Country: UK
Year: 1948
Duration: 133'
THE RED SHOES “I remembered The Red Shoes very well from my first viewing and I don’t think anything had struck me as being that powerful in movies. I believe was really drawn to the mystery of the film, the hysteria of the picture, with the extreme close-ups of Moira Shearer’s eyes as she feels herself being borne to her death by the shoes, or is it by herself? Then I became fascinated by Anton Walbrook’s Lermontov: the way he holds himself aloof from people, the brutality, the cruelty – and the beauty – of his character.” (Martin Scorsese)
Lermontov, the director of a ballet company, hires Vicky Page, a young and promising ballerina, and subjects her to fierce discipline in order to convince her to sacrifice everything in the name of art. Vicky is torn between her passion for ballet and her love for the composer Julian Craster, who in turn loves her. After achieving fame for her performance in The Red Shoes, Vicky decides to leave Lermontov. But she cannot keep away from ballet and after repeating her successful performance, her identification with the character in the ballet is complete.
Biography
film director
Michael Powell
Michael Powell (Bekesbourne, UK, 1905 - Avening, UK, 1990) started his collaboration with Emerich Pressburger (Miskolc, Hungary, 1902 - Saxstead, UK, 1988) in 1939. In 1943 they formed their own production company, Archers Film Productions. They made nineteen films together, such as The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), Black Narcissus (1947), Red Shoes (1948) and The Tales of Hoffmann (1951). The Archers Film Productions came to an end in 1957 and the pair separated to pursue their individual careers (Powell in 1960 directed Peeping Tom) but they remained devoted friends for the rest of their lives.
FILMOGRAFIA
Michael Powell:
Two Crowded Hours (mm, 1931), My Friend the King (mm, 1931), Rynox (mm, 1931), The Rasp (mm, 1931), The Star Reporter (mm, 1931), Hotel Splendide (mm, 1932), C.O.D. (1932), His Lordship (1932), Born Lucky (1932), The Fire Raisers (1933), The Night of the Party (1933), Red Ensign (Vessillo rosso, 1934), Something Always (1934), The Girl in the Crowd (mm, 1934), Lazybones (1935), The Love Test (1935), The Phantom Light (1935), The Price of a Song (1935), Someday (1935), Her Last Affaire (1936), The Brown Wallet (1936), Crown V. Stevens (1936), The Man Behind the Mask (1936), The Edge of the World (Ai confini del mondo, 1937), The Spy in Black (La spia in nero, 1939), The Lion Has Wings (Leoni dell’aria, doc., 1939), Contraband (Contrabbando, 1940), The Thief of Bagdad (coregia/codirector Ludwig Berger, Tim Whelan, Il ladro di Bagdad, 1940), An Airman’s Letter to His Mother (cm, 1941), 49th Parallel (Gli invasori/49° parallelo, 1941), One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (Volo senza ritorno, 1942), The Sorcerer’s Apprendice (cm, 1955), Honeymoon (1959), Peeping Tom (L’occhio che uccide, 1960), The Queen’s Guards (Le guardie della Regina, 1961), Never Turn Back On a Friend (mm, tv, 1963), A Free Agent (mm, tv, 1964), The Bluebeard’s Castle (1964), The Sworn Twelve (mm, tv, 1965), A 398 46 (mm, tv, 1965), They’re a Weird Mob (Sono strana gente, 1966), Age of Consent (L’età del consenso, 1968), The Boy Who Turned Yellow (Il ragazzo che diventò giallo, 1972), Return to the Edge of the World (tv, 1978).
Michael Powell, Emerich Pressburger:
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (Duello a Berlino, 1943), The Volunteer (Il volontario, 1943), A Canterbury Tale (Un racconto di Canterbury, 1944), I Know Where I’m Going (So dove vado, 1945), Black Narcissus (Narciso nero, 1947), The Red Shoes (Scarpette rosse, 1948), The Small Back Room (1949), Gone to Earth (La volpe, 1950), The Elusive Pimpernel (L’inafferrabile Primula Rossa, 1950), The Tales of Hoffmann (I racconti di Hoffmann, 1951), Oh... Rosalinda!! (id., 1955), The Battle of the River Plate (La battaglia di Rio della Plata, 1956), Ill Met by Moonlight (Colpo di mano a Creta, 1956). Emerich Pressburger
Michael Powell (Bekesbourne, UK, 1905 - Avening, UK, 1990) started his collaboration with Emerich Pressburger (Miskolc, Hungary, 1902 - Saxstead, UK, 1988) in 1939. In 1943 they formed their own production company, Archers Film Productions. They made nineteen films together, such as The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), Black Narcissus (1947), Red Shoes (1948) and The Tales of Hoffmann (1951). The Archers Film Productions came to an end in 1957 and the pair separated to pursue their individual careers (Powell in 1960 directed Peeping Tom) but they remained devoted friends for the rest of their lives.
