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The Eagle

192580 minUnited States
RomanceAdventure
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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
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72:35
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Synopsis

An officer gains the empress's attention after rescuing a young woman from a runaway carriage. What seems a professional opportunity becomes a threat when he rejects the ruler's advances. Forced to flee, he enters a life in which honour and survival demand new identities.

Cast

DirectorsClarence Brown

Inspirations

Alexander Pushkin's Dubrovsky supplies the literary foundation. The adaptation turns imperial favour into a source of danger, allowing Rudolph Valentino's romantic star persona to meet an adventure built around resistance to authority.

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