The Dying Swan

Name: The Dying Swan
Genre: Drama
Released: 1917-01-17
Duration: 49 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Vera Karalli, Aleksandr Kheruvimov, Vitold Polonsky, Andrey Gromov, Ivane Perestiani

1917·Drama·49m

7.2

★

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.

Directed by Yevgeni Bauer

dreams

dancer

nightmare

obsession

ballet dancer

loss

tragedy

ballet

mute

death

silent film

dream sequence

ballerina

art model

IMDB

N/A

Letterboxd

3.8 / 5

Cast

Vera Karalli

Gizella Raccio

Vitold Polonsky

Viktor Krasovsky

Andrey Gromov

Count Valerian Sergeevich Glinskiy

Ivane Perestiani

Glinskiy's Friend

Crew

Yevgeni Bauer

Director

Zoya Barantsevich

Writer

Boris Zavelev

Director of Photography

Aleksandr Khanzhonkov

Producer

Popular Reviews

14 reviews

Avantgadan

6.0★ · 03/05/26

U podocnjaku bilo labud, bilo krava, bilo jelen, drže jednu malu suzu tihu

Ash

8.0★ · 09/24/25

I love pink movie fonts sm in silent films

Ayeshoo

her father: you have a soul which is more beautiful than words, gizella

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count: all my life i have been searching for death... and i have found it in your dance.

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count: i do not know if i exist at all, or whether i am in delirium. the most sublime thing in the world is peace... and the most sublime peace is in death!

Francisco

3.6★ · 07/08/25

12/100 Summer Films ChallengeGood ig for its time but obviously very boring to today’s standards.

Nick

4.3★ · 06/05/25

cool

6/10

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