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The Red Shoes is a 1948 British drama film written, produced and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. [4] It follows Victoria Page (Moira Shearer), an aspiring ballerina who joins the world-renowned Ballet Lermontov, owned and operated by Boris Lermontov (Anton Walbrook), who tests her dedication to the ballet by making her choose between her career and her romance with composer ...
Moira Shearer King, Lady Kennedy (17 January 1926 – 31 January 2006) was a Scottish ballet dancer and actress. She was famous for her performances in Powell and Pressburger 's The Red Shoes (1948) and The Tales of Hoffman (1951) and Michael Powell 's Peeping Tom (1960).
His Red Shoes co-star Moira Shearer recalled Walbrook was a loner on set, often wearing dark glasses, as in his character costume in the film, and eating alone. [ 14 ] After the war, he worked in some continental productions, working with Max Ophüls as the ringmaster in La Ronde (1950) and Ludwig I, King of Bavaria in Lola Montès .
Léonide Massine (The Red Shoes, The Tales of Hoffmann, Honeymoon) Eric Portman (49th Parallel, One of Our Aircraft Is Missing, A Canterbury Tale, Squadron Leader X, Wanted for Murder) Sir Ralph Richardson (The Lion Has Wings, The Silver Fleet, Smith, The Volunteer) Moira Shearer (The Red Shoes, The Tales of Hoffmann, Peeping Tom)
Marius Re Goring CBE FRSL (23 May 1912 – 30 September 1998) was an English stage and screen actor. [1] He is best remembered for the four films he made with Powell & Pressburger, particularly as Conductor 71 in A Matter of Life and Death and as Julian Craster in The Red Shoes. [2]
The film stars Robert Rounseville, Moira Shearer, Robert Helpmann and Léonide Massine and features Pamela Brown, Ludmilla Tchérina and Ann Ayars. Only Rounseville and Ayars sang their own roles. The film's soundtrack consists of music conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham and played by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
As an eight-year-old watching ballerina Moira Shearer in the film The Red Shoes, Kitty Lunn was inspired to become a dancer.She left her hometown of New Orleans to study at the Washington School of Ballet, and in her teens would go on to dance principal roles with the National Ballet.
The Red Shoes: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger: Moira Shearer, Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring: Drama: Number 9 in the list of BFI Top 100 British films. Winner of two Academy Awards: River Patrol: Ben R. Hart: John Blythe, Wally Patch: Crime: Saraband for Dead Lovers: Basil Dearden: Joan Greenwood, Stewart Granger: Historical drama: Scott of ...