The Red Shoes

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The Red Shoes is a landmark 1948 British ballet film renowned for its vivid Technicolor visuals and its tragic story of artistic obsession, directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.

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instanceOf ballet film
film
artDirectionBy Hein Heckroth NERFINISHED
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color NERFINISHED
Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture NERFINISHED
basedOn The Red Shoes by Hans Christian Andersen NERFINISHED
character Boris Lermontov NERFINISHED
Julian Craster NERFINISHED
Victoria Page NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy Jack Cardiff NERFINISHED
colorProcess Technicolor
costumeDesignBy Hein Heckroth NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
director Emeric Pressburger NERFINISHED
Michael Powell NERFINISHED
distributedBy Eagle-Lion Films NERFINISHED
General Film Distributors NERFINISHED
editedBy Reginald Mills NERFINISHED
genre ballet film
dance film
drama film
romantic film
includedInList BFI Top 100 British films NERFINISHED
Time magazine All-TIME 100 Movies NERFINISHED
inspiredBy fairy tale The Red Shoes
language English
musicBy Brian Easdale NERFINISHED
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
Academy Award for Best Picture
notableFor extended ballet sequence
influence on later dance films
vivid Technicolor cinematography
producer Emeric Pressburger NERFINISHED
Michael Powell NERFINISHED
productionCompany The Archers NERFINISHED
releaseDate 1948-09-06
releaseYear 1948
restoredIn 2009
runtimeMinutes 133
screenwriter Emeric Pressburger NERFINISHED
Michael Powell NERFINISHED
setIn London, England
surface form: London

Monte Carlo NERFINISHED
starring Anton Walbrook NERFINISHED
Léonide Massine NERFINISHED
Marius Goring NERFINISHED
Moira Shearer NERFINISHED
Robert Helpmann NERFINISHED
theme artistic obsession
conflict between love and career
sacrifice for art

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