While being escorted to the stage by her dresser, and wearing the red shoes, Vicky is suddenly seized by an irresistible impulse and runs out of the theatre. Julian, on the platform of the train station, sees her and runs helplessly towards her. Vicky jumps from a balcony and falls in front of an approaching train. While lying on a stretcher, bloody and battered, she asks Julian to remove the red shoes, just as in the end of The Red Shoes ballet.
Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Produced by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Written by Hans Christian Andersen (original fairy tale), Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, Keith Winter (add'l dialogue),
Starring:
Marius Goring: Julian Craster
Anton Walbrook: Boris Lermontov
Moira Shearer: Victoria Page
Music by Brian Easdale
Sir Thomas Beecham Bart. conductor
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The Ballet of The Red Shoes
Original Release Date: 6 September 1948 (UK)
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