Come back here. 22 00:03:03,875 --> 00:03:05,650 Fedor. Come back here. 23 00:03:07,190 --> 00:03:10,439 Fedor. I'll break every bone in your body. 24 00:03:10,752 --> 00:03:11,855 You devil. 25 00:03:12,578 --> 00:03:13,906 Where do you hide from me? 26 00:03:14,306 --> 00:03:17,233 If he is, the devil must be a mountain goat. 27 00:03:18,243 --> 00:03:21,365 He runs just like one, doesn't he. At least I imagine he does. 28 00:03:22,290 --> 00:03:24,871 I've never met a mountain goat personally. 29 00:03:26,418 --> 00:03:28,700 What legs he has for dancing. 30 00:03:29,952 --> 00:03:32,041 Look at him .. like a deer. 31 00:03:34,487 --> 00:03:36,413 Where are you going, you good-for-nothing? 32 00:03:36,872 --> 00:03:38,826 Come back here. I charge you. 33 00:03:52,797 --> 00:03:54,325 Quick. Out of sight with him. 34 00:03:59,376 --> 00:04:00,362 Fedor. 35 00:04:02,270 --> 00:04:05,669 I'll break every bone in your body. 36 00:04:06,050 --> 00:04:07,821 Fedor .. Fedor. 37 00:04:10,731 --> 00:04:11,747 Good evening. 38 00:04:12,947 --> 00:04:14,429 Where goes that boy? 39 00:04:14,982 --> 00:04:15,740 What boy? 40 00:04:15,982 --> 00:04:18,246 He just ran in. You must have seen him. 41 00:04:19,144 --> 00:04:20,510 I'm sorry. Karimsky. 42 00:04:21,050 --> 00:04:21,868 Yes, sir? 43 00:04:22,375 --> 00:04:24,780 Have you seen a strange boy around here tonight? 44 00:04:25,165 --> 00:04:26,379 Tonight? No. 45 00:04:26,959 --> 00:04:28,836 On Friday night there was a strange boy. 46 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:30,940 He was quite an old fellow though. 47 00:04:31,879 --> 00:04:33,634 We've seen no boy. You must be mistaken. 48 00:04:33,850 --> 00:04:35,390 He's here, I tell you. 49 00:04:36,328 --> 00:04:38,194 My dear friend. Look for yourself. 50 00:04:39,041 --> 00:04:42,011 He's away from home. With what? 51 00:04:43,257 --> 00:04:44,344 Hidden him safely? 52 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:46,668 I'll be lucky if I can find him again myself. 53 00:04:47,335 --> 00:04:49,182 He must be someplace. 54 00:04:50,752 --> 00:04:52,771 My dear friend. There are so many places. 55 00:04:54,290 --> 00:04:55,607 Fedor. Fedor. 56 00:04:56,052 --> 00:04:56,871 Fedor. 57 00:04:57,336 --> 00:04:59,267 Come to me. Where are you? 58 00:04:59,971 --> 00:05:01,330 I'll kill you when I find you. 59 00:05:01,595 --> 00:05:03,726 What the devil are we going to do with that boy? 60 00:05:15,187 --> 00:05:16,614 Pack up quick. We get out. 61 00:05:18,117 --> 00:05:19,150 Bring me that. 62 00:05:20,051 --> 00:05:20,783 Here. 63 00:05:21,290 --> 00:05:22,229 Quick. 64 00:05:22,962 --> 00:05:24,498 Simon. - Yes, Vladimir. 65 00:05:24,714 --> 00:05:26,277 Hitch up the horses. 66 00:05:26,745 --> 00:05:28,426 Come on. Your fingers are like feet. 67 00:05:29,085 --> 00:05:30,709 Close it up. 68 00:05:52,994 --> 00:05:54,767 Now go to sleep, Fedor. 69 00:05:55,219 --> 00:05:57,231 Go to sleep. Don't worry about anything. 70 00:06:07,090 --> 00:06:09,536 Yes, not a bad name for a dancer. 71 00:06:10,048 --> 00:06:12,070 A dancer? - That's what I said. 72 00:06:13,062 --> 00:06:14,818 Nature fashioned him for that. 73 00:06:16,104 --> 00:06:18,602 Thighs like steel, yet plastic. 74 00:06:21,071 --> 00:06:22,909 That's the body I should have had. 75 00:06:24,783 --> 00:06:26,099 With my soul. 76 00:06:27,317 --> 00:06:29,197 A dancer's soul. 77 00:06:31,009 --> 00:06:33,357 The heritage of my mother. - Your mother? 78 00:06:33,948 --> 00:06:36,124 Ah, you never saw her dance. 79 00:06:39,477 --> 00:06:41,448 Like a bit of thistle-down. 80 00:06:42,820 --> 00:06:44,834 She used to say to me, 'Ivan'. 81 00:06:45,808 --> 00:06:46,967 'You have more than I'. 82 00:06:48,026 --> 00:06:49,387 'You have the genius'. 83 00:06:51,847 --> 00:06:53,135 Genius? Pah. 84 00:06:54,157 --> 00:06:55,813 It's been a curse to me. 85 00:06:56,993 --> 00:06:57,969 A nightmare. 86 00:06:59,121 --> 00:07:01,655 Twist my dreams with torment. 87 00:07:03,524 --> 00:07:05,169 It's strange you know .. 88 00:07:06,458 --> 00:07:08,213 The dream I always had. 89 00:07:08,930 --> 00:07:11,006 Ever since I was a little boy. 90 00:07:12,871 --> 00:07:15,017 A great, shining figure. 91 00:07:16,258 --> 00:07:18,102 White and beautiful. 92 00:07:19,395 --> 00:07:21,256 Would come to me with wings. 93 00:07:22,734 --> 00:07:25,014 Big, shimmering wings. 94 00:07:25,444 --> 00:07:27,037 And put them on my back. 95 00:07:27,538 --> 00:07:28,832 And beckon me. 96 00:07:29,412 --> 00:07:31,329 And when I start to fly. 97 00:07:32,482 --> 00:07:34,197 Oh, so happy. 98 00:07:34,726 --> 00:07:36,898 My heart would almost break. 99 00:07:39,140 --> 00:07:40,398 A great claw .. 100 00:07:41,850 --> 00:07:43,377 Grasped my foot. 101 00:07:45,127 --> 00:07:46,530 Pulled me down. 102 00:07:47,691 --> 00:07:49,587 Down into the swamp. 103 00:07:50,471 --> 00:07:52,279 Black, bubbling. 104 00:07:54,518 --> 00:07:56,185 And I'd scream and wake. 105 00:07:58,592 --> 00:08:00,778 Aye, it was a very pretty little dream. 106 00:08:00,994 --> 00:08:03,149 You give me the creeps when you talk like that, Ivan. 107 00:08:05,687 --> 00:08:08,205 I make my own blood run cold, my friend. 108 00:08:09,984 --> 00:08:12,142 When I think of what I might have been. 109 00:08:13,582 --> 00:08:14,684 And what I am. 110 00:08:16,107 --> 00:08:18,816 Making little wooden dolls dance. 111 00:08:20,402 --> 00:08:22,053 For simple peasants. 112 00:08:23,645 --> 00:08:25,020 And I should be .. 113 00:08:29,997 --> 00:08:31,413 Don't look like that, Ivan. 114 00:08:35,487 --> 00:08:37,983 Have you ever heard of the Golem? 115 00:08:38,848 --> 00:08:40,282 Made of mud. 116 00:08:42,730 --> 00:08:44,722 And given a human soul. 117 00:08:45,281 --> 00:08:46,698 Of Frankenstein. 118 00:08:47,322 --> 00:08:49,578 The monster created by man. 119 00:08:50,735 --> 00:08:52,507 Or the homunculus. 120 00:08:53,005 --> 00:08:56,484 The pale being. The product of science. 121 00:08:57,237 --> 00:08:58,886 These are all dreams. 122 00:08:59,401 --> 00:09:01,543 Brought to life by mortals. 123 00:09:03,767 --> 00:09:06,804 I will create my own being. 124 00:09:08,968 --> 00:09:09,936 That boy. 125 00:09:12,778 --> 00:09:14,907 That boy will be my counterpart. 126 00:09:15,462 --> 00:09:17,272 He shall be what I should have been. 127 00:09:17,530 --> 00:09:19,043 I will mould him. 128 00:09:19,509 --> 00:09:21,840 I will pour into him my genius. 129 00:09:22,368 --> 00:09:23,547 My soul. 130 00:09:24,216 --> 00:09:26,685 In him, all my dreams .. 131 00:09:27,330 --> 00:09:29,019 All my ambitions .. 132 00:09:29,512 --> 00:09:31,007 Will be fulfilled. 133 00:09:31,940 --> 00:09:33,592 I will make him. 134 00:09:35,300 --> 00:09:39,327 The greatest dancer of all time. 135 00:10:39,376 --> 00:10:40,933 Stop. Time. 136 00:10:41,619 --> 00:10:43,484 Wrong, wrong. Do it all over again. 137 00:10:44,179 --> 00:10:46,176 You're out of line. The effect is lost. 138 00:10:46,889 --> 00:10:47,839 Come on. 139 00:10:52,484 --> 00:10:53,821 It's all wrong. 140 00:10:54,727 --> 00:10:56,522 We have to do it all over again. 141 00:10:57,244 --> 00:10:58,643 Just what I would have said. 142 00:10:58,950 --> 00:11:02,080 You've got to watch that. With the way you have the .. lines .. 143 00:11:02,671 --> 00:11:04,279 All crooked. Do it over again. 144 00:11:04,788 --> 00:11:06,233 You want to watch the rhythm too. 145 00:11:07,951 --> 00:11:09,182 Now, bear that in mind. 146 00:11:10,221 --> 00:11:11,223 Ready. 147 00:11:12,827 --> 00:11:14,234 One .. two .. 148 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:29,606 I beg your pardon, sir. Count Renaud is here. 149 00:11:30,556 --> 00:11:32,583 I hope I'm not disturbing you, Tsarakov. 150 00:11:32,799 --> 00:11:36,398 My dear friend, you are far too rich ever to disturb anybody. 151 00:11:37,023 --> 00:11:37,996 Sit down. 152 00:11:43,354 --> 00:11:46,194 That premier dancer of yours hardly shares your opinion I'm afraid. 153 00:11:47,146 --> 00:11:50,716 Every time I come near the theatre lately, he watches me like a cat. 154 00:11:51,483 --> 00:11:53,629 You mean Fedor? - Look at him now. 155 00:11:54,069 --> 00:11:55,969 He's stopped dancing. - Why shouldn't he? 156 00:11:56,185 --> 00:11:57,852 It's the end of his number. 157 00:11:59,572 --> 00:12:01,104 That wasn't the case last night. 158 00:12:01,690 --> 00:12:03,449 He stopped right in the middle of the show. 159 00:12:03,778 --> 00:12:04,964 He's nervous, my friend. 160 00:12:05,308 --> 00:12:07,556 You don't understand the artistic temperament. 161 00:12:08,326 --> 00:12:12,267 If you had seen him ten years ago, you'd say it was a miracle. 162 00:12:13,491 --> 00:12:17,222 Just a disjointed little bag of bones. - Really? 163 00:12:17,547 --> 00:12:19,324 Nothing to recommend him at all .. 164 00:12:20,063 --> 00:12:22,201 But his mad ambition to dance. 165 00:12:28,394 --> 00:12:29,927 I made that .. 166 00:12:30,446 --> 00:12:33,561 Magnificent specimen you see there. 167 00:12:34,388 --> 00:12:37,852 Just as surely as God made this world. 168 00:12:41,018 --> 00:12:44,063 That little girl over there. Nana Carlova. 169 00:13:11,330 --> 00:13:12,346 She's worthwhile. 170 00:13:13,171 --> 00:13:16,242 But a little beyond anyone's reach I'm afraid. 171 00:13:17,268 --> 00:13:18,800 That reminds me, my dear friend. 172 00:13:19,627 --> 00:13:22,574 She .. wishes to return your gift. 173 00:13:23,877 --> 00:13:24,921 Didn't she like it? 174 00:13:25,436 --> 00:13:28,550 She's not used to getting such expensive presents. 