M O V I E
The White Eagle [190061]
Released: 1928-10-09
Genres: Drama, History
Revenue: unknown
Cast: 8
Popularity: 0.1326
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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.
Anna Sten
Vasiliy Kachalov
Vsevolod Meyerhold
Ivan Chuvelyov
Andrey Petrovsky
Pyotr Repnin
Yury Vasilchikov
Mikhail Zharov

Director

Yakov Protazanov