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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. Set in Tsarist times, it is based on the play The Governor by Leonid Andreyev.
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
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
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
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Ordo Elang Putih (Polandia)
- Franz Ferdinand dari Austria
- Roh Moo-hyun
- Elang
- Yoon Suk Yeol
- Barry White
- Orde Elang Putih (Serbia)
- Abdullah II dari Yordania
- Valdas Adamkus
- Philippe dari Belgia
- Order of the White Eagle
- White-tailed eagle
- Order of the White Eagle (Poland)
- White-bellied sea eagle
- Chief White Eagle
- White Eagle Aviation
- White Eagle
- White Eagle Lodge
- Bald eagle
- The White Eagle
