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The Red Shoes
MEANRANK
85/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #108
- IMDb #274
- Rotten Tomatoes #134
- Letterboxd #44
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #117
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #461
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Kinopoisk on 75, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 98. Critics average 98, everyone else 84.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A young ballerina is torn between her art and her love when she is forced to choose between the impresario who demands her complete devotion to dance and the composer who has fallen in love with her. The film is a visually stunning tragedy about obsession, sacrifice, and the price of artistic perfection.
Details
- Directors
- Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
- Writers
- Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
- Based on
- The Red Shoes by Hans Christian Andersen
- Studio
- The Archers
- Released
- 6 September 1948
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English, French, Russian
- Runtime
- 135 min
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $500.0K
- Box office
- $10.0M
- Awards
- 4 wins, 5 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 9 →4 wins from 9 nominations across 9 ceremonies
| Film Hall of Fame Award 2018 | Film Hall of Fame Award | The Red Shoes | Winner |
| Best Art Direction 1949 | Best Art Direction | Hein Heckroth Arthur Lawson | Winner |
| Best British Film 1949 | Best British Film | The Red Shoes | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing 1949 | Best Film Editing | Reginald Mills | Nominee |
| Best Original Score 1949 | Best Original Score | Brian Easdale | Winner |
| Best Picture 1949 | Best Picture | Michael Powell Emeric Pressburger | Nominee |
| Best Story 1949 | Best Story | Emeric Pressburger | Nominee |
| Top Ten Films 1949 | Top Ten Films | The Red Shoes | Winner |
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9 awards — The Red Shoes
×| Best Art Direction | Hein Heckroth Arthur Lawson | Winner |
| Best Original Score | Brian Easdale | Winner |
| Film Hall of Fame Award | The Red Shoes | Winner |
| Top Ten Films | The Red Shoes | Winner |
| Best British Film | The Red Shoes | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing | Reginald Mills | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Michael Powell Emeric Pressburger | Nominee |
| Best Story | Emeric Pressburger | Nominee |
| Grand International Award | Michael Powell Emeric Pressburger | Nominee |