The Red Shoes

Dance she did, and dance she must - between her two loves

133 mins
In this classic drama, Vicky Page is an aspiring ballerina torn between her dedication to dance and her desire to love. While her imperious instructor, Boris Lermontov, urges to her to forget anything but ballet, Vicky begins to fall for the charming young composer Julian Craster. Eventually Vicky, under great emotional stress, must choose to pursue either her art or her romance, a decision that carries serious consequences.

Anton Walbrook

Boris Lermontov

Marius Goring

Julian Craster

Moira Shearer

Victoria Page

Robert Helpmann

Ivan Boleslawsky

Léonide Massine

Grischa Ljubov

Albert Bassermann

Sergei Ratov

Ludmilla Tchérina

Irina Boronskaja

Julia Lang

A Balletomane

Bill Shine

Her Mate

Austin Trevor

Prof. Palmer

Eric Berry

Dimitri

Irene Browne

Lady Neston

Jerry Verno

Stage-Door Keeper

Marie Rambert

Marie Rambert

Joy Rawlins

Gwladys - Vicky's friend

Marcel Poncin

M. Boudin

Patrick Troughton

BBC Radio Announcer (voice)

Emeric Pressburger

Extra at Cannes train station (uncredited)

Jack Carter

Corps de Ballet (uncredited)

Jack Cardiff

Director of Photography

Sydney Streeter

Assistant Director

Elven Webb

Assistant Art Director

Robert Helpmann

Choreographer

George Gunn

Compositing Artist

E. Hague

Compositing Artist

Anne V. Coates

Second Film Editor

Brian Easdale

Original Music Composer

Desmond Dew

Sound Recordist

Hein Heckroth

Production Design

Hein Heckroth

Costume Design

Charles Poulton

Sound Designer

Arthur Lawson

Art Direction

George Minassian

Focus Puller

Alfred Roberts

Scenic Artist

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