FILMOGRAFIA
Emeric Pressburg:
Twice Upon a Time (C’era una volta…, 1953)
Twice Upon a Time (C’era una volta…, 1953)
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (Duello a Berlino, 1943), The Volunteer (Il volontario, 1943), A Canterbury Tale (Un racconto di Canterbury, 1944), I Know Where I’m Going (Io so dove vado, 1945), A Matter of Life and Death (Scala al Paradiso, 1946), Black Narcissus (Narciso Nero, 1947), The Red Shoes (Scarpette rosse, 1948), The Small Back Room (I ragazzi del retrobottega, 1949), Gone to Earth (La volpe, 1950), The Elusive Pimpernel (L’inafferrabile Primula Rossa, 1950), The Tales of Hoffmann (I racconti di Hoffmann, 1951), Oh… Rosalinda!! (id., 1955), The Battle of the River Plate (La battaglia di Rio de la Plata, 1956), Ill Met by Moonlight (Colpo di mano a Creta, 1957).
Cast
& Credits
regia, sceneggiatura, produttori/directors, screenplay, producers
Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
soggetto/story
Emeric Pressburger,
dall’omonima fiaba di/from the fairy tale of the same title by Hans Christian Andersen
fotografia/cinematography
Jack Cardiff
montaggio/film editing
Reginald Mills
scenografia, costumi/production design, costume design
Hein Heckroth
musica/music
Brian Easdale
suono/sound
Charles Poulton
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Marius Goring (Julian Craster), Anton Walbrook (Boris Lermontov), Moira Shearer (Vicky Page), Jean Short (Terry), Gordon Littman (Ike), Julia Lang (l’appassionata di balletto/Balletomane), Bill Shine (il suo compagno/Her Mate), Leonid Massíne (Ljubov), Austin Trevor (il professor/Professor Palmer), Esmond Knight (Livy), Eric Berry (Dimitri), Irene Browne (Lady Neston), Ludmilla Tcherina (Boronskaja), Jerry Verno (l’usciere dell’entrata degli artisti/Stage-Door Keeper), Robert Helpmann (Ivan Boleslawsky), Albert Basserman (Ratov), Derek Elphinstone (Lord Oldham), Madame Rambert (se stessa/Herself), Joy Rawlins (Gladys), Marcel Poncin (Boudin), Michel Bazalgette (Rideaut)
produzione/production
The Archers
Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
soggetto/story
Emeric Pressburger,
dall’omonima fiaba di/from the fairy tale of the same title by Hans Christian Andersen
fotografia/cinematography
Jack Cardiff
montaggio/film editing
Reginald Mills
scenografia, costumi/production design, costume design
Hein Heckroth
musica/music
Brian Easdale
suono/sound
Charles Poulton
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Marius Goring (Julian Craster), Anton Walbrook (Boris Lermontov), Moira Shearer (Vicky Page), Jean Short (Terry), Gordon Littman (Ike), Julia Lang (l’appassionata di balletto/Balletomane), Bill Shine (il suo compagno/Her Mate), Leonid Massíne (Ljubov), Austin Trevor (il professor/Professor Palmer), Esmond Knight (Livy), Eric Berry (Dimitri), Irene Browne (Lady Neston), Ludmilla Tcherina (Boronskaja), Jerry Verno (l’usciere dell’entrata degli artisti/Stage-Door Keeper), Robert Helpmann (Ivan Boleslawsky), Albert Basserman (Ratov), Derek Elphinstone (Lord Oldham), Madame Rambert (se stessa/Herself), Joy Rawlins (Gladys), Marcel Poncin (Boudin), Michel Bazalgette (Rideaut)
produzione/production
The Archers
