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The Dying Swan

Умирающий лебедь

1917·RU
Director: Yevgeni Bauer
Drama

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.

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.

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Cast

Vera Karalli

Vera Karalli

Gizella Raccio

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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

Crew

Zoya Barantsevich

writer

Boris Zavelev

cinematographer

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