Hein Heckroth

Hein Heckroth Trailers

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German surrealist painter, who made his reputation as a production designer for German ballet and theatre. He moved to Britain in 1935 as a set and costume designer. In 1948, he became chief production designer for Powell and Pressburger, best known for The Red Shoes (1948) for which he won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction.

Most Popular Hein Heckroth Trailers

Total trailers found: 18

Black Narcissus Trailer (1947)

26 May 1947

A group of Anglican nuns, led by Sister Clodagh, are sent to a mountain in the Himalayas. The climate in the region is hostile and the nuns are housed in an odd old palace.

Torn Curtain Trailer (1966)

14 July 1966

During the Cold War, an American scientist appears to defect to East Germany as part of a cloak and dagger mission to find the formula for a resin solution—but the plan goes awry when his fiancee, unaware of his motivation, follows him across the border.

The Battle of the River Plate Trailer (1956)

30 October 1956

In the early years of the World War II, the Royal Navy is fighting a desperate battle to keep the Atlantic convoy routes open to supply the British Isles, facing the great danger posed by the many German warships, such as the Admiral Graf Spee, which are scouring the ocean for cargo ships to sink.

The Threepenny Opera Trailer (1963)

28 February 1963

The Gangster Macheath secretly marries the daughter of beggar king Peachum. When Peachum finds out, he instructs the police chief Brown to arrest and hang Macheath.

A Matter of Life and Death Trailer (1946)

15 December 1946

A British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court, hoping to prolong his fledgling romance with an American girl.

The Red Shoes Trailer (1948)

06 September 1948

A fledgling ballerina falls in love with a brilliant composer, but the jealous head of the ballet company plots to drive them apart.

The Girl and the Legend Trailer (1957)

07 February 1957

London, in 1730. Charly, Jim and Ben work hard, with the brave Maud, in a cotton mill to earn a few shillings.

The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan Trailer (1953)

14 February 1953

The career of W. S. Gilbert, a barrister turned comic librettist, and Arthur Sullivan, a composer turned against his will to light music, who together wrote fifteen comic operas between 1871 and 1896, to great public acclaim.

The Small Back Room Trailer (1949)

21 February 1949

As the Germans drop explosive booby-traps on 1943 Britain, the embittered expert who'll have to disarm them fights a private battle with alcohol.

Oh... Rosalinda!! Trailer (1955)

21 November 1955

Pseudonym Dr. Falke follows his wife through disguises and deceptions in postwar Vienna.

The Tales of Hoffmann Trailer (1951)

04 April 1951

A melancholy poet reflects on three women he loved and lost in the past: a mechanical performing doll, a Venetian courtesan, and the consumptive daughter of a celebrated composer.

Gone to Earth Trailer (1950)

06 November 1950

Hazel Woods, a beautiful and young Welsh girl, lives a wild, rustic life and loves animals — in particular, her pet fox.

The Elusive Pimpernel Trailer (1950)

07 November 1950

Foppish Sir Percy Blakeney, who secretly leads a double life as the daring rescuer of French aristocrats from the guillotine during the French Revolution, fights to save his brother-in-law while his wife is manipulated by the villainous Chauvelin into helping capture him, unaware of her husband's true identity.

The Haunted Castle Trailer (1960)

15 December 1960

The ghosts of thieves help a beautiful young countess save her inherited castle from modern developers in this comic horror/musical.

Ludwig II Trailer (1955)

14 January 1955

Life and death of King Ludwig II of Bavaria.

Bluebeard's Castle Trailer (1963)

15 December 1963

Based on the Béla Bartók opera, Duke Bluebeard reluctantly and gradually uncovers the secrets of his psyche to his fourth wife, Judit, opening the seven doors of his castle to ultimately reveal his still living previous wives, among whom Judit must take her place.

Peterchens Mondfahrt Trailer (1959)

25 December 1959

The story of Little Peter and his sister Anneli, who help a May beetle named Mr. Zoomzeman (German: Herr Summsemann) to retrieve his missing sixth leg from the Moon.

“The Red Shoes” Sketches Trailer (1948)

01 January 1948

A 1948 animated film of Hein Heckroth’s painted storyboards, with the Red Shoes ballet as an alternate angle.