Released:
1928-10-09

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.

Director:
Yakov Protazanov

Runtime:
1h 7min

Genre:
Drama, History

• Cast:
• 
  Vasiliy Kachalov
  as
  Governor
• 
  Anna Sten
  as
  Governess
• 
  Vsevolod Meyerhold
  as
  State official
• 
  Ivan Chuvelyov
  as
  Provocator
• 
  Andrey Petrovsky
  as
  Police general