The Dying Swan

Name: The Dying Swan
Genre: Drama
Released: 1917
Rating: 68.15333333333334
Cast: Vera Karalli, Aleksandr Kheruvimov, Vitold Polonsky, Andrey Gromov, Ivane Perestiani

1917·Movie

49min

Ratings

68/100

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7.0

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About

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.

DNA

Genres: Silent Film Melodrama
Mood: MelancholicSentimentalEmotionalTragicHeart-Wrenching
Themes: Love And LossBetrayalArt And Passion
Plot: Unrequited LoveForbidden LoveTragedyObsessionArtistic Expression
Pacing: Slow BurnDeliberate
Narrative: Real-Time Narrative
Character Types: Anti-HeroFemme Fatale
Time: 1910sPast Era
Place: Artist's StudioBallet Theatre
Cinematic Style: Long TakesBlack And White Cinematography
Costume and Set: Elaborate MakeupPeriod-Accurate Costumes

Sequels and Prequels

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Crew

Directed by:

Yevgeni Bauer, Boris Zavelev

Written by:

Zoya Barantsevich

Produced by:

Aleksandr Khanzhonkov

Cast

Vera Karalli

Gizella Raccio

Vitold Polonsky

Viktor Krasovsky

Andrey Gromov

Count Valerian Sergeevich Glinskiy

Ivane Perestiani

Glinskiy's Friend

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