The Red Shoes
Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger / GB, 1948 / 134 min.
Powell and Pressburger came up with a flamboyant Technicolor adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale. The two set the story about a ballerina who must choose between career and romance against the backdrop of Sergei Diaghilev’s celebrated Ballets Russes.
Dancer Victoria Page (Moira Shearer) is torn between dedicating her life to dance or to love, resulting in guaranteed drama. This classic won Oscars for best Music and art direction. The 17-minute dance scene, a whirlwind of expressionist and surrealist images, is famous.
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Director
Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Production year
1948
Country
GB
Original title
The Red Shoes
Length
134 min.
Language
English
Subtitles
NLD
Format
35mm, DCP
Part of
The Creative Worlds of Powell and Pressburger
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger enjoyed huge success with films such as The Red Shoes (1948), Black Narcissus (1947) and A Matter of Life and Death (1946). Eye presents the first-ever extensive retrospective of Powell & Pressburger’s work in the Netherlands.
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