His Excellency
His Excellency1928
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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.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Leonid LeonidovGovernor von Wahl / Old Rabbi | Governor von Wahl / Old Rabbi |
 Mariya SinelnikovaMiriam | Miriam |
 Yuliy UntershlakHirsch Lekkert | Hirsch Lekkert |
 Tamara AdelheimRivile, Hirsch's wife | Rivile, Hirsch's wife |
| AAbram GrinfeldLemzer, state rabbi | Lemzer, state rabbi |
 Mikhail RostovtsevShort Clown | Short Clown |
 Nikolai CherkasovTall Clown | Tall Clown |
| AAleksandr NenyukovPyotr | Pyotr |
| MMariya Dobrova'Star' of the Circus | 'Star' of the Circus |
| AAleksandr SandelShpis, industrialist | Shpis, industrialist |
 Igor DoroninNot listed | Not listed |
 Mariya ShlenskayaOld revolutionary (uncredited) | Old revolutionary (uncredited) |