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The White Eagle

Film

The White Eagle

4.9

1h 7m

1928

Synopsis

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.

Director

Yakov Protazanov

DramaHistory

Cast & Crew

Vasiliy Kachalov

Vasiliy Kachalov

as Governor

Anna Sten

Anna Sten

as Governess

Vsevolod Meyerhold

Vsevolod Meyerhold

as State official

Ivan Chuvelyov

Ivan Chuvelyov

as Provocator

Andrey Petrovsky

Andrey Petrovsky

as Police general

Pyotr Repnin

Pyotr Repnin

as Archbishop

Yury Vasilchikov

Yury Vasilchikov

as Official

Mikhail Zharov

Mikhail Zharov

as Official

Yelena Volkonskaya

as Governor's wife

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