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A brilliant composer and a gifted young ballerina fall in love, displeasing the impresario of the world-class ballet company where they work, and leading the young lovers to a terrifying emotional precipice. This timeless classic was magnificently restored using both traditional photochemical and cutting-edge digital processes, bringing its astounding production design, sumptuous color palette and revolutionary treatment of dance on film, to vivid new life.
35mm, color, 136 min. Production: Independent Producers, Archers Film Productions. Distribution: General Film Distributors. Producer: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger. Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger. Based on an original screenplay by Emeric Pressburger. Screenwriter: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger. Cinematographer: Jack Cardiff. Production Design: Hein Heckroth. Editor: Reginald Mills. Composer: Brian Easdale. With: Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring, Moira Shearer, Robert Helpmann, Leonide Massine.
