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The Red Shoes
UNITED KINGDOM · 1948

The Red Shoes

Powell and Pressburger
new love ballet london, england dance performance ballet dancer
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Synopsis

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

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