175 00:13:28,766 --> 00:13:30,249 They frighten her. 176 00:13:30,698 --> 00:13:33,654 Besides, the design is very crude, my friend. 177 00:13:34,287 --> 00:13:36,082 Something more simple, maybe? 178 00:13:36,944 --> 00:13:38,487 There could be nothing more simple. 179 00:13:38,703 --> 00:13:41,766 Than giving diamond bracelets to Nana Carlova. 180 00:13:43,428 --> 00:13:46,015 I have no sentimental value. 181 00:13:46,903 --> 00:13:49,665 For Nana's virtue, but .. 182 00:13:51,213 --> 00:13:54,513 As it happens, she is reserved for Fedor. 183 00:13:55,471 --> 00:13:56,143 Fedor? 184 00:13:56,994 --> 00:13:59,606 He seems to like her, so I have arranged that he shall have her. 185 00:14:00,539 --> 00:14:03,392 Just as I arranged that he shall have every other woman he wanted. 186 00:14:04,357 --> 00:14:06,330 I don't understand you, Tsarakov. 187 00:14:07,190 --> 00:14:10,568 My dear Count. An artist must have his relaxation. 188 00:14:11,509 --> 00:14:14,412 He must be inspired by many beautiful women. 189 00:14:17,236 --> 00:14:18,655 Nana. Your cue. 190 00:14:18,996 --> 00:14:21,092 Don't stand around and gab. Your cue. 191 00:14:21,416 --> 00:14:22,999 What an old wolf you are. 192 00:14:24,944 --> 00:14:27,710 Suppose he falls in love with one of those beautiful women? 193 00:14:27,926 --> 00:14:29,943 For a man like you, there is nothing wrong with it. 194 00:14:30,988 --> 00:14:32,609 For an artist, it is fatal. 195 00:14:32,862 --> 00:14:36,304 He must have his whole soul, his whole being in his art. 196 00:14:37,164 --> 00:14:38,107 Nothing else. 197 00:14:38,562 --> 00:14:40,806 Nana seems to take up a great deal of his time. 198 00:14:42,204 --> 00:14:44,571 As long as he's happy, I'm satisfied. 199 00:14:45,776 --> 00:14:47,467 Don't disturb him, my friend. 200 00:14:48,098 --> 00:14:51,391 Then I suppose, I am just to burn up with desire. 201 00:14:52,137 --> 00:14:54,450 There are so many other ladies, my dear Count. 202 00:14:54,666 --> 00:14:56,716 To the devil with the other ladies. 203 00:14:56,932 --> 00:14:58,868 That's exactly what I am suggesting. 204 00:14:59,941 --> 00:15:01,806 But not Nana Carlova. 205 00:15:16,449 --> 00:15:17,725 Fedor, please. 206 00:15:19,449 --> 00:15:20,373 Let's go. 207 00:15:34,486 --> 00:15:35,956 Good evening, Maestro. 208 00:15:54,116 --> 00:15:56,562 You're a hard worker, huh? - Thanks. 209 00:15:57,406 --> 00:16:00,001 You're new, aren't you? I haven't seen you about. 210 00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:03,609 What's your name? - Olga Chekova. 211 00:16:05,351 --> 00:16:07,207 You want to be a ballet dancer? 212 00:16:08,227 --> 00:16:09,147 Yes. 213 00:16:09,608 --> 00:16:11,716 Do you want to be a great ballet dancer? 214 00:16:12,842 --> 00:16:13,691 Yes. 215 00:16:15,729 --> 00:16:17,753 Come to my office. Three o'clock. 216 00:16:21,771 --> 00:16:23,556 What are you doing here? Standing around. 217 00:16:23,887 --> 00:16:26,906 Come back to your places. Quick. We'll have to do it again. 218 00:16:27,221 --> 00:16:28,682 What's the matter, Serge? 219 00:16:29,474 --> 00:16:30,592 You look tired. 220 00:16:32,914 --> 00:16:35,243 Nana .. you're the only one that worries about me. 221 00:16:35,849 --> 00:16:37,186 The others drive me crazy. 222 00:16:37,402 --> 00:16:39,909 Look at them. Stepping on each other's feet while they are dancing. 223 00:16:40,191 --> 00:16:42,654 I'm going mad. I tell you, I cannot stand it any longer. 224 00:16:43,129 --> 00:16:44,950 Now, Serge. Don't take it so hard. 225 00:16:45,358 --> 00:16:47,513 You'll be alright. I know you will. 226 00:16:50,583 --> 00:16:51,774 My Nana. 227 00:16:53,560 --> 00:16:54,809 Go on. Take your place. 228 00:16:57,290 --> 00:17:00,217 Dancers .. one .. two. 229 00:17:03,703 --> 00:17:04,627 Ivan. 230 00:17:06,154 --> 00:17:07,481 Will you see me a moment? 231 00:17:07,697 --> 00:17:09,842 If it isn't taking up too much of your time. 232 00:17:10,170 --> 00:17:13,123 How can you treat me like this? Aren't you human at all? 233 00:17:13,519 --> 00:17:18,261 Is it impossible that you forget that I once took advantage of your propinquity? 234 00:17:18,740 --> 00:17:21,234 You made me think you cared once. If you hadn't done .. 235 00:17:21,450 --> 00:17:24,833 I know. You never would have made your first false step. 236 00:17:25,221 --> 00:17:26,190 The music cue. 237 00:17:26,406 --> 00:17:29,321 I know the truth now. I meant no more to you than .. 238 00:17:29,884 --> 00:17:30,992 Than that chair. 239 00:17:34,569 --> 00:17:37,564 That was once a very comfortable chair, probably. 240 00:17:38,449 --> 00:17:41,153 You could always sit in the chair afterwards. 241 00:17:42,039 --> 00:17:45,024 Come darling. Run away or Serge will bite you. 242 00:17:52,316 --> 00:17:54,421 No good. There is something wrong. 243 00:17:55,012 --> 00:17:56,289 I can't stand it. 244 00:17:57,566 --> 00:17:58,281 Hey. 245 00:18:02,443 --> 00:18:04,882 What's the matter with you? - They are no good. 246 00:18:05,506 --> 00:18:07,658 The whole morning, everyone has done as they pleased. 247 00:18:08,177 --> 00:18:10,282 You fool. I've been directing them myself. 248 00:18:10,820 --> 00:18:12,439 They were working like the devil. 249 00:18:12,853 --> 00:18:14,584 What's the matter with you? Are you crazy? 250 00:18:14,802 --> 00:18:17,511 I cannot wait for tonight. I must have some more. Now. 251 00:18:17,966 --> 00:18:19,479 I have none here. - It is a lie. 252 00:18:19,910 --> 00:18:22,030 I know you always have some on you in case I .. 253 00:18:22,954 --> 00:18:23,591 No. 254 00:18:23,807 --> 00:18:26,108 I haven't slept since the rehearsals started. 255 00:18:26,424 --> 00:18:28,241 They keep going around in my head. 256 00:18:28,553 --> 00:18:31,549 The people moving. The music, the dancer's feet. 257 00:18:31,966 --> 00:18:35,867 Until I feel as though every nerve in my body had a voice that was screaming. 258 00:18:36,516 --> 00:18:39,043 How can I stand it unless you give me all I need? 259 00:18:39,322 --> 00:18:41,323 Not in the theatre. - Then I cannot go on. 260 00:18:41,678 --> 00:18:44,492 I cannot think with that terrible sensation of screaming. 261 00:18:45,129 --> 00:18:49,440 No sound. Still that sensation of screaming. 262 00:18:49,704 --> 00:18:50,575 Shush. 263 00:18:50,813 --> 00:18:52,768 I cannot go on. Please .. 264 00:18:53,672 --> 00:18:55,027 Quiet .. 265 00:19:12,292 --> 00:19:15,808 Everything is fine, yeah. Get ready. Let's go. 266 00:19:17,638 --> 00:19:19,145 One .. two .. 267 00:19:20,394 --> 00:19:22,471 Thanks Karimsky. I appreciate your suggestions. 268 00:19:22,770 --> 00:19:25,549 That's alright, Fedor. In fact, I'm utterly satisfied .. 269 00:19:25,765 --> 00:19:29,360 With the analytical and psychological construction of your work in the ballet. 270 00:19:29,913 --> 00:19:32,244 However, there in the second act of Cleopatra. 271 00:19:32,578 --> 00:19:34,377 You know, when you leap through the window? 272 00:19:35,375 --> 00:19:38,957 Leap a little higher and make sure the window is open when you leap through. 273 00:19:39,537 --> 00:19:40,285 I will. 274 00:19:40,761 --> 00:19:41,933 I'm fully convinced .. 275 00:19:42,364 --> 00:19:45,096 That your greatest achievement will be in the ballet story that I've written. 276 00:19:45,581 --> 00:19:47,006 I'd like to have you read that. 277 00:19:51,085 --> 00:19:52,177 Anything important? 278 00:19:52,457 --> 00:19:54,933 There's another letter from the mother of that girl in Vienna. 279 00:19:55,149 --> 00:19:57,640 Personally, I think .. - Personally, you can't think. 280 00:19:58,422 --> 00:20:00,263 Put it in a file with the others. 281 00:20:01,360 --> 00:20:03,263 How are you Fedor? How do you feel? 282 00:20:03,712 --> 00:20:04,518 Alright. 283 00:20:04,961 --> 00:20:06,128 You sound tired. 284 00:20:07,081 --> 00:20:08,642 Maybe you were out late last night? 285 00:20:09,288 --> 00:20:10,516 I was. With Nana. 286 00:20:10,891 --> 00:20:12,379 Aha .. well? 287 00:20:13,776 --> 00:20:15,736 You heard what I said: well? 288 00:20:16,124 --> 00:20:18,508 Nana isn't like that. She's very different. 289 00:20:18,870 --> 00:20:21,140 Different? That sounds wonderful. Tell me about it. 290 00:20:21,530 --> 00:20:22,705 That isn't what I mean. 291 00:20:23,004 --> 00:20:24,816 Nana has an innocence. A sweetness. 292 00:20:25,617 --> 00:20:26,285 Ah. 293 00:20:28,009 --> 00:20:30,526 You know, I can think of nothing more revolting. 294 00:20:31,106 --> 00:20:33,957 Than a human being licking envelopes. 295 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:35,751 Post them. 296 00:20:36,877 --> 00:20:39,034 And take a brisk walk. You look terrible. 297 00:20:39,336 --> 00:20:41,467 I don't believe I'll walk very much. My feet hurt today. 298 00:20:41,700 --> 00:20:42,647 Get out. 299 00:20:45,023 --> 00:20:46,404 An amazing character. 300 00:20:48,024 --> 00:20:49,389 Everything alright, Fedor? 301 00:20:49,703 --> 00:20:51,548 I wouldn't change places with anyone on earth. 302 00:20:51,896 --> 00:20:53,635 That's good to hear, my son. 303 00:20:54,950 --> 00:20:57,076 Real gratitude. Very rare. 304 00:20:57,494 --> 00:20:59,622 It isn't just gratitude. It's much more than that. 305 00:21:00,534 --> 00:21:02,364 I owe everything I have and am, to you. 306 00:21:02,768 --> 00:21:04,474 You .. you've been a father to me. 307 00:21:08,328 --> 00:21:10,730 You can be one of the greatest artists .. 308 00:21:11,302 --> 00:21:12,322 In the world. 