The Eagle (1925) | Directed by Clarence Brown - Full Movie

A wanted Russian lieutenant becomes a masked vigilante seeking vengeance upon the man who stole his family's land, only to fall for his charming daughter.

The Eagle is a 1925 American silent film directed by Clarence Brown and starring Rudolph Valentino, Vilma Bánky, and Louise Dresser. Based on the posthumously published 1841 novel Dubrovsky by Alexander Pushkin,[ the film is about a lieutenant in the Russian army who catches the eye of Czarina Catherine II. After he rejects her advances and flees, she puts out a warrant for his arrest, dead or alive. When he learns that his father has been persecuted and killed, he dons a black mask and becomes an outlaw. Prints currently exist in the film holdings of EmGee Film Library and in private film collections. Black Eagle does not exist in the novel and was inspired by the performance of Douglas Fairbanks as Zorro in The Mark of Zorro.

Directed by: Clarence Brown
Written by: Hans Kraly, George Marion Jr.
Based on: Dubrovsky by Alexander Pushkin
Produced by: John W. Considine Jr.
Joseph M.: Schenck
Starring: Rudolph Valentino, Vilma Bánky, Louise Dresser
Cinematography: George Barnes, Dev Jennings (J. Devereaux Jennings)
Edited by: Hal C. Kern
Music by: Michael Hoffman, Carl Davis, Lee Erwin
Production company: Art Finance Corporation
Distributed by: United Artists
Release date: November 8, 1925 (USA)
Running time: 80 minutes
Country: United States
Language: Silent (English intertitles)