Project Author: David Mills
June 23, 2025
PRODUCTION COMPANIES:
The Archers
The Red Shoes
Dance she did, and dance she must - between her two loves
Genre:
Drama, Romance
Runtime:
133
Released:
1948
Rating:
7.967
Budget:
Box Office:
WRITERS
Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell, Hans Christian Andersen, Emeric Pressburger
FILM OVERVIEW
The Red Shoes
In this classic drama, Vicky Page is an aspiring ballerina torn between her dedication to dance and her desire to love. While her imperious instructor, Boris Lermontov, urges to her to forget anything but ballet, Vicky begins to fall for the charming young composer Julian Craster. Eventually Vicky, under great emotional stress, must choose to pursue either her art or her romance, a decision that carries serious consequences.
DIRECTOR
Michael Powell
GALLERY
PRODUCTION TEAM
Michael Powell (Director)
Michael Powell (Producer)
Reginald Mills (Editor)
Jack Cardiff (Director of Photography)
Emeric Pressburger (Director)
Emeric Pressburger (Producer)
Sydney Streeter (Assistant Director)
Elven Webb (Assistant Art Director)
Robert Helpmann (Choreographer)
George Gunn (Compositing Artist)
CAST MEMBERS
Anton Walbrook
Marius Goring
Moira Shearer
Robert Helpmann
Léonide Massine
Albert Bassermann
Ludmilla Tchérina
Esmond Knight
Jean Short
Gordon Littmann
MORE PRODUCTION
E. Hague (Compositing Artist), Anne V. Coates (Second Film Editor), Brian Easdale (Original Music Composer), Emeric Pressburger (Writer), Michael Powell (Writer), Hans Christian Andersen (Original Story), Desmond Dew (Sound Recordist), Hein Heckroth (Production Design), Hein Heckroth (Costume Design), Charles Poulton (Sound Designer), Arthur Lawson (Art Direction), George Minassian (Focus Puller), Alfred Roberts (Scenic Artist), Emeric Pressburger (Story)
MORE CAST
Julia Lang, Bill Shine, Austin Trevor, Eric Berry, Irene Browne, Jerry Verno, Derek Elphinstone, Marie Rambert, Joy Rawlins, Marcel Poncin, Michel Bazalgette, Patrick Troughton, Emeric Pressburger, Jack Carter