309 00:21:13,616 --> 00:21:15,146 What more can anyone ask? 310 00:21:15,824 --> 00:21:16,607 Nothing. 311 00:21:17,671 --> 00:21:19,519 Right .. you are right. 312 00:21:20,626 --> 00:21:21,357 Have .. 313 00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:26,143 Have I ever been wrong in my dealing with anything that .. 314 00:21:27,198 --> 00:21:30,399 Concerns your happiness? - No. Never. 315 00:21:30,858 --> 00:21:32,563 Then what was the matter last night? 316 00:21:32,899 --> 00:21:34,962 Why did you make that long pause? 317 00:21:35,468 --> 00:21:37,513 I just found out. It was Count Renaud. 318 00:21:37,984 --> 00:21:40,896 As he came in the box just now I had the same feeling I had on stage last night. 319 00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:42,570 This time I knew what it was. 320 00:21:42,860 --> 00:21:43,818 I hate that man. 321 00:21:44,364 --> 00:21:45,287 What for? 322 00:21:45,630 --> 00:21:47,733 He thinks he has only to look at a girl and she will .. 323 00:21:48,261 --> 00:21:49,886 Unfortunately, they do. 324 00:21:50,594 --> 00:21:53,192 Any number of them have. - But not Nana Carlova. 325 00:21:53,833 --> 00:21:55,890 Wouldn't you think even he could see she's different? 326 00:21:57,618 --> 00:22:00,053 You seem very sure for one so young. 327 00:22:00,942 --> 00:22:04,988 How many times have I told you never to place any woman too high? 328 00:22:05,859 --> 00:22:08,342 It always saves so much fuss when .. 329 00:22:09,343 --> 00:22:11,076 Things grow stale. 330 00:22:11,895 --> 00:22:13,371 Here, have a drink. - No thanks. 331 00:22:13,709 --> 00:22:16,082 You'll like it. It's very good. I just got it from Bavaria. 332 00:22:16,462 --> 00:22:18,160 Thanks. - Sit down. Sit down. 333 00:22:22,553 --> 00:22:25,882 I don't wish to pry into your private affairs, my son. 334 00:22:26,982 --> 00:22:27,664 But. 335 00:22:30,070 --> 00:22:32,582 Just what do you and Nana mean to each other? 336 00:22:33,201 --> 00:22:34,445 We've always been friends. 337 00:22:37,534 --> 00:22:39,452 Oh, that's an amiable relationship. 338 00:22:39,971 --> 00:22:41,221 As far as it goes. 339 00:22:42,171 --> 00:22:45,548 But it's a little childish when it interferes with your work, isn't it? 340 00:22:46,261 --> 00:22:48,119 I admit I've been worried about her. 341 00:22:49,094 --> 00:22:51,137 Since she is above temptation. 342 00:22:51,857 --> 00:22:54,036 What harm can Count Renaud do her? 343 00:22:54,548 --> 00:22:55,443 If she isn't. 344 00:22:56,401 --> 00:22:58,961 Then she's scarcely worthwhile worrying about, is she? 345 00:22:59,492 --> 00:23:00,669 But she is above it. 346 00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:04,468 In that case Renaud is automatically eliminated, isn't he? 347 00:23:10,328 --> 00:23:11,517 Well, of course. 348 00:23:12,662 --> 00:23:14,316 I believe you could clear up anything. 349 00:23:15,794 --> 00:23:17,100 Now I must get back to work. 350 00:23:17,446 --> 00:23:18,784 Alright, boy. By the way. 351 00:23:19,604 --> 00:23:22,364 I want you to come to supper with me tonight, after the performance. 352 00:23:23,004 --> 00:23:25,546 I want you to meet a charming little recruit. 353 00:23:26,347 --> 00:23:27,150 No thanks. 354 00:23:27,816 --> 00:23:29,121 I think I'd better go home. 355 00:23:45,325 --> 00:23:46,202 Hello. 356 00:23:47,301 --> 00:23:49,530 Friedrichshafen neun sieben. 357 00:23:55,515 --> 00:23:57,982 Hello? Hello, is that you, Renaud? 358 00:24:00,292 --> 00:24:01,452 You just got home? 359 00:24:03,151 --> 00:24:05,342 I've just been talking to a little friend of yours. 360 00:24:06,565 --> 00:24:08,729 Nana Carlova. She just went out. 361 00:24:10,225 --> 00:24:13,703 I know. I've changed my mind about that. 362 00:24:14,747 --> 00:24:16,084 I tell you what you do. 363 00:24:18,328 --> 00:24:20,123 Send her back the bracelet. 364 00:24:21,595 --> 00:24:24,979 And attach a little bunch of violets to it. 365 00:24:25,868 --> 00:24:28,721 You know. It is modest, sweet, simple. 366 00:24:29,900 --> 00:24:31,473 She likes simple things. 367 00:24:32,857 --> 00:24:35,117 Don't give up the ship, Renaud. 368 00:24:36,403 --> 00:24:38,788 Remember the battle has just begun, huh. 369 00:24:41,946 --> 00:24:44,591 Alright. Not at all. Not at all, my friend. 370 00:24:49,664 --> 00:24:50,789 Stage manager. 371 00:24:53,904 --> 00:24:56,728 Send Olga Chekova in my office. By the way. 372 00:24:58,445 --> 00:25:00,891 The man at the store says there's something wrong with the letters. 373 00:25:01,924 --> 00:25:03,309 We have to put stamps on them. 374 00:25:04,303 --> 00:25:07,493 Now you have a little time, I'd like you to read the ballet story I've written. 375 00:25:07,963 --> 00:25:09,951 I would rather have you lick envelopes. 376 00:25:10,377 --> 00:25:11,328 [ Door knocks ] 377 00:25:12,516 --> 00:25:13,602 Come in. 378 00:25:19,138 --> 00:25:21,606 Take off your hat. - I was just thinking of that. 379 00:25:26,803 --> 00:25:28,050 Come in. Come close. 380 00:25:29,125 --> 00:25:31,103 But it isn't three o'clock. 381 00:25:31,466 --> 00:25:33,241 Yes, the time is alright. 382 00:25:34,043 --> 00:25:35,732 Don't be nervous. Sit down. 383 00:25:36,155 --> 00:25:39,612 Sit down. I have something very important I want to tell you. 384 00:25:39,902 --> 00:25:40,615 Yes? 385 00:25:41,187 --> 00:25:44,273 Someone is very much interested in you. 386 00:25:44,723 --> 00:25:46,273 Yes .. who? 387 00:25:46,931 --> 00:25:49,044 Fedor. - Fedor? 388 00:25:49,769 --> 00:25:51,258 He has hardly ever looked at me. 389 00:25:52,008 --> 00:25:52,854 He will. 390 00:25:53,627 --> 00:25:54,401 Listen. 391 00:26:28,711 --> 00:26:29,775 You are here early. 392 00:26:30,216 --> 00:26:31,674 You're a hard little worker? 393 00:26:33,904 --> 00:26:34,548 Well. 394 00:26:35,088 --> 00:26:36,802 Was I right about Fedor? 395 00:26:38,566 --> 00:26:40,699 No .. not exactly. 396 00:26:41,254 --> 00:26:44,304 My dear child. Don't be embarrassed in front of me. 397 00:26:44,789 --> 00:26:46,527 I understand these things. 398 00:26:48,615 --> 00:26:50,952 I went to his room, as you told me. - Yes? 399 00:26:52,289 --> 00:26:54,087 I knocked on his door. - Yes. 400 00:26:55,105 --> 00:26:57,427 He came to the door and I did what you told me to. 401 00:26:57,709 --> 00:26:58,808 Yes, yes. 402 00:26:59,961 --> 00:27:01,396 He laughed in my face. 403 00:27:03,384 --> 00:27:04,213 No. 404 00:27:05,143 --> 00:27:05,979 He did. 405 00:27:07,273 --> 00:27:09,315 I think you were playing a joke on me, Maestro. 406 00:27:10,026 --> 00:27:11,777 No, my dear child. 407 00:27:12,384 --> 00:27:13,941 The joke was on him. 408 00:27:15,156 --> 00:27:17,584 Come to my office tomorrow at three o'clock. 409 00:27:20,098 --> 00:27:21,150 Make it two-thirty. 410 00:27:27,023 --> 00:27:28,513 You'll take me seriously one day. 411 00:27:28,729 --> 00:27:30,738 I must hurry and get dressed. Goodbye, darling. 412 00:27:37,075 --> 00:27:37,833 Hurry up. 413 00:27:38,976 --> 00:27:39,736 I will. 414 00:28:08,441 --> 00:28:09,373 Get Serge. 415 00:28:09,813 --> 00:28:12,491 Serge isn't here. At least I haven't heard anyone yelling. 416 00:28:12,751 --> 00:28:14,303 What do you mean 'he isn't here'? 417 00:28:14,537 --> 00:28:17,786 On opening night? He must be here, you fool. 418 00:28:18,206 --> 00:28:19,264 I am here. 419 00:28:19,772 --> 00:28:21,824 Even you are here. Go get him. 420 00:28:23,624 --> 00:28:26,599 Count Renaud sent you these violets. - Count Renaud? 421 00:28:27,724 --> 00:28:29,070 Aren't they lovely? 422 00:28:30,611 --> 00:28:32,553 Yes .. they're very pretty. 423 00:28:37,577 --> 00:28:41,044 You know me, this is our opening night. I am very nervous. I am very busy. 424 00:28:41,342 --> 00:28:42,724 I cannot spare one minute. 425 00:28:43,085 --> 00:28:45,020 Sit down. I want you for something. 426 00:28:45,407 --> 00:28:47,431 Don't be nervous. Don't be nervous. 427 00:28:48,222 --> 00:28:50,863 Get me out a Form Of Release. Two copies. 428 00:28:52,533 --> 00:28:54,039 Take down this letter. 429 00:29:03,642 --> 00:29:04,906 Address it to me. 430 00:29:07,055 --> 00:29:08,451 My dear Director. 431 00:29:08,973 --> 00:29:10,422 I send you this letter tonight. 432 00:29:11,190 --> 00:29:13,317 So you may consider it carefully. 433 00:29:13,988 --> 00:29:15,657 Before you interview me tomorrow. 434 00:29:17,031 --> 00:29:19,407 I believe Nana Carlova .. 435 00:29:20,305 --> 00:29:22,267 Has a very pretty talent. 436 00:29:23,270 --> 00:29:25,724 But the role she is at present rehearsing. 437 00:29:26,579 --> 00:29:28,767 Is far beyond her capabilities. 438 00:29:30,501 --> 00:29:32,234 Her experience of life. 439 00:29:33,054 --> 00:29:34,919 Is perhaps too limited. 440 00:29:36,987 --> 00:29:38,665 For her to invest .. 441 00:29:40,083 --> 00:29:42,995 The part with the requisite sophistication. 442 00:29:44,394 --> 00:29:48,130 And it is absolutely vital to the success of the ballet. 443 00:29:49,332 --> 00:29:51,514 That we replace her with someone else. 444 00:29:54,048 --> 00:29:55,802 That's all. Leave it unsigned. 445 00:29:59,362 --> 00:30:01,389 I hope she doesn't recognise my typewriting. 446 00:30:04,772 --> 00:30:06,497 Go to Nana Carlova's dressing-room. 447 00:30:07,297 --> 00:30:09,973 Tell her to come to my office as soon as she has her costume on. 448 00:30:10,861 --> 00:30:12,471 And wait outside please. 449 00:30:14,318 --> 00:30:16,104 What was that you just dictated? 450 00:30:16,808 --> 00:30:19,060 This is the letter you sent me this evening. 451 00:30:19,843 --> 00:30:20,564 I ..? 