This 1928 film features stylized cinematography and actors from the Moscow Art Theater in a fiction story based on the life of Jewish Labor Bund member Hirsch Lekert who attempted to assassinate the Vilna governor in 1902 to avenge the flogging of workers who participated in a May Day rally.
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The original title is "Его превосходительство" (RU).
The film was directed by Grigoriy Roshal.
The screenplay was written by Vera Stroyeva and Serafima Roshal.
Cinematography was handled by Nikolay Kozlovsky.
This title is listed on IMDb as tt0017844.
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Его превосходительство
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Pусский
Soviet Union
