---
title: 'The Red Shoes (1948)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Emeric Pressburger'
released: '1948-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 133
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Music'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-red-shoes-1948'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040725/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Red Shoes (1948)

1948 · 133 min · Drama, Music, Romance · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

The Red Shoes is a 1948 British dance drama film written, produced and directed by the duo of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. It follows Victoria Page, an aspiring ballerina who joins the world-renowned Ballet Lermontov, owned and operated by Boris Lermontov, who tests her dedication to ballet by making her choose between her career and her romance with composer Julian Craster. It marked the feature film debut of Shearer, an established ballerina, and also features Robert Helpmann, Léonide Massine, and Ludmilla Tchérina, other renowned dancers from the ballet world. The metafictional plot is based on the 1845 fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen, and features a ballet within it by the same title, also adapted from the Andersen work.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Emeric Pressburger](https://cinepixo.com/people/emeric-pressburger), [Michael Powell](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-powell)
- **Screenplay:** [Emeric Pressburger](https://cinepixo.com/people/emeric-pressburger), [Michael Powell](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-powell)
- **Producer:** [Emeric Pressburger](https://cinepixo.com/people/emeric-pressburger), [Michael Powell](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-powell)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Brian Easdale](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-easdale)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jack Cardiff](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-cardiff)
- **Editor:** [Reginald Mills](https://cinepixo.com/people/reginald-mills)

## Cast

- [Esmond Knight](https://cinepixo.com/people/esmond-knight)
- [Anton Walbrook](https://cinepixo.com/people/anton-walbrook)
- [Ludmilla Tchérina](https://cinepixo.com/people/ludmilla-tcherina)
- [Léonide Massine](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonide-massine)
- [Marie Rambert](https://cinepixo.com/people/marie-rambert)
- [Emeric Pressburger](https://cinepixo.com/people/emeric-pressburger)
- [Jean Hébey](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-hebey)
- [Austin Trevor](https://cinepixo.com/people/austin-trevor)
- [Moira Shearer](https://cinepixo.com/people/moira-shearer)
- [Marius Goring](https://cinepixo.com/people/marius-goring)
- [Robert Helpmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-helpmann)
- [Irene Browne](https://cinepixo.com/people/irene-browne)
- [Albert Bassermann](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-bassermann)

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