The Red Shoes

The Red Shoes (1983)

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The story of a little girl name Karen who was very poor and was given a pair of red shoes made of cloth to keep her feet warm in the winter. When her mother dies, she's adopted by a rich older woman who burns the shoes, saying they're ugly. Karen grows up pretty and happy with the old woman, but one day she sees a princess wearing beautiful red shoes and wants a pair just like them. When it comes time for Karen to be confirmed, she's to have a new pair of shoes. The pair she wants are red leather shoes that were maid for a count's daughter, but were too small. Karen buys them without the old woman knowing and wears them to her confirmation and gets in trouble for it. When the old woman falls ill, instead of taking care of her Karen goes to a ball and dances, but finds she can't stop dancing.

Directors: John Clark Donahue, John Driver.

Casts

	Rana Haugen as Karen Sorenson
	Stephen Boe as Hans Christian Andersen
	Molly Atwood as Mrs. Ingrid Sorenson
	Sonja Kostich as Karen #1 / Confirmation Class
	Sarah Napier as Mother / Dancers at the Ball
	Julee Cruise as Old Rag Face
	Wendy Lehr as Old Lady
	Maria Iverson as Helga / Church Congregation / Masquerade Ball Dancers
	Gabrielle Zuckerman as Karen #2 (as Gaby Zuckerman)
	Tom Dunn as Coachman
	Sylvia Bolton as Queen
	Jo Jo Askegard as Princess / Confirmation Class / Vain Girls and Parson's Children
	Myron Johnson as Shoemaker
	Carl Beck as Soldier
	George Muschamp as Preacher
	Devi Piper as Karen #3
	William Harren as Angel / Shoeshoppe Customers
	Jason McLean as Executioner
	Matthew Dudley as Postman / Dancers at the Ball
	Tracy Harrison as Shoeshoppe Customers / Church Congregation / Dancers at the Ball
	Joy Langer as Shoeshoppe Customers / Confirmation Class / Masquerade Ball Dancers
	Kaja Rogers as Shoeshoppe Customers / Dancers at the Ball
	Adam Shankman as Shoeshoppe Customers
	Michael L. Hennen as Church Congregation / Masquerade Ball Dancers
	Oliver Osterberg as Church Congregation
	Danielle Smith as Church Congregation
	Ron Spiess as Church Congregation / Masquerade Ball Dancers
	Marin Osterberg as Confirmation Class / Masquerade Ball Dancers / Vain Girls and Parson's Children
	Molly Weber as Confirmation Class
	Gary Costello as Dancers at the Ball
	Libby Croteau as Dancers at the Ball
	Michael De Leon as Dancers at the Ball
	Jerome Wallin as Dancers at the Ball
	Kim Landry as Shoeshoppe Customer / Dancers at the Ball

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