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The Red Shoes (1948)

Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger · Cinematography by Jack Cardiff

Approved135 min60 frames

DramaRomance

Dance she did, and dance she must…Between her two loves!

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The Red Shoes (1948) movie still: medium — A dark, dimly lit room features a black piano and a tall candelabra. A woman stands by a windowed door as…The Red Shoes (1948) movie still: closeup — The frame focuses on a pair of bright red ballet slippers on polished wood. The feet are positioned…The Red Shoes (1948) movie still: establishing — An empty ballet studio features a long barre fixed to a shadowed wall. A small bistro table with…The Red Shoes (1948) movie still: medium — Three musicians in formal black suits perform on a dimly lit stage. They play golden trumpets against an…The Red Shoes (1948) movie still: medium — A dimly lit room features a man standing against dark, vertical wooden paneling. He wears a tuxedo and…The Red Shoes (1948) movie still: wide — An ornate hotel room features an arched window overlooking the ocean and wood-paneled walls. Five people…The Red Shoes (1948) movie still: wide — A dancer performs on a small wooden platform surrounded by dark, abstract textured scenery. The elevated…The Red Shoes (1948) movie still: closeup — A close portrait of a woman in a bridal veil inside a stone structure. She keeps her gaze lowered while…The Red Shoes (1948) movie still: wide — A dimly lit, ornate room features a large window with sheer white curtains. A man in a dark suit sits on…The Red Shoes (1948) movie still: medium — A dimly lit room features a large window with sheer white curtains. A man sits at a black piano playing…The Red Shoes (1948) movie still: medium — An interior space features a candlelit atmosphere in a classic historical setting. A woman with red hair…The Red Shoes (1948) movie still: fullbody — A dark, stylized stage set features silhouettes of chimney-topped buildings under a pale moon. A…The Red Shoes (1948) movie still: establishing — A winding asphalt road curves along a hillside overlooking a calm sea. Sparse Mediterranean pines…The Red Shoes (1948) movie still: fullbody — A dark empty theater stage features heavy floor-to-ceiling red velvet curtains with gold trim. A single…The Red Shoes (1948) movie still: closeup — A top-down view of a vintage record player turntable with a spinning black disc. The metal tonearm is…The Red Shoes (1948) movie still: wide — A long stone stairway framed by towering cypress trees leads toward a distant hilltop building. A lone…
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The Red Shoes — official trailer

What is The Red Shoes about?

A fledgling ballerina falls in love with a brilliant composer, but the jealous head of the ballet company plots to drive them apart.

Where can you watch The Red Shoes?

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What does the cinematography of The Red Shoes look like?

Sampled across 60 frames, the coverage of The Red Shoes leans on wide compositions (37% of the sample) and medium shots (23%). Cinematographer Jack Cardiff keeps 43% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 53% of the frames. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 57% of the frames. The production design places the film in the 1940s.

What is the color palette of The Red Shoes?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Red Shoes (1948) are #322f2c, #f7f6f4, #d7d3cb, #120f0e, #54514d, #a88e73 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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  • #d7d3cb
  • #120f0e
  • #54514d
  • #a88e73

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