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.

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

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

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

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 shoes were custom-made and hand-painted with a flexible red dye to prevent cracking under hot Technicolor lights, a widely reported behind-the-scenes fact about the 1948 film.

In Andersen's 1845 story, Karen begs an executioner to chop off her feet because the shoes force her to dance. He does so, and the severed feet dance away. Karen later dies after repenting.

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