The White Eagle
Release Date: 1928-10-09
Overview: 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.
Rating: 4.9 / 10
Cast
Vasiliy Kachalov
as Governor
Anna Sten
as Governess
Vsevolod Meyerhold
as State official
Ivan Chuvelyov
as Provocator
Andrey Petrovsky
as Police general
Crew
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Yakov Protazanov - Director
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Pyotr Yermolov - Director of Photography
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Yakov Urinov - Writer
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Yakov Protazanov - Writer
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Oleg Leonidov - Writer
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