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The Red Shoes
Starring: Marius Goring , Moira Shearer
Directed by: Michael Powell , Emeric Pressburger
Produced by: Michael Powell , Emeric Pressburger
Written by: Michael Powell , Emeric Pressburger
This Oscar®-winning fantasia from the geniuses behind Black Narcissus is one of the true miracles in the history of cinema. Moira Shearer shines as a rising ballerina torn between love for an idealistic composer and a ruthless impresario intent on artistic perfection.
Item Number: 15807
- Format:
- DVD Fullscreen
- Region:
- 1 - More Details
- Run time:
- About 2 1/4 Hours
- Number of Discs:
- 1
- Special Features:
• New, restored high-definition digital transfer
• Audio commentary by film historian Ian Christie
• Introductory restoration demonstration with Scorsese
• Profile of The Red Shoes (2000), a twenty-five-minute documentary
• Video interview with Thelma Schoonmaker Powell
• Gallery from Scorsese's collection of The Red Shoes memorabilia
• The "Red Shoes" Sketches, an animated film
• Readings by actor Jeremy Irons
• Theatrical trailer
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by Christie
This Oscar®-winning fantasia from the geniuses behind Black Narcissus is one of the true miracles in the history of cinema. Moira Shearer shines as a rising ballerina torn between love for an idealistic composer and a ruthless impresario intent on artistic perfection. You'll be "pulled inexorably along by the bewitched crimson ballet slippers into a lush, swirling landscape that turns into aninescapable, bloody hell" (The New York Times). Digitally restored by Martin Scorsese's Film Foundation.
| Julian Craster | --- | Marius Goring |
| Victoria Page | --- | Moira Shearer |
| Terry | --- | Jean Short |
| Ike | --- | Gordon Littmann |
| Boris Lermontov | --- | Anton Walbrook |
| A Balletomane | --- | Julia Lang |
| Her Mate | --- | Bill Shine |
| Ljubov | --- | Léonide Massine |
| Professor Palmer | --- | Austin Trevor |
| Livy | --- | Esmond Knight |
| Dimitri | --- | Eric Berry |
| Lady Neston | --- | Irene Browne |
| Boronskaja | --- | Ludmilla Tchérina |
| George | --- | Jerry Verno |
| Ivan Boleslawsky | --- | Robert Helpmann |
| Ratov | --- | Albert Bassermann |
| Lord Oldham | --- | Derek Elphinstone |
| Madame Rambert | --- | Marie Rambert |
| Gladys | --- | Joy Rawlins |
| M. Boudin | --- | Marcel Poncin |
Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Written by Hans Christian Andersen, Emeric Pressburger
Produced byMichael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Original Music by Brian Easdale
Cinematography byJack Cardiff
Film Editing by Reginald Mills
Costume Design by Hein Heckroth
"You will not just be seeing an old film make new; you will have your vision restored." - Anthony Lane, The New Yorker
"Voluptuous in it beauty and passionate in its storytelling." - Roger Ebert
