The Red Shoes
Eager young ballerina Victoria Page is delighted at being given the opportunity to dance with the renowned Ballet Lermontov, little realising the demands of its brilliant yet arrogant impresario will force a tragic choice between her career and her lover.
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91福利社 Radio 3: The Essay: The Red Shoes
Deborah Bull on Powell and Pressburger's classic 1948 film The Red Shoes.
Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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Brian Easdale
The Ballet of The Red Shoes
Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Beecham. -
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Ted Heath & Kenny Baker
Bougainvillia
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Margherita Grandi
Aria
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Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake
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Franz Liszt
Les Sylphides
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Ottorino Respighi
La Boutique Fantasque
Composer: Gioachino Rossini. -
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Adolphe Adam
Giselle
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L茅o Delibes
Danse de la Poup茅e
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Boris Lermontov | Anton Walbrook |
| Victoria Page | Moira Shearer |
| Julian Craster | Marius Goring |
| Ivan Boleslawsky | Robert Helpmann |
| Sergei Ratov | Albert Basserman |
| Livy | Esmond Knight |
| Irina Boronskaja | Ludmilla Tcherina |
| Ljubov | Leonide Massine |
| Herself | Marie Rambert |
| Dancer | Robert Dorning |
| Director | Michael Powell |
| Director | Emeric Pressburger |
| Writer | Michael Powell |
| Writer | Emeric Pressburger |
| Producer | Michael Powell |
| Producer | Emeric Pressburger |
| Composer | Brian Easdale |
| Director of photography | Jack Cardiff |
Broadcasts
Boxing Day 1968 22:2591福利社 Two England- Fri 9 Apr 1971 22:0091福利社 Two England
- Sun 29 Sep 1985 15:0091福利社 Two England
- Sat 24 Feb 1996 14:1091福利社 Two England
- Sat 5 Dec 1998 14:3091福利社 Two England
- Sat 18 Aug 2001 13:4091福利社 Two England
- Thu 13 Feb 2003 13:1091福利社 Two England
- Sat 4 Aug 2007 13:5591福利社 Two Scotland
- Sat 4 Aug 2007 14:2591福利社 Two except East, Scotland, South East & Yorkshire
- Boxing Day 2007 22:55
- Sat 19 Jul 2008 13:3091福利社 Two except East, South East & Yorkshire
- Sat 1 Aug 2009 12:4591福利社 Two Scotland, Northern Ireland, England & Wales only
- Sun 30 May 2010 12:0091福利社 Two Scotland
- Sun 30 May 2010 13:0091福利社 Two Wales & England only
- Sun 20 Mar 2011 15:2091福利社 Two Northern Ireland, England & Wales only
- Christmas Day 2013 08:5091福利社 Two HD, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales & England only
- Sat 22 Nov 2014 14:4591福利社 Two Scotland, Wales, England, Northern Ireland & HD only
- Sat 14 Nov 2015 14:0591福利社 Two England, Northern Ireland, Wales & HD only
- Sat 19 Mar 2016 14:2091福利社 Two Wales, Northern Ireland, England & HD only
- Sat 11 Mar 2017 13:3091福利社 Two Northern Ireland, Wales, England & HD only
- Wed 27 Dec 2017 12:1091福利社 Two HD, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales & England only
- Sat 10 Nov 2018 13:0091福利社 Two HD, Northern Ireland, Wales & England only
- Sat 10 Nov 2018 14:5091福利社 Two Scotland
- Sat 3 Aug 2019 12:50
- Mon 3 Feb 2020 15:05
- Sat 12 Sep 2020 11:0091福利社 Two England, HD, Wales, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland HD & 1 more only
- Fri 23 Sep 2022 14:1591福利社 Two England, HD, Wales, Wales HD, Northern Ireland & 1 more only
- Fri 6 Jan 2023 14:0091福利社 Two HD, England, Northern Ireland HD, Wales HD, Northern Ireland & 1 more only
- Sat 14 Oct 2023 13:0091福利社 Two England, HD, Northern Ireland HD, Northern Ireland, Wales & 1 more only
- Sat 24 Feb 2024 13:3091福利社 Two England, HD, Wales HD, Wales, Northern Ireland & 1 more only
- Thu 29 Feb 2024 20:00
- Sat 23 Nov 2024 14:2091福利社 Two England, HD, Northern Ireland HD, Northern Ireland, Wales HD & 1 more only
- Thu 28 Nov 2024 22:10
- Sat 17 Jan 2026 09:5091福利社 Two England, HD, Northern Ireland, Wales, Wales HD & 1 more only
- Thu 22 Jan 2026 22:10
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