The Red Shoes (1948 film)

"One day when I'm old, I want some lovely young girl to say to me, "Tell me, where in your long life, Mr. Caster, were you most happy?" And I shall say, 'Well, my dear, I never knew the exact place. It was somewhere on the Mediterranean. I was with Victoria Page." "What?" she will say. "Do you mean the famous dancer?" I will nod. "Yes, my dear, I do. Then she was quite young, comparatively unspoiled. We were, I remember, very much in love.""

"Don't forget, a great impression of simplicity can only be achieved by great agony of body and spirit."

"You cannot have it both ways. A dancer who relies upon the doubtful comforts of human love can never be a great dancer. Never."

"[to Julian] It is worth remembering, that it is much more disheartening to have to steal than to be stolen from, hmmm?"

"[to Vicky] Sorrow will pass, believe me. Life is so unimportant. And from now onwards, you will dance like nobody ever before."

"Miss Page is unable to dance tonight, nor indeed any other night."

"Between her art ... and her dreams ... was her heart."

"Dance she did, and dance she must - between her two loves."

"A Dancing, Singing, Swinging Love Tale"

"Moira Shearer - Vicky Page"

"Marius Goring - Julian Craster"

"Anton Walbrook - Boris Lermontov"

"Léonide Massine - Grischa Ljubov"

"Robert Helpmann - Ivan Boleslawsky"

"Albert Bassermann - Sergei Ratov"

"Ludmilla Tchérina - Irina Boronskaja"

"Esmond Knight - Livingstone 'Livy' Montagne"