The White Eagle

Белый орёл

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

Screenplay

Oleg Leonidov

Screenplay

Yakov Urinov

Screenplay

Yakov Protazanov

Status

Released

Release date

09/10/1928

Original language

Russian