The Red Shoes Trivia Questions

No countries banned it for that reason. It was briefly restricted in the UK for a suicide scene, but not for gender themes.

The ballet sequence was carefully assembled from many takes and edits. It took weeks to shoot, not one continuous take.

It was nominated for Best Picture but lost to 'Hamlet.' However, it won Oscars for Best Art Direction and Best Original Score.

Moira Shearer, who played Victoria Page, was a prima ballerina with the Sadler's Wells Ballet. Her real dancing made the film’s ballet sequences authentic.

The red dye used in Technicolor prints was notoriously saturated. Some theaters had to adjust their projectors to avoid bleeding colors.

The shoes were actually painted with a flexible leather dye. But the myth of a 'secret formula' persists among film buffs.

The US distributor cut 12 minutes, including a key seduction scene. Powell was furious and felt the film was ruined.

In Andersen's story, the girl is forced to dance until she dies. The film adaptation changed this to a tragic fall under a train.