The Eagle: Based on a Novel by Alexander Pushkin

When a handsome young Cossack (Rudolph Valentino) rebuffs the romantic advances of Catherine the Great (Louise Dresser), he must flee to safety; meanwhile, after learning that his father (Spottiswoode Aitken) has been fleeced by a notorious thief (Albert Conti) - whose beautiful daughter (Vilma Bank...

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Beteilige Person: Puskin, Aleksandr Sergeevic (VerfasserIn)
Weitere beteiligte Personen: Brown, Clarence (RegisseurIn), Barnes, George (Kameramann/frau), Valentino, Rudolph (SchauspielerIn), Bánky, Vilma (SchauspielerIn), Dresser, Louise (SchauspielerIn)
Format: Video Software
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: New York Kino Lorber [2019]
Schriftenreihe:Kino Classics
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Zusammenfassung:When a handsome young Cossack (Rudolph Valentino) rebuffs the romantic advances of Catherine the Great (Louise Dresser), he must flee to safety; meanwhile, after learning that his father (Spottiswoode Aitken) has been fleeced by a notorious thief (Albert Conti) - whose beautiful daughter (Vilma Banky) Valentino recently saved from a runaway carriage - he dons a mask to become an avenger known as the Black Eagle. Loosely based on an unfinished novel by Alexander Pushkin, this historical romantic adventure (directed by Clarence Brown) was one of Rudolph Valentino's final films before his death at the age of 31. It's the type of material that seems perfectly suited for Valentino's cinematic "rival", Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. - indeed, Valentino's donning of a mask to become a Robin Hood-like avenger hearkens back immediately to Fairbanks' work in "The Mark of Zorro" and its sequel. [filmfanatic.org]
Umfang:1 Blu-ray-Disc (73 Min.) schwarz-weiß