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His Excellency

1928 · 58 min

A solemn, stylized silent-era drama that feels like a historical pageant, heavy with injustice and quiet resolve.

Directed by
Grigoriy Roshal
Genres
Drama
Overview
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.
How it feels
Slow-burning and demanding.
About
Justice, rebellion, class, violence
Content
Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
Note
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Directed by
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Genres
Drama
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How it feels

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Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    Places
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action3
    Horror1
    Humour1
    Realism7
    Romance1
    Tension6
    Darkness7
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight7

    Cast

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Grigoriy Roshal
    Written by
    Serafima Roshal, Vera Stroyeva
    Starring
    Leonid Leonidov, Mariya Sinelnikova, Yuliy Untershlak, Tamara Adelheim, Abram Grinfeld, Mikhail Rostovtsev, Nikolai Cherkasov, Aleksandr Nenyukov
    Cinematography
    Nikolay Kozlovsky
    Runtime
    58 min
    Country
    Soviet Union
    Languages
    Russian

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