Elaborately connecting the real world and a world of fantasy, Powell and Pressburger created a Technicolor ballet film wonder in magnificent colors in THE RED SHOES. Young prima ballerina Vicki (Moira Shearer) is torn between her love for ballet and her love for a young composer, with her only option being to flee. The film’s highpoint is a nearly 15-minute ballet sequence for which film designer Hein Heckroth created hundreds of oil sketches based on an abstract color scheme.
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