Based on a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen.

Release date: Jul. 20, 2010.

Special features: Introductory restoration demonstration with filmmaker Martin Scorsese; audio commentary with film historian Ian Christie, featuring interviews with stars Marius Goring and Moira Shearer, cinematographer Jack Cardiff, composer Brian Easdale, and Scorese; audio recording of Jeremy Irons reading excerpts from Powell and Pressburger's novelization of The red shoes; Profile of "The red shoes," a documentary on the making of the film, featuring interviews with members of the production team; video interview with director Michael Powell's widow, editor Thelma Schoomaker Powell, from the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, in which she discusses Powell, the film, and the restoration; collection of rare publicity stills and behind-the-scenes photos; gallery of items from the Scorsese's personal collection of The red shoes memorabilia; "The red shoes" sketches, an animated film of Hein Heckroth's painted storyboards, with the Red shoes ballet as an alternate angle; audio recording of Irons reading the original Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale "The red shoes"; theatrical trailer; plus: a booklet featuring an essay by critic David Ehrenstein and a description of the restoration by UCLA film archivist Robert Gitt.

Director of photography, Jack Cardiff ; editor, Reginald Mills ; music composed, conducted and arranged by Brian Easdale ; choreography, Robert Helpmann ; the part of the shoemaker created and danced by Léonide Massine ; ballet music conductor, Sir Thomas Beecham.

Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring, Moira Shearer.

A young ballerina is torn between love and success.

Blu-ray, region A, 1.33:1 aspect ratio, high definition; monaural; requires Blu-ray player.

English or French; subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.