His Excellency
1928, Russian. Directed by Grigoriy Roshal.
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.
- Runtime
- 0h 58m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Grigoriy RoshalDirector
- Leonid LeonidovGovernor von Wahl / Old Rabbi
- Mariya SinelnikovaMiriam
- Yuliy UntershlakHirsch Lekkert
- Tamara AdelheimRivile, Hirsch's wife
- Abram GrinfeldLemzer, state rabbi
- Mikhail RostovtsevShort Clown
- Nikolai CherkasovTall Clown
- Aleksandr NenyukovPyotr
- Mariya Dobrova'Star' of the Circus
- Aleksandr SandelShpis, industrialist
- Igor DoroninCast
- Mariya ShlenskayaOld revolutionary (uncredited)
Details
- Released
- 20 March 1928
- Original title
- Его превосходительство
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Vera Stroyeva, Serafima Roshal
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His Excellency runs 58 minutes (0h 58m).
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His Excellency isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 20 March 1928. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed His Excellency?
His Excellency (1928) was directed by Grigoriy Roshal and stars Leonid Leonidov, Mariya Sinelnikova, Yuliy Untershlak.