The Red Shoes (1948)
A fledgling ballerina falls in love with a brilliant composer, but the jealous head of the ballet company plots to drive them apart.
10 Kinolab Clips
Opening Credits
The opening credits of the film, set over images that resemble fairy tale books.
Duration: 00:01:59
Timestamp: 00:01:04
Contributor: Phoebe Marin
Opening Sequence
Student composer Julian Craster (Marius Goring) attends the ballet that his professor scored, only to realize that his professor plagiarized his work.
Duration: 00:08:29
Timestamp: 00:03:05
Contributor: Phoebe Marin
The Ballet Lermontov
Vicki (Moira Shearer) and Julian (Marius Goring) acquaint themselves with the members of The Ballet Lermontov.
Duration: 00:05:03
Timestamp: 00:22:24
Contributor: Phoebe Marin
Heart of Fire
Julian (Marius Goring) attempts to have the orchestra practice Heart of Fire as he wrote it.
Duration: 00:03:18
Timestamp: 00:28:12
Contributor: Phoebe Marin
The Mercury Theatre
Vicki (Moira Shearer) performs in Swan Lake at the Mercury Theatre.
Duration: 00:02:19
Timestamp: 00:32:29
Contributor: Phoebe Marin
The Ballet of the Red Shoes
Vicki (Moira Shearer) performs as the lead in The Ballet of the Red Shoes with Ivan (Robert Helpmann) as her costar.
Duration: 00:08:44
Timestamp: 01:06:12
Contributor: Phoebe Marin
The Ballet of the Red Shoes (cont.)
Vicky (Moira Shearer) and Ivan (Robert Helpmann) continue to dance the Ballet of the Red Shoes.
Duration: 00:07:28
Timestamp: 01:14:54
Contributor: Phoebe Marin
What Do You Want From Life?
Vicki (Moira Shearer) and Boris (Anton Walbrook) talk about what her future could hold. Boris proposes turning Vicki into his star dancer.
Duration: 00:04:24
Timestamp: 01:26:18
Contributor: Phoebe Marin
A Great Romance
In London, the newlywed Vicki (Moira Shearer) and Julian (Marius Goring) cannot sleep.
Duration: 00:03:25
Timestamp: 01:54:58
Contributor: Phoebe Marin
Closing Sequence
Vicki (Moira Shearer) must choose between dancing for Boris (Anton Walbrook) or her love for Julian (Marius Goring).
Duration: 00:09:50
Timestamp: 02:02:53
Contributor: Phoebe Marin