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Directed by Yakov Protazanov Production
company Mezhrabpomfilm Initial release 1928 Production company Mezhrabpomfilm | 6.7/10 IMDb Cinematography Pyotr Yermolov Running time 67 minutes Director Yakov Protazanov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Vasili Kachalov
Anna Sten
Vsevolod Meyerhold Release date October 9, 1928 (1928-10-09) Cast Vsevolod Meyerhold, Anna Sten Written by Leonid Andreyev, Yakov Protazanov Similar The Forty‑First, Man from the Restaurant, Marionettes, Don Diego and Pelagia, The Three Million Trial | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The White Eagle (Russian: Белый орёл, Belyy oryol) is a 1928 Soviet silent drama film directed by Yakov Protazanov and starring Vasili Kachalov, Anna Sten and Vsevolod Meyerhold. Set in Tsarist times, it is based on the play The Governor by Leonid Andreyev.
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Plot
The film takes place in 1905. Governor-liberal attempts to prevent a strike in the city but the workers refuse to obey. The governor gives an order to shoot the strikers and suppresses the uprising with force while children die in the crossfire. As a reward, he is represented with the order of "White Eagle", but the governor is haunted by pangs of conscience.
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The White Eagle Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA