Belyy oryol 1928

The film is based on The Governor, a play by Leonid Andreyev. V.I. Kachalov plays the governor of a small Russian province who tries to treat the people under his authority with kindness and equanimity. But when a local factory goes on strike, the governor buckles under to pressure from the Tzar and orders the wholesale slaughter of the strikers. He pays for this betrayal of his trust with his life -- at the hands of a courageous Bolshevik spy.

Cast:

Anna Sten
 

Vasiliy Kachalov
 

Vsevolod Meyerhold
 

Ivan Chuvelyov
 

Andrey Petrovsky
 

Pyotr Repnin
 

• The Lash of the Czar
• The White Eagle
• Белый орёл