The Red Shoes (1948)

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Plot

A fledgling ballerina falls in love with a brilliant composer, but the jealous head of the ballet company plots to drive them apart.

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Trailer 75th anniversary re-release trailer Featurette Three Reasons: The Red Shoes - The Criterion Collection Featurette Mark Kermode reviews The Red Shoes (1948) | BFI Player Featurette The Greatest Showman's Keala Settle introduces Powell and Pressburger's The Red Shoes | BFI Q&A Featurette Matthew Bourne and Ashley Shaw on Powell + Pressburger's The Red Shoes | BFI Q&A Featurette Rosanna Arquette on THE RED SHOES | TCM Clip The Ballet of The Red Shoes | TCM

Cast

Anton WalbrookBoris Lermontov

Marius GoringJulian Craster

Moira ShearerVictoria Page

Robert HelpmannIvan Boleslawsky

Albert BassermannSergei Ratov

Esmond KnightLivy

Bill ShineHer Mate

Austin TrevorProf. Palmer

Jerry VernoStage-Door Keeper

Writers and directors

Aaron Taylor-JohnsonDirectorf. 1902

Other films by the same director

Black Narcissus1947

A Matter of Life and Death1946

I Know Where I'm Going1945

A Canterbury Tale1944

Michael PowellDirectorf. -0001

Hans Christian AndersenWriter

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CinemaSerf ★ 8.0/10

Moira Shearer is just excellent in this fine example of the cinematographer and choreographer's arts - all under the able and inspired direction of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. She is the as…7. Sep 2022

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Myndin vann til tvennra Óskarsverðlauna árið 1949 fyrir bestu listrænu stjórnina og fyrir bestu tónlistina.

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