452 00:30:21,664 --> 00:30:23,613 You know very well I never wrote such a thing. 453 00:30:23,829 --> 00:30:25,544 You must have. Here it is. 454 00:30:26,333 --> 00:30:28,870 And I've decided to follow your advice. 455 00:30:29,609 --> 00:30:34,270 Preskoya dances Carlova's role beginning with tonight's rehearsal. 456 00:30:34,509 --> 00:30:35,757 After her performance. 457 00:30:36,673 --> 00:30:37,869 Sign it, please. 458 00:30:40,236 --> 00:30:42,797 No .. you cannot make me do this. 459 00:30:43,061 --> 00:30:46,114 I've already told you I wasn't quite sure of Carlova's work. 460 00:30:46,680 --> 00:30:48,761 This letter from you verifies my judgement. 461 00:30:49,536 --> 00:30:51,979 Sign in. - No! I tell you, no. 462 00:30:54,227 --> 00:30:55,889 No? - No. 463 00:31:09,718 --> 00:31:11,117 What are you going to do? 464 00:31:12,490 --> 00:31:15,172 That depends entirely on you, my friend. 465 00:31:16,581 --> 00:31:17,297 No .. 466 00:31:24,385 --> 00:31:25,593 In a second. 467 00:31:26,620 --> 00:31:29,039 There will be no more of this ever again. 468 00:31:30,288 --> 00:31:32,875 If you permit me to drop this in the fire. 469 00:31:34,379 --> 00:31:35,448 You're the devil. 470 00:31:36,407 --> 00:31:37,634 The devil. 471 00:31:39,249 --> 00:31:40,911 Or an angel, perhaps? 472 00:31:42,073 --> 00:31:44,580 Who is giving you a chance to redeem yourself. 473 00:31:45,952 --> 00:31:48,715 Why do I carry this filthy stuff at all? 474 00:31:49,365 --> 00:31:51,791 Because you feel you can't live without it. 475 00:31:52,312 --> 00:31:53,922 And I need you in my work. 476 00:31:55,715 --> 00:31:57,048 If I drop this. 477 00:31:58,438 --> 00:31:59,767 You will be free. 478 00:32:01,883 --> 00:32:03,553 You will suffer of course. 479 00:32:04,526 --> 00:32:05,761 But in the end .. 480 00:32:07,491 --> 00:32:10,266 You will be happier than you could ever dream. 481 00:32:12,699 --> 00:32:13,609 Drop it. 482 00:32:16,386 --> 00:32:17,512 No, no, no. 483 00:32:19,622 --> 00:32:21,694 If I put this back in my pocket. 484 00:32:22,516 --> 00:32:23,862 You must pay for it. 485 00:32:27,136 --> 00:32:28,130 Put it back. 486 00:33:13,189 --> 00:33:14,271 My poor friend. 487 00:33:15,237 --> 00:33:18,475 You know it is an ill wind that blows nobody any good. 488 00:33:19,724 --> 00:33:21,906 Go tell Preskoya the news. 489 00:33:34,162 --> 00:33:35,701 [ Door knocks ] 490 00:33:35,974 --> 00:33:36,818 Come. 491 00:33:41,446 --> 00:33:43,452 Ah, my dear child. Come in. 492 00:33:44,473 --> 00:33:45,458 Come in. 493 00:33:46,399 --> 00:33:47,771 My, how sweet you look. 494 00:33:48,659 --> 00:33:50,555 That's very becoming. - Thanks. 495 00:33:51,377 --> 00:33:52,943 Sit down, dear. Sit down. 496 00:33:56,972 --> 00:33:57,918 Nana? 497 00:33:59,391 --> 00:34:00,170 Nana. 498 00:34:13,966 --> 00:34:16,385 But I .. I don't understand. 499 00:34:17,445 --> 00:34:19,209 Serge has always been so nice to me. 500 00:34:19,512 --> 00:34:21,610 But why shouldn't he be, my dear Nana? 501 00:34:21,958 --> 00:34:23,893 He likes you, as we all do. 502 00:34:24,799 --> 00:34:26,729 But he is first of all, an artist. 503 00:34:27,439 --> 00:34:29,220 But .. you're not going to take me off? 504 00:34:29,436 --> 00:34:31,276 My dear child, what can I do? 505 00:34:31,777 --> 00:34:34,136 I hate to appear unjust or cruel. 506 00:34:34,777 --> 00:34:36,228 But in these circumstances. 507 00:34:37,046 --> 00:34:40,427 I'm afraid I will have to ask you to give up your role, Nana. 508 00:34:41,577 --> 00:34:43,330 You .. you mean? 509 00:34:43,909 --> 00:34:45,502 That after all I've ..? - Listen. 510 00:34:45,730 --> 00:34:48,890 I intend to save you every possible mortification. 511 00:34:49,416 --> 00:34:52,224 Our contract is dissolved by mutual consent. 512 00:34:52,838 --> 00:34:55,431 No-one need ever know that you didn't leave us. 513 00:34:56,110 --> 00:34:57,481 Because of other plans. 514 00:34:58,397 --> 00:35:00,341 But .. where will I go? 515 00:35:02,906 --> 00:35:05,070 I hate to advise people, my dear. 516 00:35:06,252 --> 00:35:07,633 It seems to me that .. 517 00:35:08,688 --> 00:35:12,183 You have the best chance of success possibly by .. 518 00:35:13,227 --> 00:35:15,364 Placing yourself somewhere where .. 519 00:35:16,104 --> 00:35:18,013 Only youth and beauty .. 520 00:35:18,725 --> 00:35:20,124 Are necessary. 521 00:35:21,874 --> 00:35:24,529 You mean .. Count Renaud? 522 00:35:25,013 --> 00:35:28,112 My dear child .. I am not so inhuman. 523 00:35:28,823 --> 00:35:31,277 That I would close one career to you. 524 00:35:32,104 --> 00:35:35,177 Without .. opening up another. 525 00:35:37,550 --> 00:35:39,283 But .. but, Fedor? 526 00:35:41,480 --> 00:35:43,163 Fedor is like my son. 527 00:35:43,838 --> 00:35:46,644 Bound to me by the great future I have planned for him. 528 00:35:47,603 --> 00:35:49,972 There is no room in his life for anyone .. 529 00:35:50,797 --> 00:35:52,680 Who jeopardises that. 530 00:35:54,537 --> 00:35:55,602 You .. 531 00:35:57,000 --> 00:36:00,470 Haven't been foolish enough to fall in love with him, have you? 532 00:36:02,446 --> 00:36:03,740 Answer me. Have you? 533 00:36:07,321 --> 00:36:09,453 Does he reciprocate your feelings? 534 00:36:10,753 --> 00:36:13,192 Has he ever spoken to you at all .. of love? 535 00:36:14,325 --> 00:36:14,944 No. 536 00:36:16,044 --> 00:36:17,580 But I know he cares. 537 00:36:18,868 --> 00:36:21,085 In that case, if you love him at all. 538 00:36:21,833 --> 00:36:23,126 If you really love him. 539 00:36:23,936 --> 00:36:25,124 You will go away. 540 00:36:25,766 --> 00:36:28,696 And not murder the career of a genius. 541 00:36:31,017 --> 00:36:32,841 But what about .. me? 542 00:36:33,832 --> 00:36:34,608 Ah .. 543 00:36:35,812 --> 00:36:37,960 I said those same words once. 544 00:36:38,767 --> 00:36:42,005 And the woman I said them to laughed in my face. 545 00:36:43,377 --> 00:36:45,958 It at least enabled me to find myself. 546 00:36:48,148 --> 00:36:49,192 My dear Nana. 547 00:36:51,699 --> 00:36:53,533 You must laugh in Fedor's. 548 00:36:54,852 --> 00:36:55,581 But I .. 549 00:36:56,105 --> 00:36:57,122 But if .. - Here. 550 00:36:58,069 --> 00:36:59,442 Here is the release. 551 00:37:00,058 --> 00:37:01,624 Will you sign it, my child? 552 00:37:09,284 --> 00:37:11,682 Do you really believe in Fedor's future? 553 00:37:12,053 --> 00:37:14,122 Yes, indeed I do. - Then you will sign it. 554 00:37:16,337 --> 00:37:18,731 Believe me, what I'm asking you, Nana. 555 00:37:19,381 --> 00:37:21,089 I know it's the best for the both of you. 556 00:37:22,909 --> 00:37:23,571 Here. 557 00:37:24,530 --> 00:37:25,663 Trust me. 558 00:37:33,631 --> 00:37:34,994 That's a brave girl. 559 00:37:36,055 --> 00:37:38,176 A brave girl. I'm proud of you. 560 00:37:38,668 --> 00:37:40,468 Now, where is your contract? 561 00:37:43,067 --> 00:37:45,003 In my trunk. - Just destroy it. 562 00:37:45,284 --> 00:37:46,721 Destroy it my dear. 563 00:37:46,937 --> 00:37:49,375 Here. Here is the release signed by me. 564 00:37:49,753 --> 00:37:52,388 In case you wish again to take up dancing. 565 00:37:55,088 --> 00:37:56,093 How could I? 566 00:37:56,825 --> 00:37:58,575 My dear child. In a new life. 567 00:37:59,056 --> 00:38:01,405 New surroundings, new interests. 568 00:38:02,029 --> 00:38:04,833 In a little while you will smile at all this. 569 00:38:06,564 --> 00:38:09,240 You know, you are very pretty when you smile. 570 00:38:14,649 --> 00:38:15,863 Nana, wait a minute. 571 00:38:16,523 --> 00:38:19,091 Help me out, please. - No. I won't let you go away. I .. 572 00:38:20,133 --> 00:38:21,159 So you listened. 573 00:38:21,516 --> 00:38:23,304 I overheard enough to know I had a right to. 574 00:38:23,708 --> 00:38:25,673 I love you, Nana. That's all that matters now. 575 00:38:26,034 --> 00:38:27,107 You mustn't .. 576 00:38:28,637 --> 00:38:30,657 I don't want you to love me. - Nana. 577 00:38:30,904 --> 00:38:31,928 No. - Nana. 578 00:38:32,144 --> 00:38:33,033 Fedor. 579 00:38:34,766 --> 00:38:36,367 Let her go, my son. 580 00:38:39,129 --> 00:38:40,514 If she goes, I go. 581 00:38:41,032 --> 00:38:42,587 Don't be a fool, Fedor. 582 00:38:44,667 --> 00:38:46,426 If only you hadn't listened. 583 00:38:47,623 --> 00:38:49,893 It makes so much more for us to wipe out. 584 00:38:50,332 --> 00:38:51,829 How can you wipe out love? 585 00:38:52,215 --> 00:38:54,125 Women seem to have found a way. 586 00:38:54,538 --> 00:38:56,151 There isn't a woman alive .. 587 00:38:56,412 --> 00:38:59,265 Who wouldn't deceive and hurt the man who loved her. 588 00:38:59,983 --> 00:39:02,495 Nor the man she loved .. for a price. 589 00:39:02,711 --> 00:39:05,016 You may think that's true, but you can't make me believe it. 590 00:39:05,464 --> 00:39:08,002 Must you find it out for yourself, my son? 591 00:39:08,754 --> 00:39:09,855 Don't you understand? 592 00:39:10,430 --> 00:39:12,407 I only want to save you from suffering. 593 00:39:13,211 --> 00:39:14,312 How can you say that? 594 00:39:14,579 --> 00:39:16,281 After what I just heard behind that door. 595 00:39:17,031 --> 00:39:19,216 I worshipped you. As some people worship an idol. 596 00:39:20,069 --> 00:39:21,864 You were my father and God in one. 597 00:39:22,832 --> 00:39:26,179 Do you think it didn't hurt to find you cruel, and ruthless? 598 00:39:26,764 --> 00:39:29,688 You had no right to break Nana's heart. To kill all her hope in her work. 599 00:39:30,719 --> 00:39:33,064 What is her work but part of the setting for you? 600 00:39:33,635 --> 00:39:35,808 I could get a thousand 'Carlovas'. 