›

Popular Movies

›

His Excellency (1928)

58m

Running Time

His Excellency (1928)

Name: His Excellency
Genre: Drama
Released: 1928-03-20

58m

Running Time

Plot.

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.

Where to Watch.

No streaming offers found

Cast & Crew.

Leonid Leonidov

Governor von Wahl / Old Rabbi

Mariya Sinelnikova

Miriam

Yuliy Untershlak

Hirsch Lekkert

Nikolai Cherkasov

Tall Clown

M.D. Sen-Elnikova

Miriam

Tamara Adelheim

Rivile

Mikhail Rostovtsev

Short Clown

Igor Doronin

Grigoriy Roshal

Director

Isaak Makhlis

Production Design

Mark Donskoy

Editor

Mariya Dobrova

Circus Star

Nikolay Kozlovsky

Director of Photography

Vera Stroyeva

Screenplay

Serafima Roshal

Screenplay

Details.

Release Date
March 20, 1928

Original Name
Его превосходительство

Status
Released

Running Time
58m

Genres
Drama

Last updated: 2025-02-11

This Movie Is About.

partially lost film

Wiki.

His Excellency (Russian: Его превосходительство, romanized: Yego prevoskhoditelstvo) is a 1928 Soviet drama film directed by Grigori Roshal. It was released in the United States under the name, "Seeds of Freedom."

The film is based on real events. On 5 May 1902, shoemaker-laborer Hirsh Lekert, a member of the Jewish party Bund, attempted to murder the governor of Vilnius, Victor von Wahl.