Powell/Pressberger Moira Shearer
The British team's magnificent staging of HC Anderson's typically twisted story. For my taste ballet...a stilted, limited form...has never been presented better...with extravagant use of color, brilliant camera work, various forms of trickery and, most importantly the skill and charm of Moira Shearer.
The love story vs. career was a little creaky but the resolution worked thematically. This is seen as one of the great films produced in post-war England and rightfully so. A classic.
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