Red Shoes, The1948

Director
Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

Acters

Anton Walbrook (Boris Lermontov)
Marius Goring (Julian Craster)
Moira Shearer (Victoria Page)
Robert Helpmann (Ivan Boleslawsky)
Albert Bassermann (Sergei Ratov)
Léonide Massine (Grischa Ljubov)

A young ballet dancer is torn between the man she loves and her pursuit to become a prima ballerina.
Under the authoritarian rule of charismatic ballet impressario Boris Lermontov, his proteges realize the full promise of their talents, but at a price: utter devotion to their art and complete loyalty to Lermontov himself. Under his near-obsessive guidance, young ballerina Victoria Page is poised for superstardom, but earns Lermontov’s scorn when she falls in love with Julian Craster, composer of “The Red Shoes,” the ballet Lermontov is staging to showcase her talents. Vicky leaves the company and marries Craster, but still finds herself torn between Lermontov’s demands and those of her heart.
“There has never been a picture in which the ballet and its special, magic world have been so beautifully and dreamily presented as the new British film, ‘The Red Shoes.’” – The New York Times
“The film is voluptuous in its beauty and passionate in its storytelling. You don’t watch it, you bathe in it.” – rogerebert.com
“The Red Shoes employs a colour palette as bright and vivid as British cinema has ever dared go. But, underneath this Technicolor fable, like all the very best fairy tales, lies a dark heart that asks for the impossible.” – Little White Lies