The Red Shoes
feature film, musical, romantic drama, UK, 1948
DIRECTED BY: Michael Powell
CAST:
Moira Shearer (Victoria Page),
Anton Walbrook (Boris Lermontov),
Marius Goring (Julian Craster),
Léonide Massine (Grischa Ljubov),
Robert Helpmann (Ivan Boleslawsky),
Albert Bassermann (Sergei Ratov)
SCRIPT:
Michael Powell,
Emeric Pressburger based on story by Hans Christian Anderson
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Jack Cardiff
MUSIC:
Brian Easdale
EDITING:
Reginald Mills
Synopsis:
A romantic and tragic story about a brilliant young dancer who has to give up everything in order to become a great ballerina… The film is based on the story of the famous writer Hans Christian Andersen. It also won two Oscars and is one of the most popular films made by the Powell-Pressburger pair.
color, 134'