The Red Shoes

Name: The Red Shoes
Director: Powell & Pressburger
Genre: Drama, Music
Released: 1948
Duration: 135 min

A ballerina is pulled between the demands of art, love, and a brilliant impresario.

89Club score

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“A film whose smallest gestures keep expanding after it ends.”

Editorial note · August 2026

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