The Eagle

Vladimir Dubrovsky

Mascha Troekouroff

The Czarina

Kuschka

Kyrilla Troekouroff

Judge

Aunt Aurelia

Dubrovsky's Father

Priest (uncredited)

Marcel Le Blanc - French Tutor (uncredited)

Masked Cossack (uncredited)

Minor Role (uncredited)

Man Whose Purse is Stolen (uncredited)

Official Asking for Signature (uncredited)

Capt. Kuschka of the Cossack Guard (uncredited)

The Eagle's Lieutenant / Coach Driver (uncredited)

Innkeeper (uncredited)

Court Servant at Dinner (uncredited)

The film was originally titled "The Black Eagle", but was changed when it was discovered that Douglas Fairbanks was producing the similarly-titled The Black Pirate (1926).

In the scene where the camera moves along the banquet table, the table used had to be specially designed to move apart so that the camera could travel backward.

'Rudolph Valentino' wanted to project a more "butch" image in this film, so in order to establish his masculine bona fides with the cast and crew, he sent home stunt double Nicky Caruso and did the spectacular opening stunt - leaping onto a horse and chasing down a runaway carriage - himself.

The story is set during the reign of Catherine the Great, who died in 1796, but the clothing styles are much closer to those worn in the early 19th century. And at one point Vladimir lights a candle with a friction match, which weren't invented until 1826.