The Swan
Overview
Cast & Crew
Production House
The Plot
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.
Run Time
1h 25m
Genre
Romance, Comedy
Release Date
16 Feb 1925
Country
United States of America
Language
No Language
Director & Producers
Top Billed 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)
Lutzow
Arthur DonaldsonFranz, the Court Chamberlain
Master of the Hunt
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation


Dimitri Buchowetzki
Ferenc Molnár
Hugo Riesenfeld
Alvin Wyckoff