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The White Eagle

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The White Eagle
Directed byYakov Protazanov
Written by
Starring
CinematographyPyotr Yermolov
Production
company
Release date
  • 9 October 1928 (1928-10-09)
Running time
67 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
Languages

The White Eagle (Russian: Белый орёл, romanizedBelyy oryol) is a 1928 Soviet silent historical drama film directed by Yakov Protazanov and starring Vasili Kachalov, Anna Sten and Vsevolod Meyerhold.[1] Set in Tsarist times, it is based on the play The Governor by Leonid Andreyev.

Plot

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The White Eagle (1928)

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.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Christie & Taylor p.434

Bibliography

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  • Christie, Ian & Taylor, Richard. The Film Factory: Russian and Soviet Cinema in Documents 1896-1939. Routledge, 2012.
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