The Red Shoes

One of Powell and Pressburger's most enduringly popular films is a stunning exercise in colour, movement and a kind of romanticism that was unusual in post-war British cinema. Explaining the film's success, Powell stated, 'We had all been told for ten years to go out and die for freedom and democracy, for this and for that, and now that the war was over, The Red Shoes told us to go out and die for art'.

Introduction by Ian Christie on Tuesday 14 February.