The Red Shoes.

Duration: 133 min

Year Published: 1948

Format: 35mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Copyright: 15Oct48 L2216, renewed 30Oct75 R616595 Renewal claimant: Rank Film Distributors, Ltd Original author: Independent Producers, Ltd

Description: A drama about the backstage life of a ballet troupe whose director demands that his dancers sacrifice everything for their art. Featured is a ballet based on the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale.

Complete Record: THE RED SHOES. The Archers Film Productions, Ltd., London. Released in the U. S. through Eagle Lion Films, Inc., c1948. 133 min., sd., color, 35mm. A J. Arthur Rank presentation. Summary: A drama about the backstage life of a ballet troupe whose director demands that his dancers sacrifice everything for their art. Featured is a ballet based on the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale. Credits: Produced, directed, and written by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger; music, Brian Easdale; choreography, Robert Helpmann; editor, Reginald Mills. Cast: Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring, Moira Shearer, Robert Helpmann, Leonide Massine. © Independent Producers, Ltd.; 15Oct48; LP2216.