Starring the voices of Jack Palance, John Cleese, Steven Wright, and Sandy Duncan, the film was directed by a former Disney animation director, Richard Rich, and produced by Nest Family Entertainment / Rich Animation Studios and with a music score by Lex de Azevedo.
The Swan Princess was released in the mid-1990s and was produced by a former Disney employee, but one thing that many 90s kids may forget is the fact that this animated film was not actually a Disney movie.
Odette and her companions transform into swans under the spell cast by evil sorcerer Baron von Rothbart. Their days are spent gracefully gliding on a lake only to return to their human form at night.
Princess of King William's Kingdom, Queen of Chamberg, Wife of Prince Derek, Mother of Princess Alise, Mother-in-law of Prince Lucas, Daughter of King William and Queen Aubrey and Daughter-in-law of Queen Uberta and King Maximilian. Princess Odette is the titular protagonist of The Swan Princess.
Previously, Baron Von Rothbart transformed Princess Odette into a swan, which is the symbol of beauty and purity. Because she refused his hand in marriage, he bewitched her so that she could not marry another. Von Rothbart's expectation was that in captivity, she would eventually consent to marry him.
Siegfried is immediately enraptured and, as the pair dance, he learns her story: she is the princess Odette who, during daylight, is condemned to be a swan, along with the other girls, after being cursed by evil sorcerer von Rothbart, who is also Siegfried's mentor.
Odette was considered to be the best dancer of her generation before an accident caused her to become disabled. She would become a cleaner to the Opera house for the next ten years, at the same time she would work under Regine Le Haut.
Rothbart, Clavius, and Zelda are the villains of the movies. All the villains have evil thoughts such as Rothbart, Clavius, Zelda, Mangler and The Forbidden Arts (Evil Force) along with The Boggs, Antonio, Nicollo and Fang. In the first and 4th movies, Rothbart was an evil enchanter.
Ariel's unflappable spirit and resilience carry her through her journey of self discovery, through which she becomes a courageous young woman who discovers her place in the world. Whether on feet or fins, she stands up for what she wants, and always finds the courage to dive into something new.
In Disney's nearly 100-year history, there has been only one Black Disney princess — Princess Tiana in “The Princess and the Frog,” a 2009 animated feature starring Anika Noni Rose.
The Swan Princess remains one of the strongest independent Princess franchises in the world. Princess Odette is an icon of strength and focus on inner beauty.
Who is the only Disney princess that becomes a mother?
Ariel appears as an adult in Return to the Sea and gives birth to a daughter named Melody, becoming the first, and currently, only, Disney princess to become a mother. Ariel is protective of her daughter, as Triton was of Ariel in the first film.
Odette, Trumenell's best friend, has a car accident that same night and loses her leg. Now, it's ten years later and she's a police officer just like her father. Wyatt, Trumenell' brother, finds a one eyed girl on the side of the road and turns her over to Odette.
The 1877 ballet ends with Siegfried ripping off one of Von Rothbart's owl wings, stripping him of his power and breaking the curse. Siegfried and Odette then happily marry.
As the story goes, Prince Siegfried falls in love with Odette, the queen of the swan maidens who was cursed by the sorcerer Von Rothbart to turn into a swan by day. She regains her human form at night.
Because the character of Odile is actually the evil Von Rothbart's daughter magically disguised as Odette, the two roles are most often portrayed by the same dancer, but occasionally they are danced by two different dancers in the same performance.
In 1946, Odette Sansom was awarded the George Cross (GC) for refusing to betray her fellow secret agents under torture. She became a national heroine and in 1950, a film was made about her. Despite all this, Sansom didn't want fame.
Miraculously Odette survived her internment at Ravensbrück, and in 1946 she received her honours from Britain and France. They were, she insisted, accepted on behalf of all the gallant women who had worked within the Special Operations Executive.
Swan Lake is the love story of Prince Siegfried, who on a hunting trip encounters a flock of swans, falls in love with the Swan Queen, Odette, and swears his allegiance and undying love to her. As a result of a curse by the evil sorcerer Baron von Rothbart, Odette can only take human form between midnight and daybreak.
