Shadow of the Eagle (1950)
During the eighteenth century the Empress of Russia sends her lover to kidnap her rival for the throne.
- Date of release
- 1950-09-11
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Sidney Salkow
Casting
- Richard Greene — Count Alexei Orloff
- Valentina Cortese — Elizabeth, Princess Tarakanova
- Binnie Barnes — Catherine - Empress of Russia
- Greta Gynt — Countess Loradona Camponiello
- Charles Goldner — General Korsakov
- Walter Rilla — Prince Radziwill
- Hugh French — Captain Sergei Nikolsky
- Dennis Vance — Vasska, Orloff's Aide
- William Tubbs — Boris
- Dino Galvani — Russian Ambassador
- Ewan Roberts — Ship's Doctor
Interesting facts
Shadow of the Eagle is a 1950 British-Italian historical drama film directed by Sidney Salkow and starring Richard Greene, Valentina Cortese and Greta Gynt. It was written Doreen Montgomery and Hagar Wilde based on a story by Jacques Companéez. A separate Italian version The Rival of the Empress was released in 1951.
Production
It was shot partly at Teddington Studios and partly on location in Italy. The film's art direction was by Wilfred Shingleton.
It was produced by Tony Havelock Allen who made it through his company Constellation Films. He said the movie "looked nice, had beautiful sets, but again I wasn’t pleased with it."
It was the first film from Independent Film Distributors, the company of the Woolf brothers.
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