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Overview
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 9, 1928
- Original language
- Russian
- Countries
- Soviet Union
- Production
- Mezhrabpomfilm
- Cast
- Vasiliy Kachalov,Anna Sten,Vsevolod Meyerhold,Ivan Chuvelyov,Andrey Petrovsky,Pyotr Repnin,Yury Vasilchikov,Mikhail Zharov,Yelena Volkonskaya,Alexandr Gromovand 2 more
- Director
- Yakov Protazanov
- Cinematography
- Pyotr Yermolov
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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