Film

The Red Shoes: The Imaginations of Powell and Pressburger

Dir: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Cast: Moira Shearer, Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring
133mins 1948 UK PG English

The Red Shoes: The Imaginations of Powell and Pressburger

Part of The Imaginations of Powell & Pressburger season at Depot.

Saturday 9 December: Introduced by writer and film historian, Pamela Hutchinson.

In this classic drama, Vicky Page is an aspiring ballerina torn between her dedication to dance and her desire to love.

While her imperious instructor, Boris Lermontov, urges to her to forget anything but ballet, Vicky begins to fall for the charming young composer Julian Craster.

Eventually Vicky, under great emotional stress, must choose to pursue either her art or her romance, a decision that carries serious consequences.

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Fri 8 December