Swan Song (1992 film)

Swan Song
Directed by	Kenneth Branagh
Produced by	David Parfitt
Written by	Hugh Cruttwell
Based on	Swan Song by Anton Chekhov
Starring	John Gielgud Richard Briers
Music by	Jimmy Yuill
Cinematography	Roger Lanser
Edited by	Andrew Marcus
Release dates	1992 (1992)
Running time	23 minutes^[1]
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Swan Song is a 1992 short film directed by Kenneth Branagh and adapted for the screen by Hugh Cruttwell from the one act play of the same name by Anton Chekhov. It stars John Gielgud as the aging actor Svetlovidov and Richard Briers as the prop-master Nikita.^[1]

Awards

Swan Song was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film, but lost to the comedy Omnibus.^[1]

References

1 2 3 Swan Song (1992). The New York Times. Retrieved 9 February 2012.

External links

Films directed by Kenneth Branagh

Henry V (1989)
Dead Again (1991)
Swan Song (1992)
Peter's Friends (1992)
Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
In the Bleak Midwinter (1995)
Hamlet (1996)
Love's Labour's Lost (2000)
Listening (2003)
As You Like It (2006)
The Magic Flute (2006)
Sleuth (2007)
Thor (2011)
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)
Cinderella (2015)
Murder on the Orient Express (2017)

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