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The White Eagle (1928)

Genre : Drama, History

Runtime : 1H 7M

Director : Yakov Protazanov

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.

Actors

Anna Sten
Anna Sten
Vasiliy Kachalov
Vasiliy Kachalov
Vsevolod Meyerhold
Vsevolod Meyerhold
Ivan Chuvelyov
Ivan Chuvelyov
Andrey Petrovsky
Andrey Petrovsky
Pyotr Repnin
Pyotr Repnin
Yury Vasilchikov
Yury Vasilchikov
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Crews

Yakov Protazanov
Yakov Protazanov
Director
Pyotr Yermolov
Pyotr Yermolov
Director of Photography
Isaak Rabinovich
Isaak Rabinovich
Art Direction
Yakov Urinov
Yakov Urinov
Writer
Yakov Protazanov
Yakov Protazanov
Writer
Oleg Leonidov
Oleg Leonidov
Writer
Leonid Andreyev
Leonid Andreyev
Novel

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