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Ballet Shoes

Year:

2007

Duration:

85 min

Genres:

Drama | Family

IMDB rate:

6.9

Director:

Sandra Goldbacher

Awards:

2 wins

Details

Country: UK

Release Date: 2007-12-26

Filming Locations: Bloomsbury, London, England, UK

Cast

Actor

Character

Lucy Cohu

Ballet Shoes

Emma Watson

Ballet Shoes

Yasmin Paige

Ballet Shoes

Emilia Fox

Sylvia Brown

Victoria Wood

Nana

Lucy Boynton

Posy Fossil

Richard Griffiths

Great Uncle Matthew

Marc Warren

Mr. Simpson

Gemma Jones

Dr. Jakes

Harriet Walter

Dr. Smith

Eileen Atkins

Madame Fidolia

Heather Nicol

Winifred Bagnall

Mary Stockley

Miss Jay

Teresa Churcher

Clara

Skye Bennett

Young Sylvia

Peter Bowles

Sir Donald Houghton

Don Gallagher

Mr. French

Emma Darwall-Smith

Titania (as Emma Darwall Smith)

Isabella Parriss

Cobweb

Jade Longley

Moth

Adrian Lester

Mr. Sholsky

Tim Wallers

Mr. Montague

Gresby Nash

Leopold Neville

Ebe Sievwright

Valentin Manoff

Ruth Brill

Featured Dancer

Natasha Mould

Featured Dancer

Jack Thorpe-Baker

Featured Dancer (as Jack Thorpe Baker)

Lucy Greenhalgh

Background Artist (uncredited)

Ellen Howard

Dancer (uncredited)

Ceri Jerome

Dancer (uncredited)

Amy Johnson

Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Katie Lowe

Dancer (uncredited)

Laurence Richardson

Dancer (uncredited)

Lucy Watson

Younger Pauline (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Emilia Fox plays the part of Sylvia Brown in this adaptation. Emilia's mother, Joanna David, played the part of Theo Danes in the 1975 BBC adaptation of the same story.

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Based on the book by Noel Streatfeild

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According to an interview on the DVD, the three-year-old Pauline Fossil is played by Emma Watson's half-sister.

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Goofs

The "ballet shoes" the girls wear throughout the film are far too modern for the era depicted.

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Quotes

Miss Jay: Well done, you two. Right, Pauline is to play Alice

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Faq

How much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie?

For detailed information about the amounts and types of (a) sex and nudity, (b) violence and gore, (c) profanity, (d) alcohol, drugs, and smoking, and (e) frightening and intense scenes in this movie, consult the IMDb Parents Guide for this movie. The Parents Guide for Ballet Shoes can be found here.

Were Doctors Jakes and Smith lesbians?

The novel is very ambiguous on whether or not Dr Jakes (Gemma Jones) and Dr Smith (Harriet Walter) were lovers. If so, they discretely rented two rooms instead of sleeping together at the boarding house, so there is no clue there. In short, it's up to each viewer to decide for themselves the nature of the relationship between the two lady doctors. Whatever the nature of their relationship, it is not important to the story.

What was the controversy over the "wrap" in the dressing room all about?

The "wrap" refers to a cotton overall or wrap that actors must wear over their stage costumes when offstage so that the costumes don't get stained or damaged. Pauline was making a fuss about wearing it, an indication that she was becoming a starry-eyed Diva. That is how she ended up losing the part of Alice to the understudy, as punishment for getting "too big for her boots".

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