1948 Directed by Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
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.
Moira Shearer Adolf Wohlbrück Marius Goring Léonide Massine Robert Helpmann Albert Bassermann Esmond Knight Ludmilla Tchérina Jean Short Gordon Littmann Julia Lang Bill Shine Austin Trevor Eric Berry Irene Browne Jerry Verno Derek Elphinstone Marie Rambert Joy Rawlins Marcel Poncin Michel Bazalgette Patrick Troughton
紅菱豔, Os Sapatinhos Vermelhos, Die roten Schuhe (1948), Die roten Schuhe, Punaiset kengät, Красные башмачки, Las zapatillas rojas, De Rode Schoentjes, 赤い靴, 분홍신, Scarpette rosse, Les Chaussons rouges, 红菱艳, De röda skorna, Os Sapatos Vermelhos, Τα Κόκκινα Παπούτσια, הנעלים האדומות, Kanlı Ayakkabı, Czerwone trzewiki, Червените пантофки, Raudoni bateliai, Piros cipellők, Červené střevíčky, Pantofiorii roșii, Les sabatilles vermelles
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A ravishing, delicate, painterly, expressionistic, and immaculately sustained work of dreamy poetry and magical flourishes; The Red Shoes is simply one of the great films of all time. Stunning doesn't even begin to describe it. The central ballet sequence is simultaneously one of the scariest and most heartbreaking stretches of cinema ever crafted. To watch it is to have your soul carried as high as cinema can take you. Trust me, take the ride.
Why cut between scenes when you could whip pan instead? Why settle for anything less than Jack Cardiff's camera in Technicolor, with Riviera sunsets pouring into blue-green rooms? Why not model your winged eyeliner after Moira Shearer's? Why choose Art or Love when you could have neither?
the whole world dreamed in black and white until this movie came along and showed those hoes what color really looks like
honestly I’m so mad at how dirty they did this girl!!! no betches, but men are trash!!!!!
I hadn't seen this since college. It was like gazing upon the briefcase in PULP FICTION, all blazing light and untouchable splendor. The Archers!!
The original Black Swan.
If a movie about a ballerina getting too into her work sounds familiar to you, just remember Powell and Pressburger did it before it was cool.
Powell and Pressburger are now considered legends for their beautiful use of technicolor and innovative story devices, but they were hardly appreciated in critic's circles at the time, being considered too mainstream and soapy. The Red Shoes is among the finest of their works.
This movie really gets going with the 20 minute ballet sequence in the middle of it, which is definitely it’s most innovative scene. The film within a film manages to add depth to its characters in the real world, but it functions just as well as…
"You cannot have it both ways. A dancer who relies upon the doubtful comforts of human love can never be a great dancer. Never."
one of the highest artistic achievements i've ever seen. a complete dream, morphing into a nightmare of identity crises and sacrifice, i was swept away by this the entire runtime. anton walbrook has to be seen to be believed.
