The Red Shoes
“Dance she did, and dance she must…Between her two loves!”
A fledgling ballerina falls in love with a brilliant composer, but the jealous head of the ballet company plots to drive them apart.
Genres
Drama, Romance
Studio
The Archers
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Red Shoes performed
Budget
$500,000
Worldwide Gross
$10.0M
Gross Profit
$9.5M
Return
20.0× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$1M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Where to Watch
Cast
Boris Lermontov
Anton Walbrook
Boris Lermontov
Julian Craster
Marius Goring
Julian Craster
Victoria Page
Moira Shearer
Victoria Page
Ivan Boleslawsky
Robert Helpmann
Ivan Boleslawsky
Grischa Ljubov
Léonide Massine
Grischa Ljubov
Sergei Ratov
Albert Bassermann
Sergei Ratov
Irina Boronskaja
Ludmilla Tchérina
Irina Boronskaja
Livy
Esmond Knight
Livy
Terry
Jean Short
Terry
Ike
Gordon Littmann
Ike
A Balletomane
Julia Lang
A Balletomane
Her Mate
Bill Shine
Her Mate
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