The Red Shoes [Criterion Collection]
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger Cast: Moira Shearer , Anton Walbrook , Marius Goring , Leonide Massine , Robert Helpmann
DVD
- Release Date: 07/20/2010
- UPC: 0715515059411
- Original Release: 1948
- Source: Criterion
- Region Code: 1
- Sound: [Dolby Digital Mono]
- Language: English
- Runtime: 8040
- Sales rank: 1,351
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Scorsese: Color
Ballet In Britain
Brian Easdale
Moira Shearer: Casting
Symmetry and Seduction
Tch?rina and Helpmann
Sir Thomas Beecham
A Dancer's Point of View
Massine
Obsessive Characters
Dance On Film
Enchanted Riviera
Scoring the Red Shoes Ballet
A Chorus Line
Cine-Ballet
"Art is Worth Dying For"
Montage Sequences
"I Make Films For Myself"
The Film War
Smashing the Mirror
The Gothic Tradition
Andersen's Text
The Big Dramatic Scene
The Spiral Staircase
A Folktale About Art
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The Red Shoes Novel
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Theatrical Trailer
Disc #2 -- Red Shoes
Profile of "The Red Shoes"
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Thelma Schoonmaker Powell
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Stills Gallery
Cast and Crew
Filming In London
Filming In Paris
Filming In Monte Carlo
Deleted Scenes
Production and Costume Designs
Scorses's Memorabilia
"The Red Shoes" Sketches
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Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's influential musical tragedy set the stage for the climactic dance ballets that became a staple of the Arthur Freed-MGM musicals (An American in Paris, Singin' in the Rain and The Band Wagon) of the early 1950s. Hans Christian Andersen's tragic fairy tale forms the basis of this film about betrayal, love and art. The story begins as struggling composer Julian Craster (Marius Goring) attends a performance of the Lermontov Ballet Company and recognizes his own score in the production of "Hearts of Fire." Julian protests to ballet company director Boris Lermontov (Anton Walbrook) about the unauthorized use of his music. Impressed by Julian's talent, Boris hires him to compose the score for his next ballet -- a dance version of "The Red Shoes." Boris also hires an attractive young dancer, Victoria Page (Moira Shearer), to perform in the ballet. When the lead ballerina announces that she plans to get married, Boris, in a pique over being abandoned, casts Victoria in the starring role. As Julian works on the score and Victoria struggles to perfect her dance technique, the two fall in love. When "The Red Shoes" ballet is premiered -- seen in a stunning and glorious fifteen-minute sequence -- it is a raging success and it makes Victoria a star. But when Boris learns that Julian and Victoria have fallen in love, Boris, who is secretly in love with Victoria, in a fit of rage forces Julian to leave the ballet company; Victoria leaves with him. Since Boris owns the rights to "The Red Shoes" ballet, he forbids Victoria to perform the dance and she becomes unemployable. Time passes and Julian and Victoria are now happily married. Julian's compositions have made him an international success. One day, with Victoria disembarking from a train in Paris, she meets Boris, who implores her to do one performance of "The Red Shoes" in Monaco. Victoria agrees as Julian cancels an engagement in London to travel to Monte Carlo in order to convince his wife not to perform the ballet. But Victoria goes on with the performance, with tragic results.
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