The White Eagle
movie
Released October 09, 1928
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.
Cast
Vasiliy Kachalov
as
Governor
Anna Sten
as
Governess
Vsevolod Meyerhold
as
State official
Ivan Chuvelyov
as
Provocator
Andrey Petrovsky
as
Police general
Pyotr Repnin
as
Archbishop
Yury Vasilchikov
as
Official
Mikhail Zharov
as
Official
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Yelena Volkonskaya
as
Governor's wife
Alexandr Gromov
as
Revolutionary
Aleksandr Chistyakov
as
State prisoner
