The Dying Swan 1917 Russian Silent Vera Karalli Evgeni Bauer Ballet

[LilyMoth12]

She did really well. Pavlova will always be my favorite performer of this song but she comes in second! She did a beautiful job for a beautiful ballet!

[rojp08]

The absolute personification of a dying swan! Karalli is supreme and her performance is the most beautiful, touching and most haunting. Bauer still needs much recognition as a master cinematographer. Thank you for sharing this gem!

[daeelly]

After Pavlova's this is my favourite performance. You can really see a DYING swan. All the other ballerinas are showing us just a choreography, including Plisetskaya. Vera's hands are really a dying bird's wings. Death is not beautiful.

[corneliaomir]

stop comparing with Beautiful Pavlova please, one does not compare over "who was best, Cezanne or Renoir?" Vera and Pavlova are both talented, dramatic and beyond excelence ballerinas and Artist,

For points and comparison over skills you can search gymnastic and such other sports, but not with art....

[Dancechickk01]

Beautiful...

[msymsed]

Excellent but not quite Pavlova.

[cmw611]

excellant!

[MariahJSkywalker]

Stunning.

[Firestarjude]

I love the simplicity of this.

[PureSoapCleans]

This is a very personal and dramatic choreography of the classical miniature ballet The Dying Swan, but its emotion cant' be criticized, it is beautiful. Delicate hands and beautiful legs. This piece is from 1917 and made for the film, it can make it look very dated, but I find it very beautiful and moving. Thank your from bringing this little gem to YT.

[neseekah7]

I enjoyed "Mad Love by Mr. Bauer...so beautiful yet tragic..

[dearmalika]

Amazing! So beautiful and very interesting your information about the complot!

Thanks so much for sharing!

[katievhoneychurch]

magical.

[Qbendanny]

As great as Pavlova's. The nuances are true to a real dying bird. There are qualities that for me surpass even Pavlova. Also, she never comes down from point as Fokine wanted, only upon death.LOVED IT, thank you.

[pediatrapaola]

l don't think she was good as pavlova,but she was also a great actress and beauty of her time

[loveforevur]

bravo na  celista !

[jovossuck123]

such a touching scene, Bauer is also another very overlooked filmmaker

[GoldenSilents]

Very much so. The Dying Swan is one of my favorite silent films. It's poetic and haunting.