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The Red Shoes (1948)

Name: The Red Shoes
Director: Michael Powell
Genre: drama film, musical film, romance film
Rating: 8.1

The Red Shoes is a 1948 British dance drama film written, produced and directed by the duo of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. It follows Victoria Page, an aspiring ballerina who joins the world-renowned Ballet Lermontov, owned and operated by Boris Lermontov, who tests her dedication to ballet by making her choose between her career and her romance with composer Julian Craster. It marked the feature film…

Directed by Michael Powell · Shot by Jack Cardiff · Cut by Reginald Mills · Music by Brian Easdale

Behind the scenes

THE RED SHOES - The Enchantment of Art Design (Behind the Scenes Featurette) — Cinema Labyrinthine · 9 min
How The Red Shoes influenced horror cinema — Little White Lies · 10 min
Mark Kermode reviews The Red Shoes (1948) | BFI Player — BFI · 2 min

Elsewhere

More by Michael Powell

Two Crowded Hours — 1931
C.O.D. — 1932
His Lordship — 1932
Hotel Splendide — 1932
My Friend the King — 1932
The Star Reporter — 1932
Rynox — 1932
The Rasp — 1932
Born Lucky — 1933
Red Ensign — 1934
Something Always Happens — 1934
The Fire Raisers — 1934
Lazybones — 1935
Someday — 1935
The Girl in the Crowd — 1935
The Love Test — 1935
The Night of the Party — 1935
The Phantom Light — 1935
The Price of a Song — 1935
Crown v. Stevens — 1936
Her Last Affaire — 1936
The Brown Wallet — 1936
The Man Behind the Mask — 1936
The Edge of the World — 1937
The Spy in Black — 1939
The Lion Has Wings — 1939
Smith — 1939
The Thief of Bagdad — 1940
Contraband — 1940
49th Parallel — 1941

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