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The Red Shoes (1948)

NR ★ 8.0/10 133 min Drama, Romance United Kingdom English
Directors: Emeric Pressburger , Michael Powell
Writers: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Original Story: Hans Christian Andersen
Story by: Emeric Pressburger
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Dance she did, and dance she must…Between her two loves!

Description

A fledgling ballerina falls in love with a brilliant composer, but the jealous head of the ballet company plots to drive them apart.

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Top Cast

Anton Walbrook
Anton Walbrook Boris Lermontov
Marius Goring
Marius Goring Julian Craster
Moira Shearer
Moira Shearer Victoria Page
Robert Helpmann
Robert Helpmann Ivan Boleslawsky
Léonide Massine
Léonide Massine Grischa Ljubov
Albert Bassermann
Albert Bassermann Sergei Ratov
Ludmilla Tchérina
Ludmilla Tchérina Irina Boronskaja
Esmond Knight
Esmond Knight Livy

The Red Shoes Appears on 23 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (2024)
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die #793
Criterion Collection
Criterion Collection #43
National Board Of Review's Yearly Top 10
National Board of Review #786
Sight and Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time 2022
Sight & Sound #70
The Film Foundation (by Martin Scorsese)
The Film Foundation #635

Critic Curated

Indiewire's 65 Best Musical Movies Of All Time
IndieWire #16
Roger Eberts Great Movies
Roger Ebert #270
Rotten Tomatoes 300 Best Movies Of All Time
Rotten Tomatos #163
The Telegraphs 100 Best British Films
The Telegraph #13
The Telegraphs 500 Must See Films
The Telegraph #83
Vulture's 50 Films To Watch First from The Criterion Collection
Vulture #37

Filmmaker Curation

Edgar Wright's 1000 Favorite Movies
Letterboxd #118
Martin Scorsese's Favorite Movies
IndieWire #75
William Friedkin's 50 Favorite Films
LaCinetek #18

Letterboxd Lists

Letterboxd 120 Highest Rated 1940-1949 Films
Letterboxd #02
Movies Where A 5 Star Rating Is Most Common
Letterboxd #48
Showdown All The Right Moves
Letterboxd Showdown #07
Showdown Ever After
Letterboxd Showdown #11
Showdown Stage Fright
Letterboxd Showdown #04
Showdown The Favourite
Letterboxd Showdown #15
The Top-Rated Movie of Every Year by Letterboxd Users
Letterboxd #34

Regional Waves

Highest Rated Film From Each Country
Letterboxd #188

Temporal Era Sets

100 Maverick Movies in the Last 100 Years by Rolling Stone Magazine
FilmSite.org #46

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