Directed by:
Archie MayoCinematography:
Barney McGillCast:
John Barrymore, Marian Marsh, Donald Crisp, Carmel Myers, Luis Alberni, Lumsden Hare, Paul Porcasi, Rose Dione, Yola d'Avril, Ferike Boros, Ellinor Vanderveer (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
Svengali is a masterful and menacing hypnotist, bearded and unkempt, who draws a young woman, Trilby, into his lair. She has worked as a nude model for many artists and now, cajoled by Svengali's manipulative gift, she leaves behind her family in order to pursue a singing career on the concert circuit. What Trilby does not know, however, is that she can perform only upon the hypnotist's command. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![John Barrymore](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267936_1322c2.jpg)
John Barrymore
USA
Best movies:
Midnight (1939)
Counsellor at Law (1933)
Marie Antoinette (1938)
![Marian Marsh](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/559/158559765_b20529.jpg)
Marian Marsh
Best movies:
Hell's Angels (1930)
The Black Room (1935)
Svengali (1931)
![Donald Crisp](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/348/164348302_4868f8.jpg)
Donald Crisp
UK
Best movies:
The Viking (1928)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
The Dawn Patrol (1938)
![Carmel Myers](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270996_e7d01b.jpg)
Carmel Myers
USA
Best movies:
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages (1916)
Svengali (1931)
![Luis Alberni](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/330/160330163_8b89d7.jpg)
Luis Alberni
Spain
Best movies:
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Trouble in Paradise (1932)
Anthony Adverse (1936)
![Lumsden Hare](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/065/161065003_fb28b1.jpg)
Lumsden Hare
Ireland
Best movies:
The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
Rebecca (1940)
![Paul Porcasi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/579/160579948_5479eb.jpg)
Paul Porcasi
Italy
Best movies:
Casablanca (1942)
It Started with Eve (1941)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
![Rose Dione](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000274_d9154c.jpg)
Rose Dione
France
Best movies:
West of Zanzibar (1928)
Freaks (1932)
Svengali (1931)
![Yola d'Avril](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/185/159185640_618167.jpg)
Yola d'Avril
France
Best movies:
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Captain Blood (1935)
![Ferike Boros](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/448/160448453_73f540.jpg)
Ferike Boros
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Talk of the Town (1942)
Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
Black Fury (1935)
![Ellinor Vanderveer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/976/160976151_b31dee.jpg)
Ellinor Vanderveer
USA
Best movies:
Casablanca (1942)
Flesh and the Devil (1926)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
![Julia Griffith](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/040/161040386_4ed83b.jpg)
Julia Griffith
USA
Best movies:
A Night at the Opera (1935)
Hellzapoppin' (1941)
American Madness (1932)
![Bramwell Fletcher](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/478/161478495_109e22.jpg)
Bramwell Fletcher
UK
Best movies:
Random Harvest (1942)
Svengali (1931)
The Mummy (1932)
Ferdinand Bonn
West Germany
Best movies:
Svengali (1931)
The Great Desire (1930)
Adrienne D'Ambricourt
France
Best movies:
Casablanca (1942)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
The Song of Bernadette (1943)