Movie: A Dancer

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Luise Rainer
Luise Rainer

Anna

Thomas Desny
Thomas Desny

Thomas

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    Part of the By Herself series of individual dramas created for Channel 4, A dancer explores the emotional moment when two former lovers, separated by their profession, meet again.

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    1991-08-11

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