The White Eagle

The White Eagle (1928)

Белый орёл

The film is based on The Governor, a play by Leonid Andreyev. V.I. Kachalov plays the governor of a small Russian province who tries to treat the people under his authority with kindness and equanimity. But when a local factory goes on strike, the governor buckles under to pressure from the Tzar and orders the wholesale slaughter of the strikers. He pays for this betrayal of his trust with his life -- at the hands of a courageous Bolshevik spy.

Date of release
1928-10-09
TMDB
5.3 / 10 (9)
Runtime
1h 7m
Genres
Drama, History
Director
Yakov Protazanov

Casting

Interesting facts

The White Eagle is a 1928 Soviet silent historical drama film directed by Yakov Protazanov and starring Vasili Kachalov, Anna Sten and Vsevolod Meyerhold. Set in Tsarist times, it is based on the short story The Governor (1906) by Leonid Andreyev.

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