The Red Shoes

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The Red Shoes is a landmark 1948 British ballet film renowned for its vivid Technicolor visuals and its tragic story of artistic obsession, directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.

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instanceOf ballet film
film
artDirectionBy Hein Heckroth
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color
Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
basedOn The Red Shoes by Hans Christian Andersen
linked to: The Red Shoes
character Boris Lermontov
Julian Craster
Victoria Page
cinematographyBy Jack Cardiff
colorProcess Technicolor
costumeDesignBy Hein Heckroth
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
director Emeric Pressburger
Michael Powell
distributedBy Eagle-Lion Films
General Film Distributors
editedBy Reginald Mills
genre ballet film
dance film
drama film
romantic film
includedInList BFI Top 100 British films
Time magazine All-TIME 100 Movies
inspiredBy fairy tale The Red Shoes
language English
musicBy Brian Easdale
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
Academy Award for Best Picture
notableFor extended ballet sequence
influence on later dance films
vivid Technicolor cinematography
producer Emeric Pressburger
Michael Powell
productionCompany The Archers
releaseDate 1948-09-06
releaseYear 1948
restoredIn 2009
runtimeMinutes 133
screenwriter Emeric Pressburger
Michael Powell
setIn London
linked to: London, England

Monte Carlo
starring Anton Walbrook
Léonide Massine
Marius Goring
Moira Shearer
Robert Helpmann
linked to: Sir Robert Helpmann
theme artistic obsession
conflict between love and career
sacrifice for art

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Michael Powell notableWork The Red Shoes
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Jack Cardiff notableWork The Red Shoes
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Esmond Knight notableWork The Red Shoes (1948 film)
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Christopher Challis notableWork The Red Shoes
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Moira Shearer notableWork The Red Shoes (1948 film)
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Marc Platt notableWork The Red Shoes (1948 film)
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Marc Platt notableAppearance The Red Shoes (1948 film)
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Marius Goring notableWork The Red Shoes
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The Red Shoes hasAdaptation The Red Shoes (ballet adaptations)
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Emeric Pressburger notableWork The Red Shoes
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Michael Latham Powell notableWork The Red Shoes
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Moira Shearer notableWork The Red Shoes
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Julius Kerwin Stein notableWork The Red Shoes
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Jule Styne notableWork The Red Shoes
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