About
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.
Theatrical
Feb 11, 1929
Cast
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Vasiliy Kachalov
Governor
A
Anna Sten
Governess
V
Vsevolod Meyerhold
State official
I
Ivan Chuvelyov
Provocator
A
Andrey Petrovsky
Police general
P
Pyotr Repnin
Archbishop
Y
Yury Vasilchikov
Official
M
Mikhail Zharov
Official
Y
Yelena Volkonskaya
Governor's wife
A
Alexandr Gromov
Revolutionary
A
Aleksandr Chistyakov
State prisoner
