Movie

The White Eagle (1928)

• October 9, 1928
• 1h 7m

• Drama
• History

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.

Director

Yakov Protazanov

Writers

Oleg Leonidov, Yakov Urinov, Yakov Protazanov

Starring

Vasiliy Kachalov, Anna Sten, Vsevolod Meyerhold