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[StarstruckFerSure]

Thanks for uploading. :)

[5FnX17]

....And obviously she couldn't choose between her love of dance and love of Julian, so she killed herself.

[LilyMoth12]

♥ Great movie! ♥

[MissMissyDeniseDenis]

Did she die or was she just never able to dance again???

[tastefulflyer]

All that being said, you must allow that Powell and Pressburger did an unparalleled job in smoothing the magical story into a realistic scenario, and that the story might not be perfect, but the movie is very close.

[tastefulflyer]

If you analyze the story from a modern perspective (or even a 1948 perspective), there are things that make no sense, i.e. Julian was dismissed by Lermontov, not Vicky, so why can't she dance for him, and Julian have his successful career elsewhere. There's no real reason for that, but they have to trump up Julian seeing her dancing for Lermontov as an impossible obstacle, so he's hysterical, and then she gets hysterical and cracks, or the cracking up on her part just doesn't work.

[5FnX17]

@tastefulflyer Lermontov fired Julian. They became enemies. That's why he didn't want Vicky dancing for Lermontov. There's no technical reason she couldn't dance for him. She chose Julian's side by leaving Lermontov. However Julian should have let her dance for him, seeing how torn she was. His ballet company was where she could flourish. But he let his pride get in the way. He kept her away from Lermontov in revenge against him, forcing her to choose between her love of dance and love of him.

[tastefulflyer]

It is a lovely film and I do thank you for all the work you did putting it all on here. As far as the ending goes, its kind of a given if you look at the Hans Christian Andersen story. She dies, and its not necessarily a choice of hers. You could look at this version of the story and say she was doomed the moment Lermontov chose her to be the lead in the ballet, or the moment she started dancing it, just as the girl in the story was doomed from the moment she put on the shoes.

[ninatown]

thanks for sharing this great film!

[20simondhl]

Lermontov looks like Bill Murray a little.

[20simondhl]

Julian and Victoria should have stayed away from Lermontov and joined a troupe in Kansas City.

[getogatocat]

That same balcony she jumped from is the same they were talking at the night Vicky was given the lead and she was too excited to sleep.

I'm surprised she wasn't brutally mangled but it is just a movie after all.

Lerm is puppetmaster, Julian the boy, and Victoria a tragic girl.

[getogatocat]

Womanin' Up FAIL, Fatal desire transferred to shoes WIN

[darlinkula1]

Anton Walbrook was wonderful in this film. Moira Shearer's skin looks luminescent. This movie is sumptuous to look at from begining to end. I last saw this movie when I was a child and I remember her throwing herself under the train, but I must have gotten this film mixed up with Anna Karenina with Vivien Leigh. THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS FANTASTIC PIECE OF FILM HISTORY !

[StrawJberryGirl]

Too bad she didn't dance the part afterall

[laury84]

Great movie! Stupid Julian, how can he claim to love her when he wants to keep her to himself when he goes off cultivating his dream. How can he ask her to give it up? Shitty husband.

[SapphireDrama]

Start from 1:18

[SapphireDrama]

Hey guys? Do you notice the reason why Vicky walked backwards and fall onto the train tracks and died in her boyfriend's arms? It's because of the red shoes. Watch the ending carefully.

[BrenChen19]

@SapphireDrama Duh

[Mistermarkuk]

A terrible choice forced upon her by the two men in her life. The red shoes (her heart, her sub-conscious instinct, her true passion) win out. With dreadful (poetic) consequences.

And a beautiful film, far ahead of its time in many ways yet rooted firmly in theatrical tradition. I'm very glad to have finally seen this classic movie. Thank you very much for posting this.

[angelhohoho]

why should make a decision at the moment, she can dance when she is available, and she can be a housewife when she is unavailable to dance.....why these two men want she to decide the right moment...........so sad......

[FredricEric]

Take off the red shoes!

[Ligezus]

I always hated the men for letting Vicky choose between the two things she wanted. If they let her be, nothing would have happened and Vicky would have been a great dancer after all. But thats my oppinion...

[mrmagpie21]

what a stupid ending

[Namuhana]

My first time seeing "The Red Shoes" and I quite liked it. I definitely see the influence of the film in "Black Swan," but they're totally separate films. No need to compare them.

[MatronicBabe]

Thank you for posting!

[imamazingperson]

wait did the red shoes make her jump ?????

[theHappyBush]

@imamazingperson no. she was crazy because of the red shoes, because she couldn't make both of them : dance and stay with Julian Craster, so like in "Black Swan" movie, she kills herself, cracking in the way to absoulut perfection.

[SapphireDrama]

@imamazingperson Yes.

[vickytoya123]

Its a wonderful movie... Thank you for posting!

[zdepre]

Thank you for posting!

[manthasagittarius]

My God, that is so eerie.

[NCW250]

An excellent film! A true classic, thank you for posting.

[NCW250]

An excellent film! Thank you posting a true classic.

[scatterbunny35]

Favorite character all the way: Grischa =D

[Luckyem02]

thanks for putting this up, I never saw the movie before.. good movie, though I really ballled at the end.

[brtrauff]

Thank you very much for a lucky opportunity to see this great movie.

[Goonerette89]

I didn't expect it either, so sad!!

[trega13]

oH my gosh!!!! that made me sob!!!!!!!!!!!! i didnt think that that was how it would end

[WoundedWolfgirl]

Thank you for the upload! Glorious film.

[SummerLemontree]

Woah actually didn't see that coming! :o

[Surfking47]

Hi, thank you so much for taking the time to upload this lovely movie!

[jgnjanja]

I watched this movie so many times when I was little but this is the first time it's ever made me cry. Thank you so much for uploading it!