The Red Shoes (1948 Film) - Cast

Cast

  • Moira Shearer as Vicky Page
  • Marius Goring as Julian Craster
  • Anton Walbrook as Boris Lermontov
  • Léonide Massine as Grischa Ljubov
  • Robert Helpmann as Ivan Boleslawsky
  • Albert Bassermann as Sergei Ratov
  • Ludmilla Tchérina as Irina Boronskaja
  • Esmond Knight as Livingstone 'Livy' Montagne


Cast notes:

  • The role of Boris Lermontov, played by Anton Walbrook, was inspired in part by Sergei Diaghilev, the impresario who founded the Ballets Russes, although there are also aspects about him drawn from the personalities of producer J. Arthur Rank and even director Michael Powell himself.

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