The Swan

The Swan

104 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | April 26, 1956

Princess Beatrice's days of enjoying the regal life are numbered unless her only daughter, Princess Alexandra, makes a good impression on a distant cousin when he pays a surprise visit to their palace. Prince Albert has searched all over Europe for a bride and he's bored by the whole courtship routine. He is more interested in the estate's dairy than Alexandra's rose garden. And then he starts playing football with the tutor and Alexandra's brothers. Invite the tutor to the ball that night and watch how gracefully Alexandra dances with him.

The Swan

104 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | April 26, 1956

The Swan
Princess Beatrice's days of enjoying the regal life are numbered unless her only daughter, Princess Alexandra, makes a good impression on a distant cousin when he pays a surprise visit to their palace. Prince Albert has searched all over Europe for a bride and he's bored by the whole courtship routine. He is more interested in the estate's dairy than Alexandra's rose garden. And then he starts playing football with the tutor and Alexandra's brothers. Invite the tutor to the ball that night and watch how gracefully Alexandra dances with him.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title The Swan
Directors Charles Vidor
Writers John Dighton, Ferenc Molnár

Cast

Grace Kelly

as Princess Alexandra

Alec Guinness

as Prince Albert

Louis Jourdan

as Dr. Nicholas Agi

Agnes Moorehead

as Queen Maria Dominika

Jessie Royce Landis

as Princess Beatrix

Brian Aherne

as Father Carl Hyacinth

Leo G. Carroll

as Caesar

Estelle Winwood

as Symphorosa

Van Dyke Parks

as George

Christopher Cook

as Arsene

Robert Coote

as Capt. Wunderlich

Doris Lloyd

as Countess Sibenstoyn

Edith Barrett

as Elsa - Beatrix's Maid

Giuseppe Addobbati

as Footman

Leon Alton

as Ball Attendee