Acclaimed 16 Mm " The Red Shoes " (1948) Vintage Film Stock Reels
Item History & Price
Reference Number: Avaluer:6983763 | Movie/TV Title: The Red Shoes |
Leading Role: Moira Shearer | Actor: Anton Walbrook |
Director: Michael Powell | Genre: Drama |
Film Format: 16mm |
"The Red Shoes" is a 1948 British drama film, written, directed, and produced by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. It stars Moira Shearer, Anton Walbrook, and Marius Goring, andfeatures renowned ballet dancers, Robert Helpmann, Léonide Massine, and Ludmilla Tchérina."The Red Shoes" is based on the fairy tale "Th...e Red Shoes" by Hans Christian Andersen.AWARDS: At the 21st Academy Awards, The Red Shoes won awards for Best Original Score and Best Art Direction, and was nominated for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Film Editing. It is well regarded for its creative use of Technicolor and In 1999, it was voted the 9th greatest British film of all time by the British Film Institute. In 2017, a poll of 150 actors, directors, writers, producers and critics for Time Out magazine saw it ranked the 5th best British film ever. Filmmakers such as Brian De Palma, Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, and Steven Spielberg have named it one of their all-time favorite films!The film is about a ballerina who joins an established ballet company and becomes the lead dancer in a new ballet called The Red Shoes, but is torn between the man she loves and her pursuit to become a prima ballerina
This 16mm film was recently retired by the NC. Department of Cultural Resources Division of State Library along with other 16mm films during changes to the department.