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The Swan is a american film of genre Drama directed by Charles Vidor released in USA on 26 april 1956 with Grace Kelly
The Swan (1956)
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Add to a movie listThe Swan (1956) an Eastman Color in CinemaScope is a remake of The Swan (1925), a Paramount Pictures release. Another film version was released as One Romantic Night (1930).
The film is a romantic comedy released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, directed by Charles Vidor, produced by Dore Schary from a screenplay by John Dighton, and based on the play by Ferenc Molnár. The original music score was by Bronislau Kaper, the cinematography by Joseph Ruttenberg and Robert Surtees, the art direction by Randall Duell and Cedric Gibbons, and the costume design by Helen Rose.
The film stars Grace Kelly, Alec Guinness and Louis Jourdan with Agnes Moorehead, Jessie Royce Landis, Brian Aherne, Leo G. Carroll, Estelle Winwood, and Robert Coote.
Synopsis
The film, set in 1910, deals with the story of the daughter of a minor branch of a European royal house who is being considered as a wife for her cousin, the heir to the throne.Actors
Grace Kelly
(Princess Alexandra)
Alec Guinness
(Prince Albert)
Louis Jourdan
(Dr. Nicholas Agi)
Jessie Royce Landis
(Princess Beatrix)
Estelle Winwood
(Symphorosa)
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