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The White Eagle

49.00% | October 9, 1928 | Drama, History

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.

Featured Crew

Leonid Andreyev
Novel
Yakov Protazanov
Director
Pyotr Yermolov
Director of Photography
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Cast

Vasiliy Kachalov
Vasiliy Kachalov
губернатор
Anna Sten
Anna Sten
гувернантка
Vsevolod Meyerhold
Vsevolod Meyerhold
cановник
Ivan Chuvelyov
Ivan Chuvelyov
шпик-провокатор
Andrey Petrovsky
Andrey Petrovsky
полицмейстер

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