The Dying Swan (English Subtitles) (Russian) (1917 Drama film)

The Dying Swan (Russian: Умирающий лебедь) is a 1917 drama film directed by Yevgeni Bauer and starring Vera Karalli, Aleksandr Kheruvimov, Vitold Polonsky, Andrej Gromov, and Ivane Perestiani.

Plot
Gizella, who is a dancer and mute, falls in love with Victor, whom she met at the lake. She believes that love is mutual, but then sees Victor with another girl after he cancels a date with her.

She becomes an object of sympathy for the artist Glinsky, who sees Gizella dancing The Dying Swan and uses her as a model for a picture on the theme of death.

Starring
Vera Karalli as Gizella – Gizella – mute dancer
Aleksandr Kheruvimov as Gizella's Father
Vitold Polonsky as Viktor Krasovsky
Andrej Gromov as Valeriy Glinskiy – the artist
Ivane Perestiani as Glinskiy's friend