The Red Shoes (1948)

NR09/06/1948Drama, Romance2h 13m
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Dance she did, and dance she must…Between her two loves!

Overview

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

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Anton Walbrook

    Boris Lermontov

  2. Cast 1

    Marius Goring

    Julian Craster

  3. Cast 1

    Moira Shearer

    Victoria Page

  4. Cast 1

    Robert Helpmann

    Ivan Boleslawsky

  5. Cast 1

    Léonide Massine

    Grischa Ljubov

  6. Cast 1

    Albert Bassermann

    Sergei Ratov

  7. Cast 1

    Ludmilla Tchérina

    Irina Boronskaja

  8. Cast 1

    Esmond Knight

    Livy

  9. Cast 1

    Jean Short

    Terry

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 aspiring ballet dancer "Victoria" who must train under the positively brutal rule of acclaimed tutor "Lermontov" (Anton Walbrook). This maestro, however, expects undiluted devotion and so when this young woman also falls in love - with composer "Craster" (Marius Goring) she finds herself out of favour. Facing the toughest of choices, she chooses love - but even married, she is still torn. When she r...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$500,000.00

Revenue $10,000,000.00

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