The Red Shoes

• Movie

  Type

• 1948

  Year

• 2h 13m

  Runtime

• ★ 8.1

  Rating

• Drama / Romance

  Genre

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.

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Cast

Moira Shearer

Victoria Page

Adolf Wohlbrück

Boris Lermontov

Marius Goring

Julian Craster

Léonide Massine

Ljubov

Robert Helpmann

Ivan Boleslawsky

Albert Bassermann

Ratov

Esmond Knight

Livy

Ludmilla Tchérina

Boronskaja

Jean Short

Terry

Gordon Littmann

Ike

Julia Lang

A Balletomane

Bill Shine

Her Mate