The White Eagle
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.
About The White Eagle (1928)
Released in 1928, The White Eagle is a drama and history film from Mezhrabpomfilm (Soviet Union). It was directed by Yakov Protazanov and written by Yakov Urinov and Oleg Leonidov. The cast is led by Vasiliy Kachalov, Anna Sten, Vsevolod Meyerhold, Ivan Chuvelyov and Andrey Petrovsky. With a runtime of 1h 7m, the film averages 5.3/10 across 9 TMDB ratings.
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