Beautiful, interesting, incredible cinema.
THE WHITE EAGLE
Belyy oryol
Synopsis
A provincial governor is stricken with guilt after he orders soldiers to open fire on a crowd, an act for which the Czar’s emissary (one of the rare film appearances of famed theater director Vsevolod Meyerhold) arrives to hand him an honor called the “White Eagle.” From a play by Leonid Andreyev.
Synopsis
A provincial governor is stricken with guilt after he orders soldiers to open fire on a crowd, an act for which the Czar’s emissary (one of the rare film appearances of famed theater director Vsevolod Meyerhold) arrives to hand him an honor called the “White Eagle.” From a play by Leonid Andreyev.