The White Eagle (1928)
- Original title
- Белый орёл
- Directed by
- Yakov Protazanov
- Genre
- drama film, silent film
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Runtime
- 1h 07m
- Rating
- 5.3 of 10 from 9 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A governor in Tsarist Russia faces pressure from above to use force against a crowd of protesters. The story follows his inner conflict as he decides how to respond.
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What happens
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 short story The Governor (1906) by Leonid Andreyev. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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