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.
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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