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The Red Shoes

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• Drama
• Romance

• 1948
• Michael Powell
• 127 mins
• PG

Summary

Classic dance drama starring Anton Walbrook, Moira Shearer and Marius Goring. Ballet impresario Boris Lermontov enlists promising dancer Victoria Page and young composer Julian Craster in his company. But when the couple fall in love, Lermontov decides that romance will not interfere with their careers.

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A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Adrian Turner

In her film debut, Moira Shearer stars as the ballerina whose life is torn between a career with a manipulative impresario (Anton Walbrook) and marriage to a young composer (Marius Goring). Based vaguely on the story of Sergei Diaghilev and Waslaw Nijinsky, this is arguably the best-loved dance film of all time (Martin Scorsese often cites it as his all-time favourite movie), enabling the team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger to ponder the power and nature of the subject matter with some extravagant, exuberant dance sequences and a riot of Oscar-winning Technicolor designs. Shearer and Walbrook give impeccable portrayals of innocence and tragedy at the service of art.

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8.1/10

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Cast

rolenameBoris LermontovAnton WalbrookVictoria PageMoira ShearerJulian CrasterMarius GoringGrischa LjubovLéonide MassineIvan BoleslawskyRobert HelpmannSergei RatovAlbert BassermanLivyEsmond KnightIrina BoronskajaLudmilla TcherinaTerryJean ShortIkeGordon LittmanProfessor PalmerAustin TrevorDimitriEric BerryLady NestonIrene BrowneStage-door keeperJerry VernoLord OldhamDerek ElphinstoneMonsieur BoudinMarcel PoncinMonsieur RideautMichel BazalgetteBoissonHay Petrie

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Crew

rolenameDirectorMichael PowellDirectorEmeric Pressburger

Details

Theatrical distributor

Park Circus

Released on

2009-12-11

Languages

English | Russian | French

Available on

video, DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

News & features about The Red Shoes

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  The innovative choreographer discusses why dance shows are for everyone ahead of the broadcast premiere of Sleeping Beauty, which has been given a supernatural twist.

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