601 00:39:36,397 --> 00:39:38,360 There is only one 'Fedor'. 602 00:39:39,899 --> 00:39:40,967 Who made him? 603 00:39:43,902 --> 00:39:45,029 I made you. 604 00:39:48,161 --> 00:39:51,125 I recreated myself as I wanted to be. 605 00:39:51,671 --> 00:39:53,536 I'm a very jealous God. 606 00:39:54,399 --> 00:39:57,293 Who's risen from a hell of his own through you. 607 00:39:59,703 --> 00:40:00,931 You didn't know that .. 608 00:40:01,763 --> 00:40:04,054 When I was four, I couldn't walk. 609 00:40:04,684 --> 00:40:05,902 When I was six .. 610 00:40:06,118 --> 00:40:08,625 I could hobble about. With a little crutch. 611 00:40:09,682 --> 00:40:12,382 That crutch made my mother hate me. 612 00:40:13,297 --> 00:40:14,115 My mother. 613 00:40:15,004 --> 00:40:19,042 The premier danseuse at the Imperial Russian Ballet. 614 00:40:20,379 --> 00:40:22,251 One day, she didn't come home. 615 00:40:23,176 --> 00:40:25,428 No, she didn't go away with my father. 616 00:40:25,815 --> 00:40:27,679 The Grand Duke Ivan. 617 00:40:28,481 --> 00:40:31,155 My birth to him was just a pleasantry. 618 00:40:31,639 --> 00:40:33,073 A little accident. 619 00:40:34,005 --> 00:40:35,536 I never saw her again. 620 00:40:37,410 --> 00:40:39,776 But she left me one heritage. 621 00:40:40,375 --> 00:40:42,767 The mad desire to dance. 622 00:40:43,490 --> 00:40:46,140 With an iron brace to hold me from it. 623 00:40:46,756 --> 00:40:48,055 Like a vice. 624 00:40:49,648 --> 00:40:53,073 Don't you see I'm living the life I couldn't live through you? 625 00:40:53,563 --> 00:40:54,949 Who haven't got this .. 626 00:40:55,238 --> 00:40:57,460 Useless thing of flesh and bone. 627 00:40:58,163 --> 00:40:59,879 That my mother hung on me. 628 00:41:01,005 --> 00:41:02,527 You think you owe me nothing? 629 00:41:03,337 --> 00:41:04,912 Your very life is mine. 630 00:41:08,044 --> 00:41:10,676 And if I give it up, I lose my own. 631 00:41:12,064 --> 00:41:14,580 I am you .. and you are me. 632 00:41:16,410 --> 00:41:18,918 Just as though we were one being. 633 00:41:22,949 --> 00:41:24,613 If you had only told me this before. 634 00:41:28,095 --> 00:41:29,450 But don't you understand? 635 00:41:29,961 --> 00:41:32,839 Until tonight, I would gladly have cut off my right hand had you asked it. 636 00:41:33,928 --> 00:41:34,808 But now .. 637 00:41:35,942 --> 00:41:37,567 Something has happened inside of me. 638 00:41:39,092 --> 00:41:41,533 When I heard you .. lying .. scheming. 639 00:41:41,784 --> 00:41:42,879 Cruel. - No. 640 00:41:43,095 --> 00:41:44,665 I only did it to save you. 641 00:41:45,250 --> 00:41:47,635 I love Nana Carlova. You cannot control that. 642 00:41:47,851 --> 00:41:49,281 I will control it. 643 00:41:49,649 --> 00:41:51,470 My whole life's work to be ruined. 644 00:41:51,778 --> 00:41:54,567 On account of this doll-faced little fool. 645 00:41:55,517 --> 00:41:58,363 You are the marionette that dances to my will. 646 00:41:58,773 --> 00:42:01,161 I pull the strings. - But you forget one thing. 647 00:42:01,519 --> 00:42:03,738 This marionette has a heart. Blood in its veins. 648 00:42:04,158 --> 00:42:05,507 You didn't think about that. 649 00:42:05,992 --> 00:42:07,000 Now you know. 650 00:42:07,589 --> 00:42:10,936 Nothing matters to me but Nana. My love for her is stronger than you, Tsarakov. 651 00:42:11,421 --> 00:42:13,729 You young fool. What can you do without me? 652 00:42:14,152 --> 00:42:16,132 You are a puppet. A piece of clay. 653 00:42:16,545 --> 00:42:20,180 You can't think. You can't move. Unless I direct it. 654 00:42:20,496 --> 00:42:22,082 You think so? We'll see. 655 00:42:23,912 --> 00:42:24,755 Fedor. 656 00:42:30,017 --> 00:42:31,443 Fedor. You are not dressed. 657 00:42:31,915 --> 00:42:34,000 Time for your cue. You'll be on in a minute. 658 00:42:34,420 --> 00:42:35,407 I'm not going on. 659 00:42:44,989 --> 00:42:46,137 The pity of it. 660 00:43:14,433 --> 00:43:17,635 Karimsky. Bring down the curtain. 661 00:43:44,830 --> 00:43:46,106 How are you this morning? 662 00:43:47,839 --> 00:43:50,083 Are you going to sing for me? Come on. 663 00:43:51,287 --> 00:43:53,187 Going to sing for me? That's a good birdy. 664 00:44:03,708 --> 00:44:05,256 Morning. - Fedor. 665 00:44:06,829 --> 00:44:07,958 Open this door. 666 00:44:11,738 --> 00:44:13,068 What lovely flowers. - Uhuh. 667 00:44:13,630 --> 00:44:16,104 I went all the way to Matelan for these. They'll cost you something. 668 00:44:16,387 --> 00:44:17,403 I know. A kiss. 669 00:44:19,179 --> 00:44:19,910 There. 670 00:44:23,311 --> 00:44:24,807 Listen, Fedor. Listen. 671 00:44:39,938 --> 00:44:41,772 Who can help singing on a morning like this? 672 00:44:42,306 --> 00:44:43,837 I love Paris. It's so beautiful. 673 00:44:44,444 --> 00:44:46,523 I never want to leave. - It's going to be wonderful. 674 00:45:12,493 --> 00:45:14,336 Fedor. Are you really happy? 675 00:45:15,379 --> 00:45:16,165 Of course. 676 00:45:16,900 --> 00:45:19,069 I'm so happy, I could dance forever .. I'll show you. 677 00:45:19,319 --> 00:45:21,589 What are you doing? Put me down. 678 00:45:22,686 --> 00:45:24,779 Let me down. - That's how happy I am. 679 00:45:25,166 --> 00:45:28,504 I will not let you down. I'm going to hold you like this for 2 years anyway. 680 00:45:29,671 --> 00:45:30,853 Now, kiss me. 681 00:45:32,555 --> 00:45:33,676 Something is burning. 682 00:45:34,298 --> 00:45:36,737 It's the breakfast. - Who cares? 683 00:45:37,095 --> 00:45:39,842 I have to. Come on. - No. I don't want any breakfast anyway. 684 00:45:47,010 --> 00:45:48,219 [ Russian music ] 685 00:45:54,129 --> 00:45:55,217 How is that Ivan? 686 00:45:55,825 --> 00:45:57,929 Wonderful, darling. Wonderful. 687 00:45:59,584 --> 00:46:01,301 Same old Olga. 688 00:46:01,977 --> 00:46:04,811 Same old Sonya. - It's like old times, huh? 689 00:46:05,455 --> 00:46:08,064 Preskoya never changes. 690 00:46:08,815 --> 00:46:11,011 Wait .. please, no more now. 691 00:46:13,164 --> 00:46:14,582 Wait, wait. 692 00:46:14,832 --> 00:46:16,522 I'll be back in a moment. 693 00:46:26,065 --> 00:46:29,352 Karimsky, my old friend. Come here. 694 00:46:29,568 --> 00:46:31,288 Come here. Sit down. 695 00:46:32,148 --> 00:46:34,506 I'm glad to see you. Have a drink. 696 00:46:34,929 --> 00:46:36,846 No, wait. We'll wait for some fresh Champagne. 697 00:46:37,213 --> 00:46:38,349 Preskoya. 698 00:46:39,072 --> 00:46:40,975 Bring some fresh Champagne. 699 00:46:42,318 --> 00:46:46,195 Do you know, it's funny your coming here like this, Karimsky. 700 00:46:46,814 --> 00:46:48,637 I was just thinking about you. 701 00:46:49,067 --> 00:46:51,170 You know, I've looked for you all night. All over town. 702 00:46:51,473 --> 00:46:53,666 I'm glad you found me, my old friend. 703 00:46:54,397 --> 00:46:56,573 We talk about old times, huh? 704 00:46:57,203 --> 00:46:58,169 Have a drink. 705 00:46:58,646 --> 00:47:00,442 We wait for the fresh Champagne. 706 00:47:01,118 --> 00:47:01,964 You know .. 707 00:47:02,948 --> 00:47:06,292 I've been thinking a lot about you lately, Karimsky. 708 00:47:07,580 --> 00:47:09,306 I am going to raise your salary. 709 00:47:10,171 --> 00:47:13,002 I know. You've been overworking. Perhaps you need a holiday? 710 00:47:15,750 --> 00:47:16,972 From now on. 711 00:47:17,703 --> 00:47:20,404 You have Fr 87.50 a month. 712 00:47:21,310 --> 00:47:24,090 Probably just a few days in the country will fix you right up again. 713 00:47:24,793 --> 00:47:26,605 There is another thing I want to tell you. 714 00:47:27,362 --> 00:47:28,249 That suit. 715 00:47:29,201 --> 00:47:33,120 You know that suit you wear in the daytime? Every day, all the time. 716 00:47:34,232 --> 00:47:36,774 It isn't becoming to you, Karimsky. 717 00:47:37,734 --> 00:47:41,164 You look like a wet string-bean in it. 718 00:47:42,389 --> 00:47:44,463 You get another suit. I pay for it. 719 00:47:46,119 --> 00:47:49,443 Perhaps now you'll have a minute to hear the story I wrote for the next ballet. 720 00:47:50,060 --> 00:47:54,432 I love to hear it, Karimsky. I've been waiting to hear your story. 721 00:47:55,716 --> 00:47:56,833 Tell me about it. 722 00:47:57,918 --> 00:47:59,479 The story takes place in Spain. 723 00:47:59,821 --> 00:48:01,663 All the girls are dancing with shawls. 724 00:48:02,174 --> 00:48:05,983 On account of it taking place in Spain, it would be good to have Spanish shawls. 725 00:48:07,225 --> 00:48:09,096 The music is playing. Spanish music. 726 00:48:09,436 --> 00:48:11,746 That is on account of the scene taking place in Spain. 727 00:48:12,422 --> 00:48:14,801 A Spaniard and his girl walk in over here. 728 00:48:15,549 --> 00:48:18,140 He says 'Hello' and the girl says 'I suppose so'. 729 00:48:18,532 --> 00:48:20,313 It gets into a pretty hot argument there. 730 00:48:20,875 --> 00:48:22,304 Then he turns to her and says: 731 00:48:22,704 --> 00:48:24,805 'You go to your church and I'll go to mine'. 732 00:48:25,543 --> 00:48:26,977 That clears up that part of it. 733 00:48:27,762 --> 00:48:30,319 This fellow with the pearl-grey derby. He hasn't said anything. 734 00:48:30,650 --> 00:48:32,058 He's just standing there, see. 735 00:48:32,493 --> 00:48:34,962 He walks forward and takes of this pearl-grey derby. 736 00:48:35,237 --> 00:48:37,117 And from thirty to forty pigeons fly out. 737 00:48:37,867 --> 00:48:41,530 That gives the audience an idea that anything could happen from now on. 738 00:48:42,525 --> 00:48:43,140 Now. 739 00:48:43,443 --> 00:48:46,795 During this time, the girls dance in front of these little Spanish shawls. 