The Dying Swan

The Dying Swan (1917)

17/01/1917
Drama
49m

Overview

After being betrayed by her playboy lover, a heartbroken mute young woman joins a ballet company; during a performance of “The Dying Swan,” she enraptures a painter obsessed with portraying death genuinely.

  • Yevgeni BauerDirector
  • Zoya BarantsevichWriter
  • Original Title

    Умирающий лебедь

  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    Russian

Keywords

  • dreams
  • dancer
  • nightmare
  • obsession
  • ballet dancer
  • loss
  • tragedy
  • ballet
  • mute
  • death
  • silent film
  • dream sequence
  • ballerina
  • art model

Top Billed Cast

Vera Karalli

Vera Karalli

Gizella Raccio

Aleksandr Kheruvimov

Gizella's Father Cherubino Raccio

Vitold Polonsky

Vitold Polonsky

Viktor Krasovsky

Andrey Gromov

Andrey Gromov

Count Valerian Sergeevich Glinskiy

Ivane Perestiani

Ivane Perestiani

Glinskiy's Friend

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