| Description |
2 videodiscs (134 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (24 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm) |
| Series |
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 44.
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| System Details |
DVD, 1.33:1 aspect ratio, Dolby digital mono. |
| Cast |
Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring, Moira Shearer. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Jack Cardiff; choreography, Robert Helpmann; editor, Reginald Mills; music composed, conducted and arranged by Brian Easdale; ballet music conductor, Sir Thomas Beecham. |
| Summary |
A young ballerina is torn between love and success. |
| Note |
Special features: audio commentary by film historian Ian Christie, including interviews with Marius Goring, Moira Shearer, Jack Cardiff, Brian Easdale and Martin Scorsese; excerpts from Powell and Pressburger's novelization of The Red shoes and from Hans Christian Anderson's original fairy tale (in English); Martin Scorsese's collection of Red shoes memorabilia; publicity and production stills; "The Red shoes sketches" (an animated film of Hein Heckroth's painted storyboards) with a comparison to The Red shoes ballet; original theatrical trailer; Powell and Pressburger filmography, with film clips and stills. |
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Booklet features an essay by critic David Ehrenstein and a description of the restoration by UCLA film archivist Robert Gitt. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1948. |
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Based on a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. |
| Subject |
Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875 -- Film adaptations.
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Ballerinas -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Film adaptations.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Powell, Michael, 1905-1990.
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Pressburger, Emeric, 1902-1988.
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Walbrook, Anton, 1900-1967.
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Goring, Marius, 1912-1998.
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Helpmann, Robert, Sir, 1909-1986.
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Shearer, Moira, 1926-2006.
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Easdale, Brian, 1909-1995.
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Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875.
Røde sko.
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Janus Films.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9781604652895 |
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1604652896 |
| Standard No. |
715515059411 |
| Music No. |
CC1907 The Criterion Collection |
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