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The Red Shoes

Eager young ballerina Victoria Page is delighted at being given the opportunity to dance with the renowned Ballet Lermontov, little realising the demands of its brilliant yet arrogant impresario will force a tragic choice between her career and her lover.

2 hours, 8 minutes

On TV

Tomorrow 14:20

Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • Brian Easdale

    The Ballet of The Red Shoes

    Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Beecham.
  • Ted Heath & Kenny Baker

    Bougainvillia

  • Margherita Grandi

    Aria

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake

  • Franz Liszt

    Les Sylphides

  • Ottorino Respighi

    La Boutique Fantasque

    Composer: Gioachino Rossini.
  • Adolphe Adam

    Giselle

  • L茅o Delibes

    Danse de la Poup茅e

Credits

Role Contributor
Boris Lermontov Anton Walbrook
Victoria Page Moira Shearer
Julian Craster Marius Goring
Ivan Boleslawsky Robert Helpmann
Sergei Ratov Albert Basserman
Livy Esmond Knight
Irina Boronskaja Ludmilla Tcherina
Ljubov Leonide Massine
Herself Marie Rambert
Dancer Robert Dorning
Director Michael Powell
Director Emeric Pressburger
Writer Michael Powell
Writer Emeric Pressburger
Producer Michael Powell
Producer Emeric Pressburger
Composer Brian Easdale
Director of photography Jack Cardiff

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