The White Eagle

The White Eagle (Russian: Белый орёл, romanized: Belyy oryol) is a 1928 Soviet silent 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.

The White Eagle
Directed byYakov Protazanov
Written byLeonid Andreyev (play)
Oleg Leonidov
Yakov Protazanov
Yakov Urinov
StarringVasili Kachalov
Anna Sten
Vsevolod Meyerhold
CinematographyPyotr Yermolov
Production
company
Release date
  • 9 October 1928 (1928-10-09)
Running time
67 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageSilent
Russian intertitles

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.

Cast

References

  1. Christie & Taylor p.434

Bibliography

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