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Actors: Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring, Moira Shearer, Robert Helpmann, Ludmilla Tchérina, Esmond Knight
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Red Shoes |
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THE RED SHOES is a british production written and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger in 1948. Five nominations for the Academy Awards.
Anton -Boris Lermontov- Walbrook is the authoritarian founder of the Lermontov Ballet Company. When Ludmila Tchérina, the main feminine star of the ballet, leaves the company in order to get married, Lermontov chooses Victoria -Moira Shearer- Page to replace her. The redhead girl becomes soon famous with her interpretation of Andersen's The Red Shoes. But Lermontov considers dance as an exclusive partner so he doesn't accept the affair between Victoria and the composer Julian Craster and fires him from the company. Victoria Page's life looks more and more like the life of the Red Shoes's heroine.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Red Shoes |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- matchbreaker interference
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- dancer
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- producer/director
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
- obsessed
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Russian
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- red
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn curly
Unclothed?
- very tight clothes
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- musician
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- blonde
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
- France
City?
Yes
City:
- London
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
- resort/hotel
- theater
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
If lots of song/dance...
- lot of dancing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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