The Eagle [Blu-ray]

Overview

Having side-stepped the advances of Catherine the Great herself, a wronged Russian Cossack becomes a masked avenger of the people until meeting ultimate justice at the hand of his adoring Catherine. This regally mounted Rudolph Valentino costume drama is from a novel by Aleksandr Pushkin. Gary Cooper has a brief bit.

Product Details

Release Date:	10/22/2019
UPC:	0738329240714
Original Release:	1925
Rating:	NR
Source:	Kino Classics
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[B&W]
Language:	English
Time:	1:13:00
Sales rank:	35,097

Special Features

2K restoration from 35mm material; New musical score performed by Alloy Orchestra; Audio commentary by film historian Gayyn Studlar

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Rudolph Valentino	Vladimir Dubrovsky
Louise Dresser	The Czarina
Vilma Banky	Mascha Troekouroff
Albert Conti	Kuschka
George Nichols	Judge
James Marcus	Kyrilla Troekouroff
Carrie Ward	Aunt Aurelia
Mario Carillo	Actor
Jean De Briac	Actor
Otto Hoffman	Actor
Eric Mayne	Actor
Gustav von Seyffertitz	Actor
Spottiswood Aitken	Dubrovsky's Father
Gary Cooper	Masked Cossack
Michael Pleschkoff	Capt. Kuschka of the Cossack Guard
Russell Simpson	Masked Cossack
Carl Davis	Composer
Don Kinnier	Composer

Technical Credits

Alexander Pushkin

Hanns Kräly

Hans Kraly

Clarence Brown	Director
John W. Considine Jr.	Producer
Joseph M. Schenck	Producer
Alexander Pushkin	Screenwriter
Hanns Kräly	Screenwriter
Hans Kraly	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

Rudolph Valentino is at his most natural and appealing in this swashbuckler. He wears the period costumes, from the Cossack uniforms to the formal French jacket and trousers, as if they were his second skin, moving in them with a dancer's grace and casual sexuality. His Vladimir Dubrovsky is played with wit, humor, and humanity -- a revelation when compared to the stiff posturing of much of his earlier work. In addition, the star is helped at every angle: The story is action-packed and entertaining, the direction intelligent, and the cinematography (courtesy of George Barnes) is some of the most poetic of the silent era (in addition, the banquet scene contains one of the most impressive tracking shots of the 1920s). The delicately beautiful Vilma Banky is a fetching co-star, and the support (especially Louise Dresser as the worldly Czarina) is excellent. The Eagle was under-appreciated in its day and made only a fair amount of money. Nowadays it is recognized as a great example of film making in the 1920s, although it's also not revived often enough. Those who have seen the beautiful restoration with the Carl Davis score can consider themselves fortunate, indeed.