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Red Heels

1925 · 113 min

A silent-era romantic drama that moves from Parisian glamour to stormy countryside, blending passion, quarrel and peril with earnest melodrama.

Directed by
Michael Curtiz
Genres
Drama
Starring
Lili Damita, Georges Tréville, Hugo Thimig
Overview
A British playboy in Paris marries a dancer and convinces her to give up her career to move to a small cottage in the country. One night at a party given by her former manager, she is persuaded to perform one of the dances she was renowned for. That leads to a fight with her husband, who runs out of the party in the middle of a raging storm. Her subsequent search for him ends up placing her life in danger.

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Directed by
Michael Curtiz
Genres
Drama
Starring
Lili Damita, Georges Tréville, Hugo Thimig
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • identity
  • betrayal
  • redemption
  • survival
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance6
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Michael Curtiz
Starring
Lili Damita, Georges Tréville, Hugo Thimig, Hans Moser, Eric Barclay, Theo Shall, Marietta Millner, Maria Asti
Cinematography
Gustav Ucicky, Max Nekut
Runtime
113 min
Country
Austria, France, Germany

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