1948 2h 13m Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

The Red Shoes

Name: The Red Shoes
Genre: Romance, Drama, Music & Musical
Released: 1948
Rating: 8.1
Cast: Adolf Wohlbrück, Marius Goring, Moira Shearer, Robert Helpmann

★ 8.1 IMDb

Romance Drama Music & Musical

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

Writers Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell

Cast Adolf Wohlbrück, Marius Goring, Moira Shearer, Robert Helpmann

DP Jack Cardiff

Production Designer Hein Heckroth

Music Brian Easdale

Essays and Criticism

On Michael Powell

Europe as Utopia and Destiny by Gerhard Midding, FIPRESCI The Sorcerer’s Apprentice: Powell before Pressburger by Imogen Sara Smith, MUBI Notebook Reclamation Through Restoration: Thelma Schoonmaker Talks Michael Powell, Martin Scorsese and Peeping Tom by Monica Castillo, RogerEbert.com SOME THINGS ARE AND SOME THINGS NOT: THE TALES OF HOFFMANN by Victor Bruno, Desistfilm Thelma Schoonmaker: ‘Powell left a little furnace burning inside of… by Sophie Monks Kaufman, Little White Lies

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Awards & Festivals

Nominated Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Color

Nominated Academy Award for Best Story

Nominated Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score

Nominated Academy Award for Best Film Editing

Nominated Academy Award for Best Picture

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