740 00:48:47,430 --> 00:48:49,206 They're dancing there with Spanish music. 741 00:48:49,805 --> 00:48:52,257 But in the centre, there is a very large shawl. 742 00:48:52,523 --> 00:48:55,636 You keep wondering, what on earth could be behind that large shawl? 743 00:48:56,268 --> 00:48:58,263 The girls keep dancing behind these little shawls. 744 00:48:58,701 --> 00:49:01,130 Some men come in and take away that big shawl. 745 00:49:01,771 --> 00:49:04,573 You discover what was behind that shawl is a girl too. 746 00:49:04,939 --> 00:49:06,370 But it's a big girl. 747 00:49:07,647 --> 00:49:09,244 That completes the ballet. 748 00:49:09,643 --> 00:49:11,696 Personally, I think it teaches a great lesson. 749 00:49:14,932 --> 00:49:16,225 It's incredible. 750 00:49:20,351 --> 00:49:21,750 It's unbelievable. 751 00:49:24,142 --> 00:49:27,602 That there should be any human being living. 752 00:49:29,008 --> 00:49:30,732 Who is such a stupid ass. 753 00:49:33,952 --> 00:49:34,889 I like it. 754 00:49:37,269 --> 00:49:38,891 What are you doing here anyway? 755 00:49:39,487 --> 00:49:40,805 I brought you the contract. 756 00:49:41,819 --> 00:49:42,763 What contract? 757 00:49:43,103 --> 00:49:46,079 You know. Fedor's contract. I found it in the trunk as you said. 758 00:49:46,529 --> 00:49:47,252 Yes. 759 00:49:49,392 --> 00:49:52,284 Leave that alone. - I'll wait for fresh Champagne. 760 00:49:53,738 --> 00:49:54,649 Get out. 761 00:49:56,870 --> 00:49:57,931 Go away. 762 00:50:03,396 --> 00:50:05,737 Pertaining to the raise in salary. Does it start this month? 763 00:50:06,658 --> 00:50:07,316 Huh? 764 00:50:08,760 --> 00:50:10,964 What are you talking about? Have you gone crazy? 765 00:50:12,095 --> 00:50:13,767 Get out before you're fired. 766 00:50:16,415 --> 00:50:18,125 There's a possibility he's been drinking. 767 00:50:23,474 --> 00:50:24,247 Wait. 768 00:50:26,773 --> 00:50:27,882 Get me my coat. 769 00:50:42,864 --> 00:50:45,160 Ivan. Ivan, wait a minute. Where are you going? 770 00:50:46,005 --> 00:50:47,856 We were going to have some more wine. 771 00:50:48,266 --> 00:50:50,151 Ivan .. Ivan. 772 00:50:57,889 --> 00:51:00,291 Look what you're doing. - I know what I'm doing. 773 00:51:00,784 --> 00:51:02,486 Mind your coffee. - What? 774 00:51:05,200 --> 00:51:06,606 Say, this was a fine breakfast. 775 00:51:07,092 --> 00:51:08,612 I want you to promise me that .. 776 00:51:11,279 --> 00:51:12,295 What's the matter? 777 00:51:12,974 --> 00:51:13,872 I don't know. 778 00:51:14,864 --> 00:51:16,205 I'm almost afraid. 779 00:51:16,717 --> 00:51:18,934 What's there to be afraid of as long as we have each other? 780 00:51:19,873 --> 00:51:22,491 That's right, dear. Now come and eat your breakfast, and hurry. 781 00:51:22,707 --> 00:51:24,286 No, I'm finished. I've had plenty. 782 00:51:24,941 --> 00:51:26,305 What time is your rehearsal? 783 00:51:26,831 --> 00:51:28,863 How can I remember things when you look so adorable? 784 00:51:29,079 --> 00:51:30,331 Don't tease me, Fedor. 785 00:51:30,643 --> 00:51:32,830 Drink your milk and hurry. - There's plenty of time. 786 00:51:35,322 --> 00:51:37,360 You know, Fouch�'s ballet is the best in Paris. 787 00:51:37,662 --> 00:51:40,487 I was lucky to get the contract. - And so was Fouch�. 788 00:51:40,869 --> 00:51:43,049 You'll be a bigger star than you ever were in Berlin. 789 00:51:43,377 --> 00:51:44,335 Thanks, darling. 790 00:51:44,712 --> 00:51:46,386 Come on. You must dress. - Alright dear. 791 00:51:47,192 --> 00:51:48,251 Goodbye, darling. 792 00:51:48,620 --> 00:51:50,093 See you tonight. - Alright, dear. 793 00:51:50,366 --> 00:51:52,170 I'll be home after rehearsals. - Good luck. 794 00:51:52,601 --> 00:51:53,302 Thanks. 795 00:51:53,841 --> 00:51:54,824 Nana. - Yes? 796 00:51:55,301 --> 00:51:57,030 Don't burn the dinner. - No. 797 00:52:02,518 --> 00:52:03,530 Paragraph one. 798 00:52:06,441 --> 00:52:09,380 Martinelli Agents. Rue Blondelle. Paris. 799 00:52:10,102 --> 00:52:11,311 This is to inform you .. 800 00:52:12,175 --> 00:52:13,508 That Fedor Ivanoff .. 801 00:52:14,113 --> 00:52:17,042 Is under exclusive contract to me for the next eight years. 802 00:52:17,834 --> 00:52:21,803 It is absolutely impossible for him to appear under any other management. 803 00:52:22,462 --> 00:52:23,315 Paragraph. 804 00:52:24,762 --> 00:52:26,372 Circulate in Paris. 805 00:52:33,934 --> 00:52:35,882 The International Agency of New York. 806 00:52:37,005 --> 00:52:38,126 Genaro, Rome. 807 00:52:38,474 --> 00:52:40,145 Artist's Agency, London. 808 00:52:41,008 --> 00:52:43,264 I'll put him back in the mud. 809 00:52:45,169 --> 00:52:46,555 Where I got him from. 810 00:52:47,122 --> 00:52:49,339 Also send this to Klauber, Vienna. 811 00:53:06,745 --> 00:53:09,646 Say, I have seen this Fedor Ivanoff. 812 00:53:10,007 --> 00:53:11,626 He is a great dancer. 813 00:53:12,040 --> 00:53:12,923 Yes. 814 00:53:13,271 --> 00:53:16,984 Such is life. Here today, gone tomorrow. 815 00:53:17,402 --> 00:53:20,165 Here. Take the strip over to Tsarakov. 816 00:53:56,370 --> 00:53:58,004 Come on now, snap into it. 817 00:54:11,672 --> 00:54:13,617 Wait a minute. Whoa. Hold it, Louis. 818 00:54:14,247 --> 00:54:15,127 Terrible. 819 00:54:15,825 --> 00:54:17,804 For the love of Mike, what do you call that? 820 00:54:19,274 --> 00:54:21,942 If you ever did that over in Jersey they'd give you a barrage effect. 821 00:54:22,801 --> 00:54:24,560 And they told me you were a dancer. 822 00:54:25,331 --> 00:54:26,410 I try. But .. 823 00:54:27,085 --> 00:54:28,220 I don't understand. 824 00:54:28,440 --> 00:54:31,792 That's the trouble with you foreigners. You have no idea of rhythm. 825 00:54:33,087 --> 00:54:35,579 Get an eyeful of real rhythm. Go ahead, Louis. 826 00:54:42,344 --> 00:54:43,259 Watch that. 827 00:54:48,688 --> 00:54:50,294 That's what you got to do. 828 00:54:50,510 --> 00:54:51,631 Now try and get it. 829 00:54:51,847 --> 00:54:53,554 And if you don't, you get the gate. 830 00:54:55,444 --> 00:54:56,755 Come on, Louis. Let's go. 831 00:54:58,590 --> 00:54:59,963 Da, de, de, da, de. 832 00:55:02,122 --> 00:55:03,309 Oh, baby. 833 00:55:06,112 --> 00:55:07,922 You've got that charm, that certain charm. 834 00:55:08,138 --> 00:55:10,352 That makes young farmers leave the farm. 835 00:55:10,627 --> 00:55:13,021 Oh, oh red-hot Mama. 836 00:55:14,341 --> 00:55:17,980 Do-de-do. Boopy-doop. Red-hot Mama. 837 00:56:43,109 --> 00:56:44,758 Nana. - Yes, sweet? 838 00:56:45,872 --> 00:56:46,516 Well. 839 00:56:47,504 --> 00:56:48,748 I must have fallen asleep. 840 00:56:49,278 --> 00:56:51,420 Been home long? - Just came in this minute. 841 00:56:52,871 --> 00:56:54,808 Tired, dear? - Not now. 842 00:56:56,638 --> 00:56:59,075 Your skin feels hot and dry. 843 00:56:59,356 --> 00:57:01,732 Like a fever .. you should see a doctor. 844 00:57:03,218 --> 00:57:04,755 You're all the doctor I need. 845 00:57:06,333 --> 00:57:08,160 Why do you play at being happy, Fedor? 846 00:57:10,037 --> 00:57:11,340 I understand, dear. 847 00:57:11,761 --> 00:57:12,739 He is here. 848 00:57:14,031 --> 00:57:15,104 Tonight .. 849 00:57:15,667 --> 00:57:18,352 You should be dancing .. as a star. 850 00:57:19,319 --> 00:57:21,793 But because of me, you're .. - Nana. No, no .. 851 00:57:22,372 --> 00:57:23,085 No. 852 00:57:23,902 --> 00:57:24,861 I love you. 853 00:57:27,060 --> 00:57:27,985 My darling. 854 00:57:28,671 --> 00:57:31,524 That faraway look in your eyes always goes when you kiss me. 855 00:57:32,436 --> 00:57:35,254 Do you want to kiss me so often because of that? 856 00:57:36,052 --> 00:57:37,621 We mustn't talk like this. 857 00:57:38,041 --> 00:57:40,604 The only way to be happy is to forget everything, but our love. 858 00:57:41,347 --> 00:57:43,258 How can we forget Tsarakov? 859 00:57:44,638 --> 00:57:47,086 Sometimes, I almost think I could admire him. 860 00:57:47,972 --> 00:57:50,261 For the very power that should make me despise him. 861 00:57:52,010 --> 00:57:54,573 Like some ignorant savage, before a hideous God. 862 00:57:55,678 --> 00:57:57,607 Wanting to run, but staying to worship. 863 00:57:58,404 --> 00:58:00,801 With his face in the mud. - Fedor. 864 00:58:01,475 --> 00:58:03,833 Your voice. The way you said that. 865 00:58:04,752 --> 00:58:06,120 It might have been Tsarakov. 866 00:58:07,747 --> 00:58:08,648 Tsarakov? 867 00:58:09,383 --> 00:58:12,149 Don't laugh like that. I've heard the same thing before. 868 00:58:13,069 --> 00:58:14,780 As though you were suddenly him. 869 00:58:16,836 --> 00:58:17,803 Tsarakov. 870 00:58:25,587 --> 00:58:26,519 Fedor. 871 00:58:27,287 --> 00:58:28,873 You're not going without your dinner. 872 00:58:29,293 --> 00:58:31,775 Perhaps I had better begin to learn what starvation means. 873 00:58:32,293 --> 00:58:34,226 Business has been very bad at the cabaret. 874 00:58:34,520 --> 00:58:35,620 Fedor. 875 00:59:12,160 --> 00:59:13,236 Name and address? 876 00:59:13,565 --> 00:59:16,190 Nina La Vernier. Rue De Terriere. Quarante-deux. 877 00:59:16,859 --> 00:59:19,333 It's a little out of my neighbourhood, but I'll mark it down anyway. 878 00:59:21,681 --> 00:59:24,200 Esmeralda O'Brien. Theatre Odeon. 879 00:59:27,657 --> 00:59:28,443 Hey. 880 00:59:30,181 --> 00:59:31,546 You're a foreigner, huh? 881 00:59:31,962 --> 00:59:33,430 O'Brien? - Uhuh. 882 00:59:34,789 --> 00:59:36,219 You want to be a ballet dancer? 