The Uprising
2026 · History · Drama
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Film / 1928
The White Eagle
Directed by
Yakov Protazanov
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 …
The story
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
Vasiliy KachalovGovernor
Anna StenGoverness
Vsevolod MeyerholdState official
Ivan ChuvelyovProvocator
Andrey PetrovskyPolice general
Pyotr RepninArchbishop
Yury VasilchikovOfficial
Mikhail ZharovOfficial
Yelena VolkonskayaGovernor's wife
Alexandr GromovRevolutionary
Aleksandr ChistyakovState prisoner
Nikolay Muratov(uncredited)
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