The Red Shoes (1948) | |
| Director(s) | Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger |
| Producer(s) | George R. Busby, Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger |
| Top Genres | Drama, Film Adaptation, Musical, Romance |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Dance, Romance (Drama) |
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The Red Shoes Overview:
The Red Shoes (1948) was a Drama - Romance Film directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger and produced by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger and George R. Busby.
Academy Awards 1948 --- Ceremony Number 21 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Art Direction | Art Direction: Hein Heckroth; Set Decoration: Arthur Lawson | Won |
| Best Film Editing | Reginald Mills | Nominated |
| Best Music - Scoring | Brian Easdale | Won |
| Best Picture | J. Arthur Rank-Archers | Nominated |
| Best Writing | Emeric Pressburger | Nominated |
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Revisiting The Red Shoes
By Rick29 on Jan 27, 2025 From Classic Film & TV CafeMoira Shearer as Vicky Page.Black Narcissus is my favorite Michael Powell-Emeric Pressberger film--and I also think it's their masterpiece. But most critics and fans confer that "masterpiece" title on the duo's The Red Shoes (1948). I watched it many years ago, but, honestly, it didn't leave a signi... Read full article
Old Hollywood Villains: Boris Lermontov in The Red Shoes (1948)
By Amanda Garrett on May 18, 2016 From Old Hollywood FilmsToday, I'm looking at the character of Boris Lermontov as played by Anton Walbrook in The Red Shoes. He is with Moira Shearer in this photo. This article is part of The Great Villain Blogathon hosted by Silver Screenings, Speakeasy, and Shadows and Satin. Some old Hollywood villains commit th... Read full article
The Red Shoes (2)
By Michael on May 16, 2015 From Le Mot du CinephiliaqueNote : this review is my contribution to the blogathon My Favorite Classic Movie hosted by Rick at Classic Film & TV Caf?. The Red Shoes (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, 1948) A young ballet dancer is torn between the man she loves and her pursuit to become a prima ballerina. As ... Read full article
TCM Essentials: The Red Shoes
By Amanda Garrett on May 15, 2015 From Old Hollywood FilmsThe enchanting ballet film, The Red Shoes (1948), starring Moira Shearer, will air at 8 p.m. May 16 on TCM as part of its Essentials series. The British movie, The Red Shoes (1948), is one of the best movies ever made about the ballet and it also stands alongside The Wizard of Oz (1939) as one ... Read full article
The Red Shoes (1948) (2)
By Beatrice on Mar 23, 2015 From Flickers in TimeThe Red Shoes Directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger Written by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger from a story by Hans Christian Andersen 1948/UK The Archers/Independent Producers Repeat viewing/Netflix rental #222 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die [Vicky thinks for a shor... Read full article
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Quotes from
Boris Lermontov: Don't forget, a great impression of simplicity can only be achieved by great agony of body and spirit.
Julian Craster: One day when I'm old, I want some lovely young girl to say to me, "Tell me, where in your long life, Mr. Caster, were you most happy?" And I shall say, 'Well, my dear, I never knew the exact place. It was somewhere on the Mediterranean. I was with Victoria Page." "What?" she will say. "Do you mean the famous dancer?" I will nod. "Yes, my dear, I do. Then she was quite young, comparatively unspoiled. We were, I remember, very much in love."
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Facts about
The title ballet sequence took six weeks to shoot and employed over 120 paintings by Hein Heckroth. The dancing newspaper was achieved through careful cutting and use of wires.
There is a frequent complaint that comes up by viewers as to why, in the final sequence, Vicky is wearing the red ballet shoes *backstage* when the story and ballet opens with her in a different pair of shoes. Vicky's dresser is clearly seen carrying the white/pale pink shoes that she wears in the beginning and is ready to give them to Vicky to change into, when she has her final 'impulse' to run out to the balcony. (She was probably just checking, or breaking in, the shoes in the first place, but the symbolism of the red shoes controlling her life wouldn't translate if she wasn't seen wearing them.)
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