Shoes is a 2012 international short film directed, written and produced by Konstantin Fam. The film is the result of a joint effort by professional team from Russia, the USA, the Czech Republic, Poland, France, Belarus and Ukraine. The film is the first novel of the film trilogy "Witnesses" dedicated to the memory of victims of the Holocaust. It was the only nominee from Russia for the Academy Awards in the short film category in 2013. Plot The first installment traces the personal history of a Jewish girl in 1930s-1940s from the point of view of a pair of red shoes. Starting from the shop window where the shoes were purchased and ending at a mountain of discarded shoes of the victims in a mass grave of the Auschwitz concentration camp. Film crew Original idea: Dmitry Parshkov (Russia) Director: Konstantin Fam (Russia) Writer: Konstantin Fam (Russia) Composer: Egor Romanenko (Ukraine) Actors: Uliana Elina (Czech Republic), Tatiana Spyrgyash (Belarus) - Woman; Ilya Uglava (Czech Republic), Alexander Bokovets (Belarus) - Man Producers: Konstantin Fam, Uriy Igrushа, Miсhail Bykov, Alex A. Petruhin, Tanya Dovidovskaya, Krzysztof Wiech, Tania Rakhmanova, Alexey * Timofeev, Aleksandr Kulikov, Igor Lopatonok Cameramen: Asen Shopov (Czech Republic), Sergey Novikov (Belarus), Dzmitry Shulpin (Belarus), Otabek Djuraev (France), Marec Gajczak (Poland) Production designer: Philip Lagunovich-Cherepko (Belarus), Jarmila Konecna (Czech Republic) Art features The main object in a shot is a pair of the shoes. There are no dialogues in a shot and we see no human faces but only their shoes. The film is accompanied by an original soundtrack inspired by Jewish folk motives.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Notable quotes

“I had no shoes, and I felt sorry for myself until I met a man who had no feet. I took his shoes. Now I feel better.”
— George Carlin, When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? (2004).
“For want of a nail the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost.”
— Proverb reported by George Herbert, Jacula Prudentum (1651), #495.
“Shoes transform your body language and attitude. They lift you physically and emotionally.”
— Christian Louboutin, Arneson, Krystin; Gustashaw, Megan (2011). "25 of the Best Fashion Quotes of All Time". Glamour. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
“Give a girl the right shoes and she can conquer the world.”
— Marilyn Monroe Arneson, Krystin; Gustashaw, Megan (2011). "25 of the Best Fashion Quotes of All Time". Glamour. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
“A Roman divorced from his wife, being highly blamed by his friends, who demanded, "Was she not chaste? Was she not fair? Was she not fruitful?" holding out his shoe, asked them whether it was not new and well made. "Yet," added he, "none of you can tell where it pinches me."”
— Plutarch, Lives, "Aemilius Paulus", sec. 29.
“Beauty is a pair of shoes that makes you wanna die.”
— Frank Zappa, You Are What You Is, "Beauty Knows No Pain" (1981).

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Shoes is a 2012 international short film directed, written and produced by Konstantin Fam. The film is the result of a joint effort by professional team from Russia, the USA, the Czech Republic, Poland, France, Belarus and Ukraine. The film is the first novel of the film trilogy "Witnesses" dedicated to the memory of victims of the Holocaust. It was the only nominee from Russia for the Academy Awards in the short film category in 2013.

Overview

Shoes is a 2012 international short film directed, written and produced by Konstantin Fam. The film is the result of a joint effort by professional team from Russia, the USA, the Czech Republic, Poland, France, Belarus and Ukraine. The film is the first novel of the film trilogy "Witnesses" dedicated to the memory of victims of the Holocaust. It was the only nominee from Russia for the Academy Awards in the short film category in 2013. Plot The first installment traces the personal history of a Jewish girl in 1930s-1940s from the point of view of a pair of red shoes. Starting from the shop window where the shoes were purchased and ending at a mountain of discarded shoes of the victims in a mass grave of the Auschwitz concentration camp. Film crew Original idea: Dmitry Parshkov (Russia) Director: Konstantin Fam (Russia) Writer: Konstantin Fam (Russia) Composer: Egor Romanenko (Ukraine) Actors: Uliana Elina (Czech Republic), Tatiana Spyrgyash (Belarus) - Woman; Ilya Uglava (Czech Republic), Alexander Bokovets (Belarus) - Man Producers: Konstantin Fam, Uriy Igrushа, Miсhail Bykov, Alex A. Petruhin, Tanya Dovidovskaya, Krzysztof Wiech, Tania Rakhmanova, Alexey * Timofeev, Aleksandr Kulikov, Igor Lopatonok Cameramen: Asen Shopov (Czech Republic), Sergey Novikov (Belarus), Dzmitry Shulpin (Belarus), Otabek Djuraev (France), Marec Gajczak (Poland) Production designer: Philip Lagunovich-Cherepko (Belarus), Jarmila Konecna (Czech Republic) Art features The main object in a shot is a pair of the shoes. There are no dialogues in a shot and we see no human faces but only their shoes. The film is accompanied by an original soundtrack inspired by Jewish folk motives.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Notable quotes

“I had no shoes, and I felt sorry for myself until I met a man who had no feet. I took his shoes. Now I feel better.”
— George Carlin, When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? (2004).
“For want of a nail the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost.”
— Proverb reported by George Herbert, Jacula Prudentum (1651), #495.
“Shoes transform your body language and attitude. They lift you physically and emotionally.”
— Christian Louboutin, Arneson, Krystin; Gustashaw, Megan (2011). "25 of the Best Fashion Quotes of All Time". Glamour. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
“Give a girl the right shoes and she can conquer the world.”
— Marilyn Monroe Arneson, Krystin; Gustashaw, Megan (2011). "25 of the Best Fashion Quotes of All Time". Glamour. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
“A Roman divorced from his wife, being highly blamed by his friends, who demanded, "Was she not chaste? Was she not fair? Was she not fruitful?" holding out his shoe, asked them whether it was not new and well made. "Yet," added he, "none of you can tell where it pinches me."”
— Plutarch, Lives, "Aemilius Paulus", sec. 29.
“Beauty is a pair of shoes that makes you wanna die.”
— Frank Zappa, You Are What You Is, "Beauty Knows No Pain" (1981).

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Not who you're looking for? Others named Shoes: 1916 film by Lois Weber · 2005 single by Shania Twain · band · GUI toolkit

Shoes across IJR

Open questions

where are bussola shoes made?do aerator shoes really work?

On Watch

ShoesGavin Adcock - Topic

Paige Bueckers Couldn't Stop Staring at Caitlin Clark's Shoes 👀 #caitlinclark #basketballHighlight Queens

Ask Genius about Shoes Create in Studio Build a game Watch videos