The White Eagle

This article is about the 1928 film. For similar uses, see White Eagle.

The White Eagle
Directed by	Yakov Protazanov
Written by	Leonid Andreyev (play) Oleg Leonidov Yakov Protazanov Yakov Urinov
Starring	Vasili Kachalov Anna Sten Vsevolod Meyerhold
Cinematography	Pyotr Yermolov
Production company	Mezhrabpomfilm
Release date	9 October 1928 (1928-10-09)
Running time	67 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Languages	Silent Russian intertitles

The White Eagle (Russian: Белый орёл, romanized: Belyy 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

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

• Vasili Kachalov as Governor
• Anna Sten as Governor's wife
• Vsevolod Meyerhold as Dignitary
• Ivan Chuvelyov
• Andrey Petrovsky as Chief of Police
• Pyotr Repnin as Bishop
• Ye. Volkonskaya
• Mikhail Zharov
• Yuri Vasilchikov
• Aleksandr Gromov as Revolutionary

References

1. Christie & Taylor p.434

Bibliography

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

External links

• The White Eagle at IMDb