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His Excellency

192858mGrigoriy Roshal

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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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What is His Excellency (1928) about?

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.

Who stars in His Excellency?

His Excellency stars Leonid Leonidov (Governor von Wahl / Old Rabbi), Mariya Sinelnikova (Miriam), Yuliy Untershlak (Hirsch Lekkert), Tamara Adelheim (Rivile, Hirsch's wife), Abram Grinfeld (Lemzer, state rabbi). The film was directed by Grigoriy Roshal.

How long is His Excellency?

His Excellency has a runtime of 58 min and premiered in 1928.

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