The Red Shoes
“Dance she did, and dance she must…Between her two loves!”
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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Cast
25 people
Anton Walbrook
Boris Lermontov
Known for
La Ronde
Gaslight
Marius Goring
Julian Craster
Known for
A Matter of Life and Death
Holocaust
Moira Shearer
Victoria Page
Known for
Peeping Tom
The Tales of Hoffmann
Robert Helpmann
Ivan Boleslawsky
Known for
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Patrick
Léonide Massine
Grischa Ljubov
Known for
The Tales of Hoffmann
Albert Bassermann
Sergei Ratov
Known for
Foreign Correspondent
Madame Curie
Ludmilla Tchérina
Irina Boronskaja
Known for
The Tales of Hoffmann
Esmond Knight
Livy
Known for
The Element of Crime
Black Narcissus
Hay Petrie
Boisson
Known for
The Thief of Bagdad
Jamaica Inn
Jean Short
Terry
Also in
Short Sharp Shocks Volume 4
The Fatal Night
Gordon Littmann
Ike
Also in
Madness of the Heart
Old Mother Riley's New Venture
Julia Lang
A Balletomane
Known for
Under Capricorn
Emeric Pressburger Director · Michael Powell Director Hans Christian Andersen Story
Worldwide gross $10M · Budget $500K · United States release October 22, 1948
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Budget
$500,000
Worldwide gross
$10,000,000
Gross vs. budget
20.0×
Production
The Archers
Production
Independent Producers
Production
J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French · Russian
Release dates
United Kingdom · July 22, 1948
Premiere
United Kingdom · September 6, 1948
Theatrical
United States · October 22, 1948
Theatrical
Australia
July 15, 1949 · Theatrical
Brazil
January 1, 1949 · Theatrical
Germany
December 23, 1948 · Theatrical
Italy
August 19, 1948 · Premiere · Venice Film Festival
Japan
March 14, 1950 · Theatrical
Netherlands
May 22, 2008 · Physical · DVD
October 2, 2009 · Physical · Blu ray
December 9, 2010 · Theatrical · Re-release
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