The read
It runs a compact 1h 25m.
Synopsis
The Swan (1925) is a silent film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film is based on Melville Baker's 1923 Broadway play adaptation, The Swan, of Ferenc Molnar's play A Hattyu Vigjatek Harom Felvonasbarn. This film was directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki, a recent Russian immigrant working for Famous Players-Lasky. Buchowetzki had directed pictures in Russia, Sweden, and Germany. The story of this film was remade in 1930 as One Romantic Night, an early talkie for Lillian Gish, and in Technicolor as a 1956 vehicle for Grace Kelly.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Lenore J. CoffeeWriter
- Dimitri BuchowetzkiDirector
Cast
- Frances HowardAlexandra, The Swan
- Adolphe MenjouAlbert von Kersten-Rodenfels
- Ricardo CortezDr. Walter, the Tutor
- Ida WatermanPrincess Beatrice
- Helen LindrothAmphirosa
- Helen Lee WorthingWanda von Gluck
- Joseph DepewPrince George
- George WalcottPrince Arsene
- Michael VavitchColonel Wunderlich (as Mikhael Vavitch)
- Nicholas SoussaninLutzow
- Arthur DonaldsonFranz, the Court Chamberlain
- General LodijenskyMaster of the Hunt