883 00:59:36,786 --> 00:59:37,413 Yes. 884 00:59:38,971 --> 00:59:41,382 You want to be a great ballet dancer? - Yes. 885 00:59:42,393 --> 00:59:44,179 Come to my office, three o'clock. 886 00:59:49,447 --> 00:59:52,641 There is a lady to see you. She says it's very important. 887 00:59:52,967 --> 00:59:55,150 What's her name? - Nana, Carlova. 888 00:59:55,931 --> 00:59:57,781 Who? - Nana Carlova. 889 01:00:00,858 --> 01:00:02,116 Show her in my office. 890 01:00:02,697 --> 01:00:03,717 Martinelli. 891 01:00:03,937 --> 01:00:06,955 [ French language ] 892 01:00:10,699 --> 01:00:12,374 Don't forget, three o'clock. 893 01:00:19,605 --> 01:00:20,899 Make it four o'clock. 894 01:00:32,579 --> 01:00:33,841 My dear Nana. 895 01:00:37,435 --> 01:00:39,202 You are surprised? - Surprised? 896 01:00:39,705 --> 01:00:40,864 I am delighted. 897 01:00:41,183 --> 01:00:42,800 It warms my heart. 898 01:00:43,016 --> 01:00:45,179 You haven't forgotten old Tsarakov? 899 01:00:46,338 --> 01:00:48,835 I read that the ballet was in Paris. 900 01:00:49,433 --> 01:00:51,703 And so you came. I'm so glad. 901 01:00:54,125 --> 01:00:57,405 Wouldn't you have been better pleased if someone else had come? 902 01:00:58,524 --> 01:00:59,630 You mean Fedor? 903 01:01:00,609 --> 01:01:02,418 Poor Fedor. Yes, I often think of him. 904 01:01:02,827 --> 01:01:04,243 Is he still dancing? 905 01:01:05,572 --> 01:01:06,487 Well. 906 01:01:09,016 --> 01:01:10,267 I remember. 907 01:01:11,063 --> 01:01:12,013 Oh, yes. 908 01:01:12,655 --> 01:01:13,856 Too bad. Too bad. 909 01:01:14,793 --> 01:01:16,859 Does it please you to hurt me that way? 910 01:01:18,364 --> 01:01:20,528 What makes you think I wish to hurt you, Nana? 911 01:01:21,180 --> 01:01:24,575 You asked me that question when all the time you know everything about Fedor. 912 01:01:26,791 --> 01:01:28,704 Yes, as a matter of fact I do. 913 01:01:29,461 --> 01:01:30,323 Fedor. 914 01:01:30,833 --> 01:01:33,366 Dancing in the Montmartre Cabaret. 915 01:01:33,851 --> 01:01:35,039 Who sent him there? 916 01:01:36,305 --> 01:01:37,686 My dear child, you did. 917 01:01:38,777 --> 01:01:40,625 Who made him break his contract? 918 01:01:41,653 --> 01:01:42,569 You did. 919 01:01:44,301 --> 01:01:46,341 How could I help his loving me? 920 01:01:48,461 --> 01:01:50,116 Why did you come to see me, Nana? 921 01:01:50,740 --> 01:01:51,408 I .. 922 01:01:52,236 --> 01:01:54,813 I want you to .. take him back. 923 01:01:56,717 --> 01:01:58,104 Are you willing to give him up? 924 01:01:58,816 --> 01:01:59,881 Give him up? 925 01:02:00,892 --> 01:02:02,442 How else can I take him back? 926 01:02:03,057 --> 01:02:04,121 But I love him. 927 01:02:05,132 --> 01:02:06,559 You don't know what love means. 928 01:02:07,183 --> 01:02:09,314 I think Fedor knows what it means. 929 01:02:10,448 --> 01:02:12,053 He ought to by this time. 930 01:02:12,269 --> 01:02:14,434 He sacrificed everything for it. 931 01:02:14,944 --> 01:02:17,054 What have you sacrificed in return? 932 01:02:17,961 --> 01:02:20,283 I can visualise your life together. 933 01:02:21,013 --> 01:02:24,488 With Fedor as a grocer's clerk or a waiter. 934 01:02:25,324 --> 01:02:29,228 Deadening his nerves with the excitement of your love. 935 01:02:29,444 --> 01:02:30,030 No. 936 01:02:30,354 --> 01:02:33,843 Using it as a drunkard uses liquor until there isn't any left. 937 01:02:34,315 --> 01:02:35,578 No. No, stop. 938 01:02:36,216 --> 01:02:39,066 Before such a thing. I'll do anything. I'll go away. 939 01:02:39,691 --> 01:02:40,589 Go away? 940 01:02:41,001 --> 01:02:43,529 That would only make your image the size of a mountain. 941 01:02:44,133 --> 01:02:47,764 To do him any good at all, you've got to tear yourself out of his heart. 942 01:02:48,101 --> 01:02:50,571 What do you mean? - Listen, my dear Nana. 943 01:02:51,298 --> 01:02:53,494 You know the story of Camille, huh? 944 01:02:54,149 --> 01:02:55,095 Yes, of course. 945 01:02:55,580 --> 01:02:56,620 Play her role. 946 01:02:57,164 --> 01:02:58,754 You mean .. another man? 947 01:02:59,468 --> 01:03:03,005 That's an excellent remedy for a broken heart. 948 01:03:04,457 --> 01:03:06,642 And Count Renaud is in Paris. 949 01:03:07,483 --> 01:03:09,299 Renaud? - Listen to me. 950 01:03:09,621 --> 01:03:11,826 I am willing to purge my soul. 951 01:03:12,233 --> 01:03:15,593 To sacrifice every element of decency and truth. 952 01:03:15,981 --> 01:03:17,462 And push them in the mud. 953 01:03:18,031 --> 01:03:20,317 To show the world this boy's genius. 954 01:03:20,899 --> 01:03:22,617 You, who love him so. 955 01:03:23,416 --> 01:03:24,689 What are you willing to do? 956 01:03:25,782 --> 01:03:27,651 He kissed me such a little while ago. 957 01:03:28,475 --> 01:03:30,155 I feel his arms still around me. 958 01:03:30,701 --> 01:03:33,278 It would be horrible. - I can't argue with you. 959 01:03:34,378 --> 01:03:36,551 He is in your hands. - Wait. 960 01:03:37,493 --> 01:03:39,903 I will go on one condition. - There are no conditions. 961 01:03:40,195 --> 01:03:43,116 Renaud is leaving tonight for Berlin. You must leave with him openly. 962 01:03:43,332 --> 01:03:44,654 But if I .. - Listen to me. 963 01:03:45,033 --> 01:03:46,871 Do you want to help this boy or not? - Yes. 964 01:03:47,096 --> 01:03:48,398 Then you do what I tell you. 965 01:03:48,675 --> 01:03:50,600 Don't cry. Sit down. Hello. 966 01:03:50,820 --> 01:03:52,466 We'll help him out together. Hello? 967 01:03:52,914 --> 01:03:54,854 Champs Elys�e. Cent quarante-six. 968 01:03:55,070 --> 01:03:57,233 Shush. Don't cry. Sit down. We'll help him between us. 969 01:03:57,449 --> 01:03:58,502 Hello, Renaud. 970 01:03:58,730 --> 01:04:00,112 Shut up. Shush. 971 01:04:00,446 --> 01:04:02,376 Hello? Yes. Tsarakov. 972 01:04:02,592 --> 01:04:03,345 Shush. 973 01:04:04,176 --> 01:04:06,033 I have something amusing to tell you. 974 01:04:06,323 --> 01:04:07,057 Hush. 975 01:04:08,114 --> 01:04:09,130 You leave tonight? 976 01:04:09,346 --> 01:04:11,428 You don't want to travel alone? No. 977 01:04:19,327 --> 01:04:20,207 Nana. 978 01:04:25,073 --> 01:04:25,853 Nana. 979 01:04:33,614 --> 01:04:34,456 Nana. 980 01:04:40,250 --> 01:04:41,011 Nana. 981 01:04:57,810 --> 01:04:59,272 What are you doing here? 982 01:05:00,055 --> 01:05:01,397 You're late, Fedor. 983 01:05:01,797 --> 01:05:02,871 She is gone. 984 01:05:03,773 --> 01:05:04,810 What do you mean? 985 01:05:05,190 --> 01:05:07,070 What I say. She's gone to Berlin. 986 01:05:07,648 --> 01:05:08,781 With Count Renaud. 987 01:05:09,725 --> 01:05:10,675 That's a lie. 988 01:05:11,960 --> 01:05:13,945 You think I deliberately lie to you? 989 01:05:14,414 --> 01:05:15,682 To see you suffer? 990 01:05:16,613 --> 01:05:19,392 Haven't I told you there wasn't a woman alive .. 991 01:05:20,142 --> 01:05:21,786 Who didn't have her price? 992 01:05:22,036 --> 01:05:23,984 If she's gone with Renaud, you forced her to it. 993 01:05:24,200 --> 01:05:25,763 You made her believe it was her duty. 994 01:05:26,363 --> 01:05:30,455 Is there any power on earth that could make you treat her in such a fashion? 995 01:05:31,430 --> 01:05:34,257 To leave without warning, with another woman? 996 01:05:34,958 --> 01:05:35,760 Is there? 997 01:05:36,746 --> 01:05:38,613 Answer me .. is there? 998 01:05:39,016 --> 01:05:39,855 No. 999 01:05:40,770 --> 01:05:43,498 But Nana loved me. I know it. - I know. 1000 01:05:44,289 --> 01:05:47,027 And her price .. is to be rid of fear. 1001 01:05:48,257 --> 01:05:51,884 Fear of the day when you realize your mistake for yourself. 1002 01:05:53,219 --> 01:05:55,828 You think my ambition is small and mean. 1003 01:05:56,466 --> 01:05:57,706 But the force of it .. 1004 01:05:58,093 --> 01:06:00,153 Reaches to the stars. 1005 01:06:00,883 --> 01:06:02,554 The force of her love .. 1006 01:06:03,628 --> 01:06:05,493 Reaches only to Renaud. 1007 01:06:12,813 --> 01:06:13,893 Come, my son. 1008 01:06:16,090 --> 01:06:17,295 We've work to do. 1009 01:06:19,301 --> 01:06:20,456 We have work to do. 1010 01:06:31,353 --> 01:06:33,992 Ha-ha. This one is good. Listen to this one, Nana. 1011 01:06:35,064 --> 01:06:36,463 'It was their wedding night'. 1012 01:06:36,895 --> 01:06:40,058 'The timid bride knelt by the bedside saying her prayers'. 1013 01:06:40,731 --> 01:06:42,818 'The groom waited patiently beside her'. 1014 01:06:43,475 --> 01:06:44,885 'At last, she said:' 1015 01:06:45,261 --> 01:06:47,429 'And now I lay me down to sleep'. 1016 01:06:48,199 --> 01:06:49,758 'And the groom said:' 1017 01:06:50,143 --> 01:06:51,316 'Oh yeah'? 1018 01:06:54,261 --> 01:06:55,443 Have you heard it? 1019 01:07:34,055 --> 01:07:36,019 Stop it. Stop it I tell you. 1020 01:07:36,235 --> 01:07:37,426 I can stand no more. 1021 01:07:37,678 --> 01:07:38,825 Serge. 1022 01:07:39,147 --> 01:07:40,607 You prance around like cows. 1023 01:07:40,994 --> 01:07:43,830 Serge. You expect me to appear with a herd like that? 1024 01:07:44,231 --> 01:07:46,325 But Fedor, what's wrong? 1025 01:07:46,922 --> 01:07:47,846 You sicken me. 1026 01:07:48,260 --> 01:07:50,064 Get out if you don't understand what I want. 1027 01:07:50,847 --> 01:07:51,850 Go on with it. 1028 01:08:04,643 --> 01:08:05,786 No good. 1029 01:08:06,094 --> 01:08:07,088 It's all wrong. 1030 01:08:07,449 --> 01:08:09,420 Tsarakov, where is Tsarakov? 1031 01:08:11,316 --> 01:08:13,462 Why do I have to endure such clowns? 1032 01:08:13,830 --> 01:08:14,579 And you. 1033 01:08:14,941 --> 01:08:16,560 I know. I'm fired again. 1034 01:08:17,721 --> 01:08:19,813 Where is Tsarakov? I cannot stand this any longer. 