THE RED SHOES -- Emeric Pressburger, dir

©1948
studio: Criterion
production company: Archers, The, Independent Producers
director: Emeric Pressburger
cast: Marius Goring, Jean Short, Gordon Littmann, julia Lang, Bill Shine, Leonide Massine, Anton Walbrook, Austin Trevor, Esmond Knight, Eric Berry, Irene Browne, Moira Shearer, Ludmilla Tcherina, Jerry Verno, Robert Helpmann
screenplay: Michael Powell, original fairy tale by Hans Christian Anderson

A young ballerina is torn between two forces: the composer who loves her, and the impresario determined to fashion her into a great dancer.

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I was much more impressed with this movie than I expected to be. The direction really had me -- it seemed very modern, even for today.

The story was a bit over-the-top, and the acting was at times a tad over-done, but over-all I thought it was a wonderful and beautiful film. Certainly worthy of the Criterion Collection but might even do well on the big screen again.