Tags: ballerina

You, Fascinating You

A headstrong Jewish ballerina, Margit Wolf, seeking her fortune in 1920s Italy falls for an up-and-coming Italian maestro, Pasquale Frustaci, and inspires the hit love song that earns him the moniker “The Italian Cole Porter.” When Mussolini issues an edict banning foreign Jews from Italy, the ballerina and her maestro are forced to separate. Twenty-two years will pass before they again meet face-to-face.