1035 01:08:20,307 --> 01:08:22,258 You want me, my son? What's wrong? 1036 01:08:22,834 --> 01:08:24,159 I can't go on this way. 1037 01:08:24,670 --> 01:08:27,159 What do you want changed? - Everything. Dismiss everybody. 1038 01:08:27,519 --> 01:08:30,260 I must have new people. New scenes. I won't appear in this town. 1039 01:08:30,793 --> 01:08:33,809 But my dear son, the bills are up, the whole house is sold out. 1040 01:08:34,177 --> 01:08:35,778 Tear them down. Call the tickets back. 1041 01:08:36,123 --> 01:08:37,854 I open the ballet in Berlin or not at all. 1042 01:08:38,324 --> 01:08:39,960 But .. that is impossible. 1043 01:08:40,281 --> 01:08:41,726 Impossible? Nothing's impossible. 1044 01:08:42,055 --> 01:08:43,586 I must get away while I can breathe. 1045 01:08:43,956 --> 01:08:45,887 I've said all there is to say. We open in Berlin. 1046 01:08:50,261 --> 01:08:51,174 Quiet, quiet. 1047 01:08:51,390 --> 01:08:52,804 What's going to happen? 1048 01:08:53,543 --> 01:08:54,903 Isn't he magnificent? 1049 01:08:55,381 --> 01:08:57,602 What temperament .. what an artist. 1050 01:08:58,099 --> 01:08:59,449 What a genius, huh? 1051 01:09:00,405 --> 01:09:01,991 But don't pay any attention to him. 1052 01:09:04,224 --> 01:09:06,197 We open tonight as scheduled, of course. 1053 01:09:06,423 --> 01:09:09,144 Now, in your places. We do it all over again, to see what's wrong. 1054 01:09:09,802 --> 01:09:11,009 What are you doing here? 1055 01:09:11,941 --> 01:09:13,518 I lost my collar button. 1056 01:09:15,313 --> 01:09:16,342 Concentration. 1057 01:09:16,853 --> 01:09:18,806 Go right through it when you're ready, Serge. 1058 01:09:19,782 --> 01:09:20,732 [ Door knocks ] 1059 01:09:21,074 --> 01:09:21,822 Come in. 1060 01:09:23,732 --> 01:09:25,015 Good morning, fair flower. 1061 01:09:25,800 --> 01:09:27,418 Oh, it's you, Robert. Good morning. 1062 01:09:28,834 --> 01:09:30,013 Gracious lady. 1063 01:09:30,541 --> 01:09:32,301 Deign to accept my humble gift. 1064 01:09:33,066 --> 01:09:35,846 Observe. They have been kissed by the dews of the morning. 1065 01:09:36,137 --> 01:09:40,517 Yet the blooms wait for the caress of your breath and the touch of your hand. 1066 01:09:40,975 --> 01:09:44,615 Once nestled in your bosom, they will again lift up their fairy heads. 1067 01:09:45,088 --> 01:09:47,574 And smile like the hope of heaven .. 1068 01:09:47,906 --> 01:09:49,507 On a field of grey. 1069 01:09:50,039 --> 01:09:52,392 Robert, you're very poetic this morning. - No. 1070 01:09:52,735 --> 01:09:54,733 It's just a song I heard at the Caf� Casanova. 1071 01:09:55,208 --> 01:09:56,977 Nevertheless it was thoughtful. 1072 01:09:58,023 --> 01:09:59,514 And the flowers are very lovely. 1073 01:10:00,055 --> 01:10:01,850 It's easy to think of you, my dear. 1074 01:10:03,820 --> 01:10:07,057 There it is .. that faraway look again. 1075 01:10:08,306 --> 01:10:09,556 What are you thinking of? 1076 01:10:11,210 --> 01:10:12,317 Tell me, Nana. 1077 01:10:13,234 --> 01:10:15,011 You don't really love me, do you? 1078 01:10:15,839 --> 01:10:17,026 What do you think? 1079 01:10:17,924 --> 01:10:19,402 I don't think you do. 1080 01:10:20,254 --> 01:10:23,608 Robert. You're the dearest, sweetest man in the world. 1081 01:10:23,880 --> 01:10:26,484 You've been simply wonderful. - Yes, yes. I know, I know, I know. 1082 01:10:28,085 --> 01:10:29,741 Let's talk of other things. 1083 01:10:31,278 --> 01:10:32,266 By the way. 1084 01:10:32,704 --> 01:10:36,892 Did you know Tsarakov opens his new ballet here in Berlin next week? 1085 01:10:37,569 --> 01:10:39,306 I know. I read it in the paper. 1086 01:10:40,543 --> 01:10:42,350 You would like to see Fedor? 1087 01:10:44,061 --> 01:10:45,658 Did you think I couldn't guess that? 1088 01:10:46,753 --> 01:10:47,474 Look. 1089 01:10:48,671 --> 01:10:51,148 I've already reserved a box for the opening night. 1090 01:10:51,750 --> 01:10:53,501 Robert, you darling. 1091 01:10:54,082 --> 01:10:56,941 Yes, yes. Let's talk about the weather. 1092 01:11:54,663 --> 01:11:57,633 Isn't he marvellous? The greatest dancer in the whole world, that boy. 1093 01:11:58,605 --> 01:12:01,072 He'll even be greater when he appears in the story I've written. 1094 01:12:02,428 --> 01:12:05,856 If you've any time between now and the next fire I'd ask you read this over. 1095 01:12:08,910 --> 01:12:10,877 The whole scene takes place in Spain. 1096 01:12:13,164 --> 01:12:14,132 Forget about it. 1097 01:12:15,355 --> 01:12:17,986 Morning girls. In your places. All ready for the next act. 1098 01:12:18,302 --> 01:12:19,931 Fedor. Fedor. 1099 01:12:20,601 --> 01:12:21,772 My son, you were great. 1100 01:12:22,137 --> 01:12:24,673 You were magnificent. You drove them wild. 1101 01:12:25,182 --> 01:12:27,053 Keep it up. In this next act .. 1102 01:12:27,269 --> 01:12:30,101 You'll show them you are the greatest artist they've ever seen. 1103 01:12:30,751 --> 01:12:32,312 There isn't going to be any next act. 1104 01:12:32,528 --> 01:12:34,059 Ha? What do you mean? 1105 01:12:34,710 --> 01:12:37,152 I mean, I'm not going on. I'm through. 1106 01:12:38,518 --> 01:12:39,856 I saw her, Tsarakov. 1107 01:12:40,436 --> 01:12:41,589 Nana's out there. 1108 01:12:42,908 --> 01:12:44,914 I knew she was there before I saw her in the box. 1109 01:12:45,601 --> 01:12:48,416 What can she mean to you? She belongs to Renaud. 1110 01:12:49,912 --> 01:12:52,137 I love her .. I've always loved her. 1111 01:12:52,719 --> 01:12:55,463 When I saw her in the box just now. When I saw her face. 1112 01:12:56,036 --> 01:12:57,345 I knew that she loved me. 1113 01:12:58,794 --> 01:13:01,010 You're excited my son. The opening night. 1114 01:13:01,561 --> 01:13:02,596 I know now. 1115 01:13:02,968 --> 01:13:04,534 You've always tried to keep us apart. 1116 01:13:04,815 --> 01:13:06,897 That's why she left me in Paris. You made her. 1117 01:13:07,446 --> 01:13:08,783 You forced her to leave me. 1118 01:13:09,056 --> 01:13:10,473 I was crazy to ever give her up. 1119 01:13:10,851 --> 01:13:12,620 I was crazy to trust you all this time. 1120 01:13:12,954 --> 01:13:13,873 I was weak. 1121 01:13:14,089 --> 01:13:15,523 But I'm not weak any longer. 1122 01:13:16,156 --> 01:13:17,507 I tell you I'm not going on. 1123 01:13:18,109 --> 01:13:19,143 I'm through. 1124 01:13:33,251 --> 01:13:34,343 Now listen to me. 1125 01:13:36,068 --> 01:13:37,580 For fifteen years. 1126 01:13:38,777 --> 01:13:41,558 I've devoted my entire life to you. 1127 01:13:42,938 --> 01:13:46,731 I've poured my soul, my brain, into you. 1128 01:13:47,276 --> 01:13:49,969 I've sacrificed everything in the world. 1129 01:13:50,373 --> 01:13:51,790 Everything, do you hear? 1130 01:13:52,458 --> 01:13:53,664 For your career. 1131 01:13:54,050 --> 01:13:55,168 I've lied .. 1132 01:13:55,581 --> 01:13:56,672 I've cheated .. 1133 01:13:57,296 --> 01:13:58,626 I've crushed .. 1134 01:13:59,012 --> 01:14:00,930 I've even crushed myself. 1135 01:14:01,572 --> 01:14:03,869 So that you should appear greater than I. 1136 01:14:04,564 --> 01:14:08,134 I thought I'd given you strength enough to rise above everything. 1137 01:14:09,288 --> 01:14:11,400 You haven't risen, you've fallen. 1138 01:14:11,884 --> 01:14:13,167 You're not strong. 1139 01:14:13,995 --> 01:14:15,086 You're weak. 1140 01:14:15,939 --> 01:14:18,675 But all of me is in you still. 1141 01:14:19,626 --> 01:14:24,095 All the strength I've poured into that weak soul. 1142 01:14:24,649 --> 01:14:26,769 So you can't fail me now. 1143 01:14:28,757 --> 01:14:30,570 If you fail me now. 1144 01:14:31,599 --> 01:14:32,919 I'll kill you. 1145 01:14:35,488 --> 01:14:36,447 I'll kill you. 1146 01:14:37,608 --> 01:14:40,696 Now, get on your clothes for the next act. 1147 01:14:41,321 --> 01:14:46,159 Don't you understand? It's the climax of our great career and all our work. 1148 01:14:46,798 --> 01:14:48,232 You young fool. 1149 01:14:48,901 --> 01:14:51,811 You can be a flame that will dazzle the world. 1150 01:14:55,376 --> 01:14:56,256 Come on. 1151 01:15:00,231 --> 01:15:01,357 Next act. 1152 01:15:02,202 --> 01:15:03,389 Last act. 1153 01:15:04,032 --> 01:15:05,101 In your places. 1154 01:15:05,598 --> 01:15:06,478 Places. 1155 01:15:07,005 --> 01:15:07,973 Places. 1156 01:15:40,329 --> 01:15:41,464 Dead .. 1157 01:15:42,518 --> 01:15:43,916 Plaster. 1158 01:16:36,195 --> 01:16:38,279 What are you doing? What you do? 1159 01:16:38,523 --> 01:16:39,529 Are you mad? 1160 01:16:41,860 --> 01:16:42,713 Look at it. 1161 01:16:43,004 --> 01:16:45,258 It is cardboard. It is plaster. 1162 01:16:45,863 --> 01:16:46,883 It is dead. 1163 01:16:47,648 --> 01:16:48,883 It should be alive. 1164 01:16:49,109 --> 01:16:52,261 It should be squirming with blood oozing from its veins. 1165 01:16:52,927 --> 01:16:54,757 It should be a human being. 1166 01:16:56,314 --> 01:16:58,478 You .. you are the Idol. 1167 01:16:59,030 --> 01:17:00,492 If you have any blood. 1168 01:17:01,844 --> 01:17:04,017 I don't need to look for it. I've got it. 1169 01:17:04,553 --> 01:17:05,688 I've taken it. 1170 01:18:38,980 --> 01:18:40,000 Tsarakov. 1171 01:18:40,502 --> 01:18:42,596 Look .. it's Tsarakov. 1172 01:19:40,364 --> 01:19:41,208 Fedor. 1173 01:19:42,282 --> 01:19:43,152 Fedor. 1174 01:19:50,744 --> 01:19:51,756 Nana. 1175 01:19:52,238 --> 01:19:53,419 Fedor. - Nana. 1176 01:19:54,411 --> 01:19:55,539 Kiss me. 1177 01:20:00,787 --> 01:20:01,431 Nana. 1178 01:20:02,991 --> 01:20:03,825 My darling. 1179 01:20:32,814 --> 01:20:33,585